Example sentences of "[v-ing] [that] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just praying that we can avoid the type of injuries that we got last season . |
| 2 | Please keep praying that I will master the German ways of doing things , that are so different . |
| 3 | Old Doc Mac was one of the really great forensic scientists — we started together — but there 's no denying that he 'd let the reins slip a bit in recent years . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd think people would have heed , but no heed , never any heed , no care for anybody else , ’ he complained as he drove ; but before the bridge he startled them by driving the car into the space in front of McCabe 's and announcing that they would walk the rest of the way through the village . |
| 5 | On Feb. 24 Klaus 's supporters , announcing that they would use the working name Civic Democratic Party , confirmed that they would follow the draft statute approved on Jan. 12-13 . |
| 6 | On June 1 President Ranasinghe Premadasa had held talks with LTTE leaders in Colombo , and on June 6 the government conceded a key LTTE demand , announcing that it would dissolve the North-Eastern Provincial Council ( elected in late 1988 , when the province was under the control of Indian troops , and in the face of an LTTE election boycott — see p. 37007 ) and hold fresh elections . |
| 7 | The workforce at France 's most successful car manufacturer has rejected an earlier management offer of a 1.5 per cent pay rise and , in the face of what is widely seen here as management intransigence , the government reluctantly got involved in the private sector dispute yesterday evening , announcing that it would appoint an official conciliator . |
| 8 | Later , Koffigoh appeared on national television , saying that he had surrendered to avoid further bloodshed and announcing that he would form a government of national unity . |
| 9 | This afternoon , the Environment Secretary Michael Howard , back pedalled a little by announcing that he would allow the authority to spend another two and a half million pounds . |
| 10 | The Chief Constable of the RUC added confusion to the parades policy by announcing that he would permit an Orange church parade on the Sunday before the Twelfth to pass through the Tunnel because it would be a ‘ peaceful , dignified , church parade ’ but insisted that the Twelfth march had to be re-routed . |
| 11 | He has surprised Becker by announcing that he will forgo the French Open next June in order to prepare for Wimbledon , the one major championship to have eluded him . |
| 12 | This meant that country could keep on running during the war , and , proving that they could do the same jobs as men , women gave themselves an enormous boost in the push for votes . |
| 13 | The result of this was a surprise telephone call from Jenny herself suggesting that we should call a meeting . |
| 14 | Now City 's manager Bobby Gould is hinting that he will keep an unchanged team for Saturday 's all-ticket match against Aston Villa . |
| 15 | The federal cartel office in Berlin is hinting that it will forbid the takeover of MBB . |
| 16 | Realising that they could undercut the bids of competitors and still make a fat profit , the Reichmanns turned their company , Olympia & York , towards the property business . |
| 17 | He was leaving behind ideas of training as a test pilot , which he had kept in mind as a second choice of career , although doubting that he would obtain the necessary academic qualifications . |
| 18 | In his rage he declared war on the whole animal tribe , swearing that he would exterminate the lot of them , and recapture his daughter at the same time . |
| 19 | No , there was no hope of her husband exploding with rage at the thought of leaving her and swearing that he would find a way to remain . |
| 20 | Citizens in those countries retained allegiance to the political process , content most of the time to leave politics to elites , while believing that they could influence the outcome of both local and national decision-making if necessary . |
| 21 | Thus , where the tenant had been innocently misled into believing that he would obtain a long term , and had invested heavily in the property next door , whereas the landlord in fact had plans for immediate redevelopment , the Court of Appeal upheld an order for a break-clause exercisable after the first three years of the term ( Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 243 ) . |
| 22 | The magistrate was having none of this , however , believing that it would lower the dignity of the law , although the prosecuting counsel had a better idea and asked Mr Gamage if he was equally prepared to be shot in the face . |
| 23 | Conversely , the Single European Market could benefit operators in the South East but a great many operators are uncertain ( 31 per cent ) or indifferent ( 36 per cent ) to the Single Market , believing that it will have no effect . |
| 24 | It is particularly fitting that we should have the debates on education and employment on the same day , because education is a continuing process throughout life upon which employment is heavily dependent . |
| 25 | Made in the reign of Calixtus , it was obviously seen fitting that it should end the series of pictures of the popes involved in the struggle . |
| 26 | Thereafter only Ward on the final afternoon played with any real confidence and it was fitting that he should score the only century of the tour just before the end of the match . |
| 27 | Besides , it was fitting that he should serve a people who were so obviously more admirable as human beings than himself . |
| 28 | They hurried out into Fleet Street , Sir John wiping his mouth on the back of his hand , hitching his sword belt , shouting that he would revisit the tavern at his earliest convenience . |
| 29 | Military leaders in Serbia reacted angrily to the airdrop plan , warning that it could escalate the war . |
| 30 | BACKERS are plunging on Oaks contender Yawl undeterred by trainer Barry Hills 's warning that she may miss the fillies ' Classic . |