Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for . |
| 2 | Yes , and when the hon. Gentleman reads my remarks , he will see that I said that I am considering disapplying the 1976 |
| 3 | Do n't forget that I am in hiding . |
| 4 | But , I mean we 're a long way from that , and I do n't want people to think that I 'm from saying er redundancies are imminent , er |
| 5 | As she handed him the cup of tea her tone changed : ‘ Not that I 'm against joking , but everything in its place ; when I 'm here with Aunt Lizzie , we chaff each other , but … but not all the time . ’ |
| 6 | I think we could promote ourselves , Mr Chairman , but what I can say is that I 'm against contributing to all these West Midland bodies that probably wo n't , wo n't give us any help at all . |
| 7 | Say that someone is considering buying something which ( in early 1980 ) cost £100 . |
| 8 | She had thought for months of trying to blow the gaff on the fact that she was past marrying off , but it had seemed a lot to put Len through , and her mother was anyway exceptionally good at not acknowledging that a gaff had been blown . |
| 9 | You could n't be all that you are without despising me . |
| 10 | When listening demonstrate that you are by making ‘ continuity noises ’ such as ‘ um ’ , ‘ yes ’ , ‘ really ’ . |
| 11 | And I did n't think that you were into playing games . ’ |
| 12 | We did n't want to pop in else your father would be saying that we 're after selling you a new hat again , knowing your weakness for hats . ’ |
| 13 | Our solicitors , therefore , wrote to the Department of the Environment informing them that we were considering seeking judicial review of the case . |
| 14 | This ease of changing decisions on appeal is in contrast with the extreme difficulty that there is in getting changes or approvals under leasehold restrictions or other forms of restrictive covenants . |
| 15 | All shades of opinion are generally represented — some well beyond the pale , others so ‘ colourful ’ that they are beyond inflicting on the magazine 's readers . |
| 16 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 17 | However , rather than getting upset about this it spurs her on to try harder to show that they are worth watching . |
| 18 | The drawbacks to class displays do exist , but they are not insurmountable if you decide that they are worth overcoming . |
| 19 | The Scots had lost — but members of the most dazzling court in Europe , the model for the kingdoms of northern Europe , found that they were worth visiting , and they were worth fighting . |
| 20 | But shortly after the trial the twin 's parents announced that they were considering pursuing a civil case for damages . |
| 21 | Their worries followed confirmation by Ford bosses that they were considering setting up a seat production plant in Poland . |
| 22 | Intimation had been received during the previous year that they were considering paying over to the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds the sum of £12,000 , the interest on which would be sufficient to maintain their endowment of £300 . |
| 23 | Several unsuccessful companies announced that they were considering challenging the commission 's decisions in court . |
| 24 | Last month I tried to convince you that it 's worth knowing more about the Windows INI ( initialization ) files . |
| 25 | Mention has been made to the paperwork , I think that it 's worth reminding ourselves that a lot of the paperwork that has been generated , is a direct result of Conservative government introduced legislation , particularly cri criminal justice er , legislation , which requires a considerable amount of paperwork , erm , to be completed by officers , quite often in long , in longhand , and not making use of technology , where in fact they er , a great deal of time and effort could be con , er could be er , saved . |
| 26 | A couple of handfuls scattered over the area surrounding the sett , an hour or two before dusk , will often convince the resident brocks that it 's worth staying a while longer before going off to forage . |
| 27 | So erm that 's , if you 're , if you 're getting behind on that it 's worth trying to do something about it soonish before you get too far behind to manage to catch up |
| 28 | Or you could go in and say , ‘ Listen , , can I suggest two or three aspects of this that it 's worth covering ? |
| 29 | I do n't feel that it 's worth doing . |
| 30 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |