Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [conj] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is a good start , but there will still be quite considerable differences within the remaining group and it is worth checking to see if you can usefully angle your basic release to fit at least some of these requirements . |
| 2 | I am therefore writing to ask if you would be interested in our working together to produce AppleMac versions of the programs . |
| 3 | I am writing to ask if you will do an article on the above problem and maybe enlighten us on what we 're buying and how to get one cheap , etc . |
| 4 | I understand that you have recently been allocated a new ISBN prefix by the Standard Book Numbering Agency Ltd and I am writing to ask if you could send the Library copies of your current and forthcoming publications . |
| 5 | It 's a good thing I 'm not going to go because you might end up oh look at that ? |
| 6 | And er that is obviously going to contract because you 'll have seen the , the note that went round saying that , you know we have n't got as much money for that next year . |
| 7 | But if you , too , see life through such dark spectacles , perhaps a book with a murderer her , with whom your readers are going to sympathise if you can possibly make them ( notice how in the later Ripley book Patricia Highsmith shows him as a loving gardener ) or with any other sort of anti-law hero , this is the sort of work you should be addressing yourself to . |
| 8 | But I was going to say that you will never find a purer woman than Mercy Chant . |
| 9 | At least that 's why it 's so important to know the sorts of things they are going to say before you can specify for that . |
| 10 | Even through the double glazing the glass was beginning to melt and you could hear this horrible panting sound . |
| 11 | We chose as the venue , where else but , the Champagne Hotel of the north where Ian Corner , David Chell and their staff are bravely grasping the nettle of recession whilst continuing to perform as you would expect from Manchester 's top City Centre Hotel . |
| 12 | It is the equivalent of learning to walk before you can run . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'm a great believer in learning to walk before you can run , ’ said Shaun , wisely , ‘ but I 'm not ruling out expansion . |
| 14 | I am ringing to say that you will not be welcome at my party in Brighton . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I hear you 're planning to retire so you can concentrate on writing , ’ Charles told me over tea one afternoon . |