Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next sale , a wider range of firms will be eligible to establish shops and applicants using them will have preference in allocations if there is heavy demand . |
| 2 | ‘ Are you suggesting I should cook breakfast for you too ? ’ |
| 3 | out of the balcony and he starts singing I can see Keilly |
| 4 | but , I mean if that actually was n't happening you 'd think he'd' 've come back and said we 've got to get in there now , you know get our , our message across and , and make a revolution movement . |
| 5 | Warner Brothers responded by announcing it would bring Hollywood stars to Teddington Studios . |
| 6 | With Major announcing that Government support would now total £115 million as well as pledging it would underwrite costs , they hailed his enthusiastic involvement as their trump card . |
| 7 | The purpose of John 's Gospel is clearly set out : Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples , which are not written in his book ; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ , the Son of God , and that believing you may have life in his name . " |
| 8 | ‘ The one thing you have got to give the fans is hope , and we 've got the staff at Aresenal to get them believing we can win things . ’ |
| 9 | So , imagining we would have problems with security , I turned round , dumped the cartridges at Brookes 's and returned to the Palace . |
| 10 | A new round of fare increases on British Rail have come into force , and commuters are warning they could force people off trains and into their cars . |
| 11 | It had opposed partnerships of advocates , believing they would reduce choice and efficiency . |
| 12 | IXI does n't think those users will need to be tempted by special offers promotions though , believing they 'll come flocking of their own accord . |
| 13 | She was pretending it could speak German , chattering away in gobbledegook , and making Annabel scream with laughter . |
| 14 | If BR does not come up with the money the council is warning it may take action to force them to remove the ticket office . |
| 15 | Seb stirred irritably , imagining he could hear voices . |
| 16 | If you could let me have these in writing it would make life easier |
| 17 | If you prefer not to go camping you 'll find youth hostels at Bellever , Exford and Lynton . |
| 18 | She 'd been hopelessly optimistic in supposing she could track Suzie down in the street . |
| 19 | Although the alarms looked inexpensive , there were concerns that providing them would saddle landlords with ongoing maintenance costs . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , ’ she countered abruptly , hugging her arms round herself , wishing she could sprout wings and fly somewhere private to live down her intense humiliation . |
| 21 | In seminar teaching it should elicit feedback , questioning , the bringing out of implications or contradictions , and the opening up of fresh aspects of the subject . |
| 22 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 23 | ‘ I mean , with you home all day and Ernie 's wife saying she 'll come mornings and this Karen , well she wo n't want waiting on like Miss Maynard . |
| 24 | She whimpered and covered herself with injuries , saying she could eat shit if that would please the sorceress , eat the sorceress 's own shit , and drink her piss too , if it pleased her . |
| 25 | Instead of carping we should congratulate Sarah Greene ( right ) on her fine acting debut . |
| 26 | ‘ You know , people keep saying we ought to hang coats on Shylock 's arm … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You are saying we must wake Calatin ? ’ said Taliesin . |
| 28 | Camus concludes his study of absurdity by saying we must imagine Sisyphus happy . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm saying we should let Mahmoud go on investigating this case . |
| 30 | ‘ People were saying they would pay £1.50 for a copy , ’ he said . |