Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Most support for people who can not manage daily living without help comes from families , friends and neighbours rather than from the various formal services .
2 Some countries impose a fixed fee ( e.g. , the United States , where actual costs incurred by U.S. Marshals can vary enormously depending on travel distances involved ) , others seek to recover actual charges levied by , e.g. , a huissier , and others will in practice make no charge , especially where the state of origin is known to operate a similar policy .
3 Now Bright wo n't go there according to Radio 5 .
4 The densities of water application may vary considerably according to category of goods and storage height and it is therefore important to predict both the highest category of commodity and storage height likely to be used during the reasonable life of the building .
5 There was controversy in the second-century churches whether a Christian could be a magistrate or bear public authority , activities which might require apparently compromising with idolatry or condemning criminals to execution .
6 And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out .
7 So I would lie upstairs drifting from pain to the drugs .
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