Example sentences of "[v-ing] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Praying that the links would n't catch on my clothes … in my knitted sweater … should have stripped … head under , metal lying on my face , push the links up with hands , full strength , take care , do n't rush , do n't snag clothes , get free of the jumble of things on the mud around me , hold onto the wire outside , do n't let go , the current in the river was appreciable , tugging , keep straight , hang on , shoulders through , raise the links , back through , bottom through , legs … links … short of breath … lungs hurting … careful , careful … unknown things round my ankles , hampering … had to breathe soon … feet catching … feet … through . |
| 2 | Crouched over the table at home endeavouring to scarf up all those little facts they required of you in those days ( what is Bauxite ? when should you employ j'eusse , tu eusses , il eusse ? what are the consequences of heating copper in a stream of chlorine gas ? ) and praying that the fuckers would leave the lights on until you 'd done just this bit ? |
| 3 | A farmer working a pair of shire-horses , and probably ably praying that the weather would hold , moved into his line of vision giving a touch of life to a scene that might have been painted in oils . |
| 4 | Praying that the real me is in touch with the real God . |
| 5 | Vicki is praying that the rescue ship she knows is on its way will arrive in time to save them all . |
| 6 | 17–6–1848 They forwarded a memorial to Lord John Russell praying that the Post Office should be caused to be shut throughout the Kingdom on the Lord 's day ; and on 19th February 1849 they petitioned the shareholders at Perth against running trains on the Sabbath . |
| 7 | She began inching towards him , hugging the face of the cliff , praying that the rock beneath her would hold . |
| 8 | Folly followed her guide , praying that the girl would n't ask why she wanted to see Luke Hunter , and trying to think up a good excuse in case she did . |
| 9 | Athelstan blessed Meg , sprinkling the open coffin with hob water and praying that the sweet Christ would have mercy on her soul . |
| 10 | I beg to move , That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Adjudication ) Amendment ( No. 2 ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 1950 ) , dated 30th August 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 30th August , in the last Session of Parliament , be annulled . |
| 11 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Attendance Allowance ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2740 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 12 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Social Security ( Claims and Payments ) Amendment Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2741 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 13 | That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty , praying that the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance ( Consequential Provisions ) Regulations 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 2742 ) , dated 5th December 1991 , a copy of which was laid before this House on 5th December , be annulled . |
| 14 | Sophie relayed the information to Mr Miller , who shrugged irritably and told her to be as quick as possible , but the traffic was heavy as she drove out of the town and all the time she was praying that the cat 's leg would not be really broken . |
| 15 | Carly 's parents are praying that the operation will succeed . |
| 16 | ‘ It led us to speed it up , ’ he said , while denying that the alleged single market would of itself promote business . |
| 17 | And of the Cobra , ‘ There can be no denying that the Cobra is an extremely exciting car to drive , or even passenger in . |
| 18 | There was no denying that the Soviet Embassy was large , enormous , one might say , making lilliputian a convoy of Russian lorries parked outside from which , mysteriously , soldiers in olive green and red were taking canteens of food . |
| 19 | There is no denying that the miners suffered a humiliating defeat , but was this true of the wider trade union movement ? |
| 20 | On balance the evidence suggests that the Liberal decline began before the First World War , but there is no denying that the war speeded up this process . |
| 21 | Their flimsy ruse blown , British and continental federalists try the unconvincing tactic of denying that the French and Germans mean ‘ federal ’ when they use the word , saying it means something else in other languages . |
| 22 | There is no denying that the present government has done something to influence both sides of this equation . |
| 23 | Even if you are sceptical about meridians , there 's no denying that the roller gives an enjoyable massage . |
| 24 | However , there is no denying that the picture quality does suffer at these low levels : the colours become increasingly weak and washed-out looking , and the sharpness of the definition falls off because the lens is having to work at its maximum aperture . |
| 25 | He then rejected local criticism of one of these bodies , denying that the IIRS ‘ is the lap-dog of any company … |
| 26 | He might not have thought he deserved the Man of the Match award on Wednesday night , but there can be no denying that the return of Gascoigne has transformed Taylor 's England from a farce to a force . |
| 27 | In an essay written with Watt in 1963 ( in Goody , ed. 1968 ) , Goody sets out to counter-balance the relativism of his colleagues in anthropology which , he feels , ‘ has now gone to the point of denying that the distinction between non-literate and literate societies has any significant validity ’ . |
| 28 | Nevertheless there is no denying that the threat of removal has radically altered the relationship between chairmen and committee members . |
| 29 | Bentham was willing , however , on the basis of his version of the command theory of law to take the heroic step of denying that the common law was law . |
| 30 | By now denying that the arm's-length principle applies to national museums Lord Armstrong makes me wonder how he interpreted his new role when he moved from being Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet Secretary to being her choice as Chairman of the V & A. If he saw himself as dutifully executing government policy over the V & A 's restructuring it is understandable that he did not subsequently feel constrained to resign , nor to dismiss his director , when it had become clear to the museum 's staff that the essence of the restructuring separation of research from ‘ object-management ’ had been abandoned as unworkable . |