Example sentences of "[v-ing] you [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If talking things over inevitably leads to a row , then you 're to blame too , even though he may be driving you to over-react . |
| 2 | Everything conspires to whisk you back into the past , including the statue of a fierce bearded mercenary leaning on his shield and grasping his pike firmly as though challenging you to try to take it from him . |
| 3 | Small , compact , puckish , he had the aura of an insatiably inquisitive vole , continually turning over ideas , playing with them , and challenging you to come clean about what you thought . |
| 4 | This offers training ( minimum age 18 ) and assessment ( minimum age 20 ) , qualifying you to lead others on summer hill walks on British mountains . |
| 5 | This is a real time saver , because it automatically plays back the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning you to record mode ready to take the next shot . |
| 6 | Finally , there 's an option to create a ‘ rescue ’ disk ; a bootable floppy containing vital hard disk info , enabling you to go back to square one if the worst comes to the worst . |
| 7 | If you have a Pascal compiler you may wish to re-use , amend or string together various of the procedures within PITEST.PAS to produce your own routines e.g. you may wish to use the three options : create DC , update DC , and submit DC , to produce a routine enabling you to go through the whole create and submit procedure for DCs . |
| 8 | On the contrary , he considered that an exceptionally valuable opportunity for enabling you to kick him more robustly and with least personal danger . |
| 9 | You may find it convenient , as enabling you to decide quickly when the time comes to make your searches shortly before completion , to write " LC " against the name of every party to a document against whom a prior land charges search has been made , using your own search to supply any missing searches . |
| 10 | With further practice you will discover words that hold more than one meaning , that are themselves ambiguous , enabling you to represent contending realities at a single stroke . |
| 11 | But presuppositions are essentially a tool rather than a nuisance — a way of expanding the power of your writing by enabling you to say a lot in a short space . |
| 12 | A visit to the Whitbread Hop Farm is a unique experience enabling you to encounter a historical part of the Garden of England and delight in the atmosphere of this famous piece of Kentish Heritage . |
| 13 | It is wise to remember that the basic requirement of a rod , apart from the obvious ones of enabling you to cast and retrieve , is to act as a shock-absorber for the line . |
| 14 | Tickets are valid all day enabling you to alight at one attraction before re-boarding a later bus and heading to another . |
| 15 | If you arrange your archers on the slopes of a hill the rear ranks can shoot over the heads of the ranks in front , enabling you to take advantage of large numbers . |
| 16 | A new gondola cable car will take you to dizzy heights , enabling you to appreciate the mountains in their true splendour . |
| 17 | The steering is direct and precise , enabling you to hustle along briskly without effort , qualities which help to disguise the lack of power at your disposal in cut and thrust traffic . |
| 18 | Enabling you to allocate different joystick commands to the three coloured pedals , this nifty little piece of hardware will certainly add a good deal of realism to any driving games you may have in your collection ( except Hard Drivin' , of course , as even a steering wheel and gear shift could n't fuel-inject any realism into that ! ) . |
| 19 | A buffet meal is much easier and more sociable , enabling you to circulate freely . |
| 20 | A three-section handle can be fitted tot he last three heads , enabling you to reach high up on walls . |
| 21 | For example , you will receive a voucher enabling you to hire an Avis car one grade higher than you pay for — and you can book the car with as little as 4 hours notice yet be assured of your reservation . |
| 22 | The TM ( Tension Master ) 500 , ( £199 ) , for the skilled , touch player , has effortless playability , enabling you to use your opponent 's energy for your power . |
| 23 | Japlac complies with BS 5665 Part 3 1989 and the European Toy Safety Standard EN71 Part 3 1988 , enabling you to give an exceptionally glossy finish to toys , nursery furniture , climbing frames , and indeed any surface where the safety of a child is of tantamount importance . |
| 24 | This will bring Koi to the surface , enabling you to give them a visual health check ( but not of the underside where ulcers may occur ) . |
| 25 | Thankfully , there is now a wide range of window styles available in the various materials , enabling you to choose windows with conventional casements and top lights , or with top-hung , horizontally-pivoting and tilt-and-turn panes . |
| 26 | For the transatlantic marriages , several dictionaries of American expressions are available , enabling you to eliminate Americanisms , explain yourself to American listeners , or make jokes about the differences between Americanisms and conventional English language . |
| 27 | The high speed turn at the bottom of the wave which brings you back up the same wave enabling you to continue your ride in . |
| 28 | Notice , too , that your choice between active or passive has the effect of enabling you to move the " actor " and the " acted upon " around in the sentence , most often either to the beginning or to the end ( as in the " Jane Austen " example above ) . |
| 29 | Items are imaginatively displayed within room settings , enabling you to visualise them in your own home . |
| 30 | Providing you specify the correct knitting machine , punchcard and Mylar sheet templates will be printed to actual size , enabling you to place the template directly under the card or sheet for transferring . |