Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her younger brother John 's early death and the missionary fervour aroused by the death of David Livingstone [ q.v. ] in 1873 , spurred Mary into applying for work further afield . |
| 2 | Instead , they are likely to suggest that some methods of discipline can be used to help prevent a young person absconding from care so long as this does them no harm . |
| 3 | Governors should take any grievance relating to employment very seriously and give proper consideration to it through a fair grievance procedure . |
| 4 | Subsiding to dementia yet again ; |
| 5 | Whatever Laura 's motives — Moira believes she expected her to take injections or pills to dry up her milk supply entirely ; Bernard believes she was opposed to mothers returning to work so soon — the atmosphere was charged . |
| 6 | He relapsed into a coma again , returning to consciousness only once to speak his wife 's name ; and on 4 January 1965 , he died . |
| 7 | It 's happening at work too now : I can feel it . |
| 8 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 9 | So you 're looking for attention probably more than anything . |
| 10 | NIGEL WAS COASTING THROUGH LIFE CONTENTEDLY ENOUGH . |
| 11 | They are : ( 1 ) the relationship between psychology and biology and the possibility of dispensing with psychology altogether once physiology has been developed sufficiently ; ( 2 ) the value of studies on non-human species ; ( 3 ) the degree of functional specialization in the sub-areas of the brain and the ways of analysing and describing those functions ; ( 4 ) the way we are responding to the challenges of cognitive psychology ; and ( 5 ) the importance of being able to explain what happens in the real world , rather than just the laboratory . |
| 12 | In no other circumstances would she have tolerated militant vigilantes operating with impunity so far beyond their own domains . |
| 13 | Nelson , who was drinking rather too much , was looking at Charity more amorously by the minute . |
| 14 | Local authorities , particularly where there is a policy of selling off land previously compulsorily acquired ( for example , for housing and schools ) , often form a useful source of land for the developer . |
| 15 | The eyes were starting out of his head like those of a fish , and the Adam 's apple was going into overdrive yet again . |
| 16 | Are you going into town then tomorrow ? |
| 17 | She nodded , dicing with death once again as she swallowed more champagne . |
| 18 | However , north of the quay the wind will be a couple of forces stronger , with planing under jib alone quite in order — conditions strictly for the expert ! |
| 19 | The revenue was never enough for this , and the Company began declining into bankruptcy much faster than before . |
| 20 | Carriage driving for the disabled began about 20 years ago and it 's been growing in popularity ever since . |
| 21 | cos I have n't taken it out , but you know , I did n't think any more about it now we 're going to church right away ? |
| 22 | He was against tobacco , and against dancing , and against cinemas , and against going to church only once on Sundays . |
| 23 | When Paul called me back to ask whether he was serious about this , I replied , yes , although I must admit I did n't hear strings and flutes on ‘ Space Oddity ’ at the beginning but once the track was done , it was obvious that it was going to work really well . |
| 24 | I mean we support The Porch financially and with people going to work there precisely for the same reason . |
| 25 | This is going to work very well . |
| 26 | Introducing Wired , his biography of John Belushi , Bob Woodward recalls how the rigours of research involved going to bed early so as to rise at 4am to visit one of the comedian 's favourite watering holes . |
| 27 | ‘ In any case , I shall be going to bed very soon , I am rather tired . ’ |
| 28 | I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work . |
| 29 | Therefore make sure that you are not going to bed too early , particularly if you have taken a nap after lunch . |
| 30 | Jams , jellies and purées of all kinds , along with sauces , relishes and ketchups , were bottled or frozen ; nothing was going to waste as far as I was concerned . |