Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it is not fair that your remorse should be turned in the direction of seeking someone else to blame . ’ |
| 2 | But the main line of attack was that Heseltine should ‘ either put up or shut up ’ — with the apparent intention of forcing him either to keep silent or to declare himself before he was ready . |
| 3 | And er they would maybe er devise or make or r find a piece of suitable wood or something to scratch in the garden or in the sand or on a piece of nice soft soil , to make furrows and er imitate maybe what their Dad was doing out in the field and er they had no concept of doing anything else to play really , it was just pretending they were pretending they were grown up and working . |
| 4 | You 'll probably want to talk about it without the embarrassment of having me here to listen . |
| 5 | But I am terrified of taking him home to meet the family and particularly my sister , in case he goes the way of all the others . |
| 6 | On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion . |
| 7 | Though it would be a case of finding someone else to go off with and not just sort of like , I mean we mentioned it years ago . |