Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he has now lost four central defenders in Wright , Pallister , Curle and Parker , while Leeds 's Tony Dorigo is struggling to shake off a knee problem . |
| 2 | The scene on the other side of the beaker includes two armoured men facing each other , only one is complete , wearing a helmet and sleeve-buckler , but appearing to have only a whip , while his opponent seems to be wielding a short spear ( fig. 14.15 ) . |
| 3 | The second session of Parliament , which began on 9 November , saw an attack on the standing army , the Commons refusing to vote supply for the additional forces that had been raised over the summer , and instead resolving to bring in a bill to reform the militia . |
| 4 | MALCOLM CROSBY , the Sunderland manager , is bidding to tie up a loan deal for Millwall 's Ian Bogie — a player once dubbed the new Gazza . |
| 5 | 30 , London suburban background , now squatting , helping to set up a law centre to advise women . |
| 6 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 7 | In theory , anyone wanting to set up a bank should have $300,000 ( £175,000 ) capital . |
| 8 | An inconclusive result could lead to several days of uncertainty , with either Mr Major or Mr Kinnock seeking to put together a government . |
| 9 | His first objective was to restore the authority of Soviet socialism by economic reform and political democratisation ; the second , much more ambitious objective was to reposition Soviet communism in relation to the European tradition from which it had originally emerged , seeking to build up a coalition of working class , religious , ecological , youth and other forces which could unite around the slogan of peace and social justice , if not necessarily Marxism-Leninism . |
| 10 | We will be looking to build up a programme which has a reputation for being worthwhile , well run and well managed . |
| 11 | She points out that there are five thousand people on the waiting list wanting to take up a Body Shop franchise and that it takes three years before any of them succeed . |
| 12 | He conceded he was taking a risk by refusing to prop up a minority government without a commitment to PR . |
| 13 | No. 12 deals with road wagon repairs , though it is tending to become also a motor road vehicle body making and repair shop as these vehicles are becoming more numerous . |
| 14 | It is a completely unfounded fear , but even if there were the odd few cases of people refusing to rent out a room in their home because , in their ignorance , they felt that , as landlords , they would be penalised , are we seriously to argue that we should deny the discount to the other 7 million people ? |
| 15 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 16 | I 'm going to spell out a warning to the aeroplane pilot by making you all into letters . |
| 17 | It was like waiting to jump off a cliff — and then , not jumping . |
| 18 | ‘ George they are n't going to find out a thing if we do n't tip them off . |
| 19 | Behind the tarpaulin there were tables and chairs for the RCM workers , mostly , as an American journalist noticed , elegantly turned-out young ladies who looked ‘ a good deal more like a junior league committee getting together to discuss a costume ball than officials waiting to sort out a trainload of Jewish refugee children ’ . |
| 20 | We 're going to set up a safari park in the back garden and cream teans on the lawn |
| 21 | Barnes has fired up a powerful B side and told them : ‘ We are going to set down a performance that will make the selectors take notice . |
| 22 | I 'm going to set off a flare . ’ |
| 23 | Every time we ventured outdoors , we had to brave the ranks of these dozens of seemingly unoccupied Americans who would sit in lines on the low walls surrounding the house , wolf whistling and just waiting to pick up a girl . |
| 24 | Yes , we 're going to open up a resort on Mars . |
| 25 | First thing next morning I was going to fire off a letter , I thought , when I heard something . |
| 26 | I suspect that some of the drug barons who shell out money in support of what must be a pretty costly operation regard the academically-minded staff of the OHE as a bunch of eggheads , not to say ‘ wets ’ , who ought to be earning their keep by polishing up the industry 's somewhat tarnished image , and by encouraging sales , instead of spending their time and the companies ' profits on airy-fairy projects which are n't going to rustle up a pennyworth of business . |
| 27 | Erm , if you erm , maybe erase part of entries of the spreadsheet , you think , oh that 's going to free up a lot of memory , er , probably it wo n't . |
| 28 | Only a handful of players from their original selection turned out , the management obviously having decided that they were not going to give even a hint of their championship formation . |
| 29 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 30 | I 'm going to send round a nurse who 'll massage the affected muscles and help her with exercises . |