Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the also sympathetic but Grahamly maddening Tim is struggling to move into a flat on the row , while supposing himself to be struggling to come out of the closet . |
| 2 | Gabriel climbed up the ladder , appearing to rise out of the rib-cage of First Man , who was lying across the front lip of the trapdoor . |
| 3 | He looked away , pretending to stare out of the window as he began to summarise his conclusions . |
| 4 | ‘ There are an increasing number of executives looking to break out of the corporate hierarchy , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ There are an increasing number of executives looking to break out of the corporate hierarchy and run their own business and it appears that MBIs are catching up with MBOs as a method of achieving that goal . ’ |
| 6 | But it might as well save its money if it is merely going to flow out of the country into the pockets and profits of foreign firms . |
| 7 | Chairman I , I , I am and some of my colleagues a little confused on this paper , erm and I really ask that I , I understood that when we discussed this last , erm that the , the minor work which was one , one debated , erm was going to be increased to two million and that two million er , two million spend was going to come out of the existing budget , I 'm not quite sure from this whether it is or it is n't , could you explain ? |
| 8 | But obviously the heavier pieces of furniture , the more durable ones , are also the more expensive , and when it 's largely the money for them 's going to come out of the husband 's pocket they 're going to have more of a stake in erm in saying what they want . |
| 9 | Well , she 's not going to jump out of the window in the next hour , is she ? |
| 10 | He especially did n't like to think what would happen if his mother ever discovered that he was going to sneak out of the house to attend an illegal meeting a few days hence . |
| 11 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |
| 12 | Looking around her as if she thought someone was going to run out of the field behind her and save her , she saw that the man was much nearer . |
| 13 | Any failure of the controls , they 're going to drop out of the sky indeed we saw that on Saturday … |
| 14 | Any failure of the controls , they 're going to drop out of the sky . |
| 15 | Jem Marsh is deadly serious , not a flicker of a smile darting across his weathered expression : ‘ We 're going to move out of the component car industry . |
| 16 | Although the UK 's pure techno underground is starting to clamber out of the bunker , it is a telling indication of the music 's current polarity that this marvellous compilation should emanate from the Belgium Indisc operation ( distributed here by Pinnacle ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Unless there is something really untoward I do n't see Ian having to pull out of the squad . ’ |
| 18 | She is threatening to pull out of the government and join Mr Sharif 's agitation if Mr Ishaq does not fulfil her demands . |
| 19 | Everything depends on the economy 's continuing to grow out of the recession , and exporters taking full advantage of a competitive exchange rate and finding markets in the face of a recession throughout Europe . |
| 20 | ‘ They were telling everying to go out of the front of the shop , ’ he said . |
| 21 | And he mistrusts the public attention mountaineering offers , preferring to stay out of the limelight . |
| 22 | Jonesy was still struggling to get out of the grave , and this he managed only with his father 's help , after falling back in once . |
| 23 | Several Perks were fighting to get out of the crack . |
| 24 | Something brown was fighting to get out of the bright green of the marsh . |
| 25 | Behind him , something was fighting to get out of the door . |
| 26 | He began vaguely opening drawers and cupboards , trying to see out of the corner of his eye whether there were any more of Tessa 's belongings lying about the floor . |
| 27 | THIS RECORD is the sound of a band trying to sneak out of the house without us noticing . |
| 28 | Peru is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president , Alan Garcia . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Erm , so I 'll agree with Mr Grigson that we do suggest there are more households changing their own dwellings , but it 's simply because we 're trying to iron out of the problems that we feel have occurred within the major estimates . |