Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have a fairly tight budget I am looking to buy at around £6,000 to £7,500 , However , at this price the addition of VAT is a hefty extra . |
| 2 | — In the past few weeks , Alan Butterfield and Fred Wilcoxson , members of the club committee have received Certificates of Merit from the CIU. — Darlington 's Hopetown and Whessoe Social Club is aiming to raise at least £1,000 for charity before Easter . |
| 3 | And I mean I think women tend to be inv having to cope with things like school and er and health and you know they 're a at the grass roots if you like of you know at the receiving end of you know say cuts in in services like that and bus services and just quality of rural life and I mean the quality of life in Blaenau is depopulation and unemployment and you know and and in a sense there is lot of scope for women to break down the barriers of you know cos it is true that the the Councillors they 're supposed to represent the people or whatever tend to be quite well to do they 've done it thank you very much and then oh you know they 've got the time on their hands and they tend to be men and s school ex school teachers ex You know and they 're not having to cope with really situations that go will put them in touch with what it 's like not to have a bus service or not to have proper health care and this sort of thing you know . |
| 4 | The Government has changed policy on housing to try to effectively force tenants out of council housing . |
| 5 | She could therefore only love her sister more that , when it came to choosing between this most important interview of her career or flying to her husband 's bedside , Cara was n't hesitating to fly to where love and instinct guided . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's right , ’ he said , trying to think of why Hasan 's photograph might have been inside the locket . |
| 7 | The two men , who are hoping to make at least £2 million for the Multiple Sclerosis Society out of sponsorship , will also have contributed to important research into nutrition , diet and the effects of such extreme conditions on the human body . |
| 8 | B&C , the one-time star of the financial services sector , is planning to raise at least £130 million from the sale of its Gartmore fund management business which was announced yesterday . |