Example sentences of "[art] [noun] of [v-ing] [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 2 | Bornstein ( 1979 ) , however , points out the problems of using fingerspelling which is meant to follow spoken language exactly . |
| 3 | The tradesman who put him there knew this , and hoped that by being removed to such unfamiliar and unpleasant surroundings his debtor would soon see the sense of agreeing to do what would immediately return him to the comparative comfort of his own home , namely to surrender , in settlement of his debt , the real estate which the law did not allow the trader to touch . |
| 4 | And all the rime you knew that you would never take the risk of getting shot which this involved or have the necessary patience to carry it out . |
| 5 | This also means that the interviewers are relieved of the problem of having to remember what questions are to be asked and , even more , the interviewer is relieved of having to enter the responses after the interview has ended , as in the case when no notes are taken , or only sketchy abbreviations of replies are made during the interview . |
| 6 | The other proviso of course , is our commitment to ninety , nineteen ninety four , and nineteen ninety five , not having arrived at the end of the financial year yet , we 're still in the position of having to forecast what those commitments will be . |
| 7 | They are just a part of trying to understand what 's going on inside me as Christmas draws near . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll make sure that I 'll bring her back in one piece , ’ André was saying , but Piers had turned away and gave no indication of having heard what was being said to him . |
| 9 | Beyond that it 's just a matter of trying to perceive whatever vision you have . |
| 10 | The scientific approach to the world of nature developed as a way of looking to see what was actually there and interpreting it in the light of its own evidence instead of simply accepting received , traditional wisdom . |