Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |
| 2 | Then he and Yanek embraced one another , weeping for joy to be together again . |
| 3 | We follow Booth ( 1984a ) in allowing for individuals to be differentiated by their degree of commitment to the union movement , and we also follow Naylor ( 1989 , 1990 ) and Naylor and Cripps ( 1989 ) in allowing for individual 's utility gain from following the social custom to be moderated according to their degree of commitment to the union movement . |
| 4 | It is pressing for companies to be required by law to disclose details of trade effluents . |
| 5 | Leaping from bed to be done learns nothing of any depth . ’ |
| 6 | It was during the inter-regnum of 1907 to 1912 , when Lugard was occupied as governor of Hong Kong before returning in triumph to be Governor-General of a united Nigeria , that the Northern Residents seized their opportunity to move collectively into a position of virtually unassailable independence from the central government . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence also plans changes to his line-up with one alteration already confirmed Andy Peake returning in midfield after being rested for Saturday 's win over Plymouth . |
| 8 | But because his value is limited to £1.5 million — another stipulation in the contract which first allowed him to move to Sampdoria — there is room for additional bonuses and signing on payments to be made available to him . |
| 9 | Happening by chance to be employed in one of the most notoriously protest-prone university schools in the Western world , I have noticed an extraordinary anomaly in student protest behaviour which I invite my readers to compare with their own experience , which I think they will find quite closely comparable to my own . |
| 10 | He continued : ‘ The EC is pushing for aid to be given to the North West as a whole . |
| 11 | We invite potential authors to contact the editor , from whom details are also available about a workshop on writing for publication to be held in Manchester on 27 May . |
| 12 | It occurs in Henry IV , Part I. Falstaff and the Prince are having a high old time by pretending in turn to be the King chastising Hal for his association with Falstaff . |
| 13 | Now I 'm not looking to people to be totally bloody minded , erm , but I 'm gon na for people to sort of totally cave in , erm , with these newly acquired influencing skills , because as we 've said all along , they will work on some occasions , but they 're not gon na work all the time . |
| 14 | We should be looking at ways of being more selective about treatment , and I think one of the reasons for wishing to study miocenia gravis in such detail is to be able to get so inside the mechanism of production of the disease that we can in fact simply turn off the miocenia disease process and leave the rest of the immune system just as it was . |
| 15 | Dr. Iestyn Williams , a senior doctor with the order 's medical services , will be rewarded for more than 30 years caring for others by being made a Commander . |
| 16 | There are certain types of expenditure that are illegal ( for example , paying an elector to exhibit an election poster or paying for voters to be taken to and from the polling booths ) , and separate committees to promote a candidate are not permitted . |
| 17 | There is no intrinsic benefit gained from paying farmers not to produce food , or from paying for food to be stored and destroyed rather than sold at a fair market price . |
| 18 | One of the most common ways relatives and friends seek to relive the souls of their loved ones in Purgatory is by paying for masses to be offered on their behalf . |
| 19 | But whereas the long version refers only to the words in Lamentations 1:12 ( O all ye that pass by the way , attend , and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow ) , the short version incorporates all the references to focus more sharply on the organic relationship between man and Christ whose natural growth is blasted by sin : And only in the short version does the meditator acknowledge this by identifying himself with the penitent thief pleading for pardon to be extended to him , and confessing his failure to acknowledge Christ as the true source of his integrity : In both versions the meditator admits that the very ability to recognise the life-giving power in Christ is a sign that he in fact has the love of God even if he does not feel it : And in both , as the meditator sees his betrayal and sense of deprivation borne by Christ in His words : " My god , my dere god , why hastow al forsakyn me … ( 89. cf.102 ) he imagines himself lying down among the bones of dead men on mount Calvary , taking the foot of the Cross in his arms , the stench of death in his nostrils . |
| 20 | The clouds were thickening , tumbling shapes and darker shadings , compressed , threatened , hung over , loomed , waiting for judgement to be called . |
| 21 | Alan Dodsworth of Darlington paid over £2,000 in cash to Mr Round last October for a kitchen that was never delivered ; and disabled Ferryhill resident Royston Hunter is still waiting for work to be completed at his home after giving Mr Round £4,180 in November . |
| 22 | And disabled Ferryhill resident Royston Hunter is still waiting for work to be completed at his home after giving Mr Round £4,180 in November . |
| 23 | Waiting for Bella to be furious and upset . |
| 24 | Her family is still waiting for justice to be done . |
| 25 | Hundreds of families are still waiting for justice to be done . |
| 26 | It is quite incredible how many files lie on office floors after the case is settled waiting for costs to be dealt with . |
| 27 | He must not act unlawfully in other ways such as remaining on premises after being lawfully requested to leave . |
| 28 | Then comes the fun of making the pattern — and do make sure that the dimensions you are going to work to are for the full pattern and not the kite frame shape . |
| 29 | But these were not serious grounds for going to Rome to be crowned . |
| 30 | She 's going to Italy to be a Mother 's Help . |