Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [verb] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 2 | When looking at booking contracts above we did not distinguish between the various forms of establishment which offer food , drink and accommodation . |
| 3 | Yeah I was wondering about using tape actually . |
| 4 | rushing about doing things today . |
| 5 | In Baidoa , we told how 300,000 people were flooding into feeding centres hastily set up by relief workers . |
| 6 | Methane is just one of the problems resulting from dumping rubbish underground . |
| 7 | Better give exotic Eastern eating a miss , if you are aiming at shedding weight fast . |
| 8 | Mr. Park went on to argue that there were three phases in the operations carried out by the taxpayer , namely : ( 1 ) the pre-contract phase where business was solicited abroad , ( 2 ) the making of the contracts , and ( 3 ) the performance of the contract throughout the stipulated period of duration in the overseas country by refraining from taking action there against the sub-licensee . |
| 9 | He was probably one of the first to discover the principle of electrotyping by depositing copper electrolytically on to an engraved copper plate , but , as with many of his other inventions and discoveries , he failed to take out a patent and most of the benefits were reaped by others . |
| 10 | professional distancing by prescribing change rather than working through the problem with the family |
| 11 | When talking about marking players only one man can possibly spring to mind , Trevor Proby . |
| 12 | There is evidence of a growing interest in payment systems in a variety of quarters , e.g. amongst economists there is renewed interest in the link between productivity and the way labour is paid ; management theorists are paying more attention to new forms of payment within their overall interest in making in making firms more responsive ; and amongst managers and government officials there has been considerable interest expressed in performance-related pay , merit-pay and profit-sharing . |
| 13 | However , we in this country know more than most that , unless there is a peace to keep , putting in peacekeeping forces simply places troops in danger . |
| 14 | On the other , a research report commissioned by the Lord Chancellor 's Department was critical of the quality of service provided by duty solicitors , with a high proportion relying on telephoned advice rather than attendance at the police station . |
| 15 | You may be thinking of moving house altogether and going to live in a different part of the country . |
| 16 | If you 're thinking of using Windows then you will need at least 100Mb of drive space . |
| 17 | I was thinking of having extensions actually , in my hair till it grew . |
| 18 | Those indulging in poaching activities today are well-organized wide-boys from nearby towns , with the use of large vans and with good contacts in the meat trade . |
| 19 | The industry is working twice as hard to hold on to their share of advertising and is concentrating on giving readers even more for their money — quality editorial , more colour etc . |
| 20 | Instead of frantically adding new features , which only a handful of customers may ever use , it is now concentrating on making tasks easier and faster to perform . |
| 21 | I 'm gon na , I 'm gon na get Scott tonight if he makes any comments and this fist is gon na go strop straight where it hurts . |
| 22 | He 's gon na go sleep now . |
| 23 | and he was n't gon na go football tomorrow but he 's got ta go cos if he do n't go he 's letting the team go because things he was saying to my mother last week , well you would n't believe it . |
| 24 | He says he says that it 's gon na stop crime so much cos if everyone can have a gun . |
| 25 | Are we gon na do dates now or I think we regard the deputies visit as a special visit and |
| 26 | What do you say you 're never gon na do exams again ? |
| 27 | If he 's gon na do things like that he wants to keep his gob shut does n't he ? |
| 28 | I 'm just gon na do strips already just oh I need some scissors then . |
| 29 | If they 're gon na do training well , then we need some sort of system to find out who knows what and what people need to learn . |
| 30 | It 's gon na show error again . |