Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [noun sg] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colombian and other diplomats at the Organisation of American States were furious at the legalistic wranglings the US delegation has been using to buy time at the OAS meetings in Washington . |
| 2 | But his first job is to assemble a side before attempting to win promotion at the first attempt . |
| 3 | Garvey , of Sandwell Avenue , Middlesbrough , is expecting to stand trial at the Crown Court for the alleged offence but magistrates decided neither case could go ahead after Garvey 's solicitor Jimmy Watson failed to appear . |
| 4 | Heart pounding with excitement , he barged through the door and into the dock , where Germans both on the dockside and aboard the ships ran for cover , beginning to open fire at the intruders . |
| 5 | Over such key issues as the European Common Market he had followed a prudent , unadventurous course , only moving to endorse membership at the last moment when political circumstances seemed so to dictate . |
| 6 | Her legs were threatening to give way at the knees . |
| 7 | Instead of having to seek shelter at an alehouse , he would be able to deliver his messages immediately and leave in the morning . |
| 8 | The landlord should beware should interest rates fall dramatically leaving the minimum rate at a level substantially higher than the standard borrowing rate , in which case the interest may be void as amounting to a penalty ; and the tenant would be advised not to run the risk of having to pay interest at a substantially higher rate than the basic lending rate . |
| 9 | Local authorities are struggling to maintain provision at a time when they should be expanding efforts to meet the needs of this sector of the population . |
| 10 | FOR months now I have been trying to contain excitement at the thought of the compact disc . |
| 11 | He was shot in the thigh while trying to avoid arrest at the Danish frontier in May 1945 , and tried for treason in London in September . |
| 12 | As in the case of other peripheral areas , there was the practical difficulty of trying to exert authority at a distance ; but this problem was compounded by the north 's proximity to what was by this date England 's only land boundary with another state . |
| 13 | As in the case of other peripheral areas , there was the practical difficulty of trying to exert authority at a distance ; but this problem was compounded by the north 's proximity to what was by this date England 's only land boundary with another state . |
| 14 | Unpick stitching along one side between channel stitching to insert lath at a later stage . |
| 15 | Graham Hunsley , defending , said he was now off hard drugs , had been to see his doctor about the problem and was hoping to undergo treatment at an addiction centre . |
| 16 | Labour councillors are planning to rally action at a public meeting at Woodchurch leisure centre on June 22 . |