Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Previously the policy had been to raid during the moonless period of each month , transported by the LRDG and returning to base in between to reorganize . |
| 32 | ‘ Imagine gettin' knocked down by a tram in the middle of Lime Street wearin' them things . |
| 33 | ‘ Dying to get out of here too , ’ Arty said . |
| 34 | turn to Mr Potter I think he 's been dying to get back on this so |
| 35 | If they already have some practical knowledge they will be itching to get on to the floor ! |
| 36 | Well , I 've spoken about how we remember you but I know you have far more memories of being here those years ago and I know you 're really itching to get up off your seats and go and have a good look round to see where you were stationed and if it 's at all possible to see the huts , the billets or anything where you were . |
| 37 | But Larder says the the 6ft 5in , 17-stone Moriarty , is back to full fitness and itching to get back into action . |
| 38 | The answer , from work-a-day tinkers , tailors , soldiers and sailors ( and company directors , clerics , academics and ex-BR drivers itching to get back inside a steam cab ) has been a most definitely resounding yes ! |
| 39 | Northside have taken a trip from the street to the stage without appearing to stop off at the rehearsal room , and display no remorse at waltzing straight into the charts . |
| 40 | Northside have taken a trip from the street to the stage without appearing to stop off at the rehearsal room , and display no remorse at waltzing straight into the charts . |
| 41 | Instead of keeping headcounts up in case of an influx of work , firms are resorting far more to the use of temporary staff . |
| 42 | The company is also to change its name from Merrydown Wine to Merrydown plc and is applying to move up from the USM to the main market in January . |
| 43 | Gabriel climbed up the ladder , appearing to rise out of the rib-cage of First Man , who was lying across the front lip of the trapdoor . |
| 44 | The Committee is an Ulster horse bidding to follow up on Rhythm Section 's win at Cheltenham . |
| 45 | He was especially good at the end , when the aliens ( who have been monitoring the whole joke , helping Spunk out at awkward moments ) beam him back to BC . |
| 46 | A large group in the opposite corner had erupted into laughter at just the right moment , to mask the sound of her action , however , and even those who had seen and heard were simply hiding slightly shocked and curious smiles behind polite hands and pretending to go on with their talk . |
| 47 | And herself , mistrustful of him , angered by his wrong assumptions about her , pretending to go along with the programme he 'd arranged ! |
| 48 | Edward had watched over her for hours , even refusing to go down to the lock with his friends for days , though he loved to play there . |
| 49 | The Premier League got off to a wonderful start as far as its detractors were concerned when Arsenal lost 4-2 at home to Norwich , a side still stubbornly refusing to go back to what is considered their rightful place near the bottom of the League . |
| 50 | Yet with Rosemary still refusing to go out with Travis and Travis falling more and more in love with her the whole time , there was no way he could stay away . |
| 51 | For them there is a needless , lifelong fear of encountering a strange cat , a fear that sometimes ends with them refusing to go out of doors at all . |
| 52 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 53 | Yeah that 's a nice er , slot , were you looking to go out in the garden ? |
| 54 | Post-war interviews carried out by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey , confirmed such impressions : one out of three Germans indicated that his morale was affected by bombing more than any other single factor ; nine in ten of those interviewed mentioned bombing as the greatest hardship they had to suffer in the war ; three in five admitted to war-weariness on account of the bombing , and the percentage not wanting to go on with the war was significantly higher in heavily bombed than unbombed towns ; more than two-fifths said they lost hope in German victory when the raids did not stop ; and the percentage of people with confidence in the leadership was fourteen per cent lower in heavily bombed than in unbombed towns . |
| 55 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |
| 56 | In a rare moment of self-disclosure , he had talked about wanting to go up to God and ask ‘ why ? ’ |
| 57 | He shivered , wanting to go down to her , to stroke her and hold her and thank her , but what he wanted was n't somehow right . |
| 58 | The split apparently came after the fiery-tempered pair had a row about Tatum wanting to go back to acting — leaving McEnroe to look after the children while she makes movies . |
| 59 | For any mothers wanting to go back to education , of whatever age , there are a variety of courses available such as Fresh Start courses and TOPS courses . |
| 60 | Russell was wanting to go back to swimming class . |