Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officially , the force was supposed to go in by invitation only ; avoid looking like the heavy mob ; and not humiliate authorities which felt they were hounded because they were struggling to cope on their own . |
| 2 | Network SouthEast , struggling to cope with its massive upsurge in business , proceeded with complete refurbishment of serviceable 1960s stock and started massive investment in new trains , notably its Networker . |
| 3 | The student went on to say that , though he had received help for a specific question , he had not obtained enough understanding to cope with his future library problems . |
| 4 | He may have another outing on the Flat before bidding to add to his National Hunt tally here next month . |
| 5 | With the coarse fishing season opening at a minute past midnight tonight June 16 anglers all over the region will be itching to get to their favourite waters . |
| 6 | U2 's Achtung Baby album won five trophies but they stayed home — preferring to celebrate in their favourite Dublin pub instead . |
| 7 | The study points out : ‘ There are uncomfortably strong reasons for supposing that industry in Britain has not adopted microelectronics to the fullest extent possible and that in consequence it is already tending to fall behind our leading competitors . ’ |
| 8 | A will is also necessary for anyone wanting to provide beyond their immediate family , and for anyone concerned about tax consequences after death . |
| 9 | They have responded to excess capacity in a variety of ways , but generally by seeking to concentrate on their perceived areas of expertise . |
| 10 | He compounded this appalling error of judgement by standing up to applaud the winners , a misguided attempt at gallantry which resulted in me trying to run out of the stadium and refusing to talk to him all the way home . |
| 11 | As police and British Rail officials were making further inquiries yesterday , Mr Brightman , of Starbeck Close , Whitby , was refusing to talk about his lucky escape . |
| 12 | She kept her gaze pinned to the ground , refusing to look into his dark eyes . |
| 13 | Discuss qualities needed to do it well — stealth , speed , pretending to look at someone other than your " prey " . |
| 14 | Now he is confident and ambitious , looking to add to his three caps , the quicker the better . |
| 15 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 16 | Gary Smith , who missed the Celtic game because of a leg injury , will regain his place at McDiarmid Park where Jess , Scott Booth and Stephen Wright will all be looking to capitalise on their good showings for Scotland 's senior and under-21 sides . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like to take it , ’ she made up her mind on the spot , not wanting to return to her larger flat and start to have doubts . |
| 18 | Ehiogu , who wrote begging letters to clubs after refusing to sign for his first club West Bromwich Albion , will be making his first starting appearance in the Premier League . |
| 19 | With a heavy sigh , and not even daring to look at her slim , almost naked form in the mirror , Laura slowly made her way out of the cottage , and down towards the ocean . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether I 'm going to cope with you two |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know how they are going to cope with it all . |
| 22 | I am not going to ma ma my , I do I am not going to go in my own chair ! |
| 23 | You 're not going to go in your own chair ? |
| 24 | The belly was covered in long piercing spikes , and I was going to fall on them any minute , and thousands of spikes would plunge into me — puncture me , penetrate my flesh — and out would pour my life 's blood , red and sticky , all down my body and down the elephant 's body and streakily into the waters of the pond . |
| 25 | And the conservative group is running the council in the sense that labour has scrambled , obviously over the last few days , to reduce its tax level to something closer to the tories and I 'm going to stand with my fellow liberal democrats tonight and vote for a higher figure because , not only because I think that there 's sort of things we want to do in our budget , are b are b are better and and would be better done than not done , but because I think there 's a fundamental political ethical issue here and it 's one which has been confronting this country for a great many years and which is going to be crucial in the next election . |
| 26 | But also the database is passive , it never knows which client is going to communicate with it next . |
| 27 | I do n't know what I 'm going to think about if I 'm not going to worry about him all the time . |
| 28 | Why on earth should he want to , they 're only going to sell for his own work if he does n't . |
| 29 | But we 're going to talk to you first , and then you can start putting it behind you . |
| 30 | ‘ Only he was n't going to resign on our Russian policy — like Berlin ? ’ |