Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that they did not consider just talking to London Transport about that . |
| 2 | The use of such a file will eliminate extra searching for synonyms and may save a fair bit of time . |
| 3 | On both issues , he suggested , reality had long outstripped British rhetoric and Whitehall would do better bargaining on details than cold-shouldering the whole process . |
| 4 | And I can I can vividly remember now coming along Nuthall Road towards Nuthall from Kimberley and seeing all the telegraph wires hanging down , pushed down to the floor , broken , with the weight of snow . |
| 5 | Home help 's we like , were meeting tomorrow and were hoping that Renee will come along and eh update us on things so that we can campaign again starting in October . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean , if I ca n't choose something that 's actually there and I can try on , what chance would I have just looking at pictures ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll stay here talking to Miss Jane till you come back . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Now Bright wo n't go there according to Radio 5 . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't stand there looking like Shirley Bloody Temple . |
| 12 | ‘ How can you stand there talking about bits of paper and profits and money … money , ’ she made the word into an excrescence , ‘ when what you are doing is playing with a human soul . |
| 13 | Listening once to him on the Bench I recalled an occasion when the aged and formidable boys ' maid who looked after our rooms had stood with arms akimbo accusing him of some peccadillo , and ended her tirade : " Mr Phillimore , do n't you stand there lying like Ananias ! " |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They can travel abroad going to shows and fights . |
| 18 | So I would lie upstairs drifting from pain to the drugs . |