Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [v-ing] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a maintenance agreement includes a provision purporting to restrict any right to apply to a court for an order containing financial arrangements , then — |
| 2 | That a commercial ‘ body of persons ’ has a ‘ trading character , ’ and can sue in respect of a publication tending to injure that trading character , is now clearly established … |
| 3 | It 's a shame having to go that , that time of year every year |
| 4 | Tell you what Mark , that must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information you know , must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information they 're gon na have to get , I mean how many people are they gon na get to do this ? |
| 5 | Tell you what Mark , that must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information you know , must be a hell of a job trying to collate all this information they 're gon na have to get , I mean how many people are they gon na get to do this ? |
| 6 | Each genuine ‘ Sun ’ record is worth about three hundred pounds to a collector aiming to acquire all of Elvis 's records . |
| 7 | All of us , whatever our walk of life , are frequently in situations where we want to persuade someone or , in other words , influence someone to do what we want them to do ( eg a salesperson trying to persuade a buyer or a negotiator trying to persuade another negotiator ) . |
| 8 | It then becomes rather a chore having to re-apply those etch-resist transfers all over again . |
| 9 | A man seeming to fight some inner struggle . |
| 10 | A centre wishing to offer any of these modules in the Session 1991/92 should write , explaining the reasons , to . |
| 11 | A clause claiming to shorten these periods is an exemption clause ; |