Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as defending her Redcar seat , Dr Mowlam is Labour spokesperson on city and corporate affairs necessitating much shuttling between Cleveland and London . |
| 2 | These have proved to be such a success that there is now a virtual two month long waiting list at Tyseley with booking now stretching into April next year . |
| 3 | Stay with that a minute , erm , erm , I mean I would n't have thought we were in a position to give an assurance that er erm , that that no other complaints which appear to be outside the local ombu ombudsman 's restriction will be dealt with by support staff , I mean I should think we 're continuing looking continually looking for ways of dealing with complaints at the most efficient and effective way , and if that |
| 4 | That is one point of view ; another is that these future Nobel laureates may in fact earn their prizes by bringing more supercomputing to science , and thus moving more of science into cyberspace . |
| 5 | The facts — that Chrissie has been caught taking food home , the higher than average food costs , etc. — show that things have n't been going entirely according to plan , but what are the causes ? |
| 6 | So everything 's going really according to plan . |
| 7 | We do n't want Americans to think we are n't hospitable , and besides , she 's bound to be lying there thinking of sex , poor little thing , and it 'll be all wet and hairy , and so deliciously — ’ |
| 8 | I was lying there thinking about fellatio at the time . |
| 9 | Therefore , by the mid-1970s , Cramlington was proceeding much according to plan , with a number of firms being attracted to the area and the consequent job creation being associated with extensive housing developments by both the private and , public sectors . |
| 10 | After battling through to the end of your course in London , and coming home looking like death warmed up — ’ |
| 11 | What she was doing is she was talking as a person who 's got a genuine love of the theatre as we all have that 's what were doing here looking for solutions now can I 'm I 'm as I said I 'm not assassinating your character now but you 're being very intimidating in the way that your talking to people . . |
| 12 | Much of this was funded by personal borrowing , providing jobs in Credit and Banking ; the security for lending often coming from people 's own homes , as the desire to own and furnish better homes set off a spiral of house-price inflation . |
| 13 | If you fantasise about a warm , loving relationship , are you making an effort to meet new people , learning from past mistakes , and being a warm , loving person towards yourself and others — or sitting indoors waiting for Mr or Ms Right to knock on your door bearing a glass slipper ? |
| 14 | So I get sick of sitting here waiting for people |
| 15 | The disadvantage of that was you could n't have somebody in with the class for five or six lessons just standing there pretending to film . |
| 16 | And Pilate standing there watching in awe , knowing that he is the one who is guilty for allowing this to happen hating himself for it ! |
| 17 | I was standing there staring at Vern . |
| 18 | In the early days of the band , before John arrived , he 'd beaver away at us in the pub , making us think through our attitudes We ’ d be sitting there talking about music and he 'd dive in . |
| 19 | A Latin motto completed the package , though the family could never decide which sounded better — ‘ Cui debeo fidus ’ or ‘ Suscipere et finire ’ — and ended up using either according to taste . |
| 20 | This would have the advantage of allowing forward planning in terms of an overall residential training programme for 1988 and 1989 . |
| 21 | Sometimes this is achieved by a dominant project leader who imposes his own philosophy and then makes many of the decisions leaving only detailing for team members . |
| 22 | Its provisions included : enforcing a 20 percent reduction in Californian carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000 , with a 40 percent reduction by 2010 ; protecting the earth 's ozone shield by speeding up the internationally agreed phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons and other damaging chemicals ; banning offshore drilling for oil in state waters ; saving the ancient redwood forests ; and requiring that a new tree be planted for every 500 square feet of development . |