Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 2 | At least back when I lived in a hole I knew everything there was to know about living in a hole , and now it 's a year later and I 'm at a place so far away I do n't even know how far away it is , watching something I do n't understand go to a place so far up there is no down . |
| 3 | We will tell you all you need to know about surviving despite the twentieth-century diet , and the real facts about obesity . |
| 4 | The major theorists on acting , on the other hand , such as Diderot ( 1957 ) , Stanislavsky ( 1937 ) , Brecht ( 1973 ) , Craig ( 1962 ) , Artaud ( 1970 ) and Brook ( 1968 ) tend to be interested in a particular theatrical style while writers on theatre such as Weissman ( 1965 ) and Barish ( 1966 ) choose to write about acting from a psychoanalytical point of view . |
| 5 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
| 6 | I can not help but marvel over the miracle of cordless technology when perched 40ft high , drilling through roof rafters with a cordless tool , not having to worry about tripping over the cable or whether it 's going to rain . |
| 7 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 8 | The opening chapter gives an in-depth and simple to understand account of all you need to know before taking to the water . |
| 9 | He was playing in a match at Windsor Great Park when , after stretching for a ball , he was seen to wince before going to the side of the field to lie down . |
| 10 | To provide a service within the community by providing a safe , secure environment in which the individual 's rights and needs are recognised , by assisting clients to adjust to living in a communal setting and providing support for clients using professional agencies and the resources of the department . |
| 11 | He intends to concentrate on writing for the next year , with a summer break to make an irreverent beginner 's Guide to Opera , co-written with his colleague Paul Whitehouse . |
| 12 | In recent months many software vendors which used to concentrate on producing for the Commodore , Amiga and Atari have started to supply versions for the IMB-PC and its clones as well . |
| 13 | Okay so if you can learn to concentrate on looking for the patterns and looking for , Oh well what sort of word is this , is it going to end in a K end in c sound so it 'll be C K. |
| 14 | These are all provided in a manageable package , leaving the teachers free to concentrate on teaching in the classroom , identifying needs , and directing self-study activities . |
| 15 | Pearl uses none of the electronic or ‘ sound enhancing ’ techniques currently fashionable , and aims to concentrate on extracting from the original grooves the essence of music . |
| 16 | I more or less fell into it , and without quite realising what I was doing obeyed a primitive instinct to hide by crawling under the track . |
| 17 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for a supranational monetary union or risk being left behind by the rest of the EC months before the next British general election . |
| 18 | Chancellor Kohl wants this process finished by 1991 , which could mean that Britain would have to choose between agreeing on a new treaty for monetary union or risk being left behind months before the next British general election . |
| 19 | In another experiment , by Semler , females were allowed to choose between mating with a normal red-bellied male or with a male of the ordinary non-breeding stickleback green colour . |
| 20 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 21 | The Co Antrim team certainly had cause to celebrate after storming to the title after five years in the doldrums … and now they aim to go from strength to strength . |
| 22 | It is misleading to talk of thinking as a mental activity . |
| 23 | The release of power is triggered by ( a ) keeping the knees and toes aligned throughout the backswing and ( b ) by keeping your head just inside your right foot to guard against falling into a reverse pivot . |
| 24 | Such consent would not be an answer to a charge of assault , and the policy reasons that forbid consenting adults to engage in fighting for the purposes of assault should apply equally in the case of an affray . |
| 25 | On Oct. 22 , Gorbachev and the leaders of the seven republics and Azerbaijan appealed to Ukraine to participate in working on the draft union treaty . |
| 26 | then it may be appropriate for it to progress to operating at the skilful stage . |
| 27 | Apparently , the flat had been previously inhabited by giants : I am tall for a woman , but all the shelves were too high for me to reach without standing on a stool . |
| 28 | Alters the relationship between Crown land and the planning system , in particular by allowing the Crown to apply for planning before the disposal of assets . |
| 29 | He had offered to resign after singing on a TV chat show just after seven men had been killed by the IRA . |
| 30 | There were several students on hand to help with moving of the furniture etc . |