Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [prep] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 2 | This was to be done by calculating the " critical load " of acid that each ecosystem could absorb without adverse effect , and then seeking to reduce by half the gap between that and the level of acid rain in 1980 , the base year for the calculations . |
| 3 | Sloosh twice a day after brushing to get to all the areas your toothbrush ca n't reach and make your mouth a fresh , clean , plaque-free zone . |
| 4 | And if it does happen to you , how are you going to cope with all the household bills , which still have to be paid ? |
| 5 | She felt jubilant but apprehensive too , how was she going to cope with all the work ? |
| 6 | The reason for setting aside a through the request as researchers where we 're actually going to go through all the procedures , highlighting , the changes are and why . |
| 7 | I 'm not going to go into all the rules here but . |
| 8 | she 's going to write to all the personnel directors in the big firms in Bridgeborough … she 's going to have outside teachers for the commercial subjects … a lecturer on current affairs … |
| 9 | Davidson Davidson kind of claims this in semantics in natural languages which I suggested that you read , but Davidson puts the claim the other way round , that is there 's no more syntax than that structure needs in semantics and that 's just false , that 's just false because you 're not going to account for all the data I 've been talking about , about verb phrases . |
| 10 | Instead of worrying about that , the fashionable thing to worry about was how people were going to adapt to all the leisure which the automated future would provide . |
| 11 | I 'm not quite sure what 's going to happen to all the people that are unemployed because of this , but that I suppose is material for another programme . |
| 12 | Advice and assistance in making a will can only be given to a client who is over 70 , or disabled or suffering from a mental disorder ( or a parent or guardian wishing to provide for such a person ) , or a single parent wishing to appoint a testamentary guardian . |
| 13 | But a key problem for those wishing to engage in such a defence is history 's poor image . |
| 14 | On the first evening the singers are always very nervous at having to perform before such a distinguished audience . |
| 15 | When a patient is detained under the MHA 1983 , but the physical disorder is not caused by or is not itself the cause of a mental disorder , a restrictive interpretation of this proposal could lead to the ridiculous scenario of doctors having to wait for such a patient to deteriorate or become unconscious before medical treatment could be initiated under the protection of common law duty of care and the doctrine of necessity . |
| 16 | With Britain getting closer to Iran and with the US constantly improving its rapport with Syria , we felt that now we were all together , we could be released without having to wait for all the governments to restore relations . |
| 17 | Lots of users have a need for a simple address book type database and PC Works 3.0 now provides a Wizard to help you set one up to your own requirements without having to go into all the jargon of fields and field types . |
| 18 | One advantage of a letter is that all the points ( 1 ) to ( 4 ) can be dealt with in advance and so the interviewer is expected and time is saved in not having to go through all the verbal explanations . |
| 19 | Well yes if it 's to get to from A to B quickly , yes and stop having to go through all the little villages and clutter that up |
| 20 | Finch disapproved of Flynn coming to work in such a state , but when drunken Flynn caused chaos on the set , Finch knew that the fading swashbuckler was incapable of filming for that day , so he would join Flynn for a drink and a sing-song . |
| 21 | What was the point in punishing herself unnecessarily by continuing to work in such a hostile atmosphere , no matter how interesting the actual job was ? |
| 22 | So if you 're looking for something , bit of a pain having to wade through half a dozen pages , if you can go to the index and then jump directly to the relevant page , and then save you a bit of time . |
| 23 | As we walked along the sand in the quietness , stopping to look at all the interesting things which had been washed up , the beach gradually disappeared . |
| 24 | Finally , clause 56 states : ’ Where an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of , or is attributable to any neglect on the part of , a director , manager , secretary or other similar officer of the body , or a person purporting to act in such a capacity , he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence . ’ |
| 25 | Middlesbrough were portrayed as extravagant young upstarts ( the club had only been in the Football League since 1899 ) , and Sunderland were reproached for daring to ask for such a sum . |
| 26 | But then I am not an undergraduate student trying to cope with all the new concepts and processes needed for modern literary studies . |
| 27 | So I 'm trying to put in all the ingredients : left-handed guitar , all the original effects , Marshall amplifier , everything that Jimi used — go for authenticity from the beginning and then take it from there . |
| 28 | The music was turned down at the request of a fat man who was actually trying to sleep through all the noise . |
| 29 | I remember trying to think of all the troops who would line up behind me , and realizing that there was only Anne . |
| 30 | And I myself , as er your course leader has indicated , I was on a course here myself some four weeks ago listening to the same subject , doing the physical exercises etcetera etcetera and listening and trying to take in , I wo n't say I did , trying to take in all the different aspects that will affect us in our er retirement years . |