Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And the things is , they always laugh , they 're always laughing when they get on the train |
| 2 | The corporation was sustaining appalling production losses and Finniston wrote to each of the trade unions suggesting that they meet on the neutral territory of a Heathrow hotel . |
| 3 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 4 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 5 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |
| 6 | Some of these should often be preserved ; use intelligent discretion , remembering that they belong to the client . |
| 7 | Yes of course yeah , but the , you know , we , we have to , I have to make a report and I have to recommend so I 'm recommending that we forget about the three-way stuff . |
| 8 | It starts raining and they rush for the car , where they have an afternoon sleep . |
| 9 | Yeah , I 'm just gon na keep going till I land on the wedding . |
| 10 | An ambiguously worded provision , patently lacking adequate means of enforcement , may be too slender a ground on which to anticipate that the courts would sanction a derogation from the ownership rights of the shareholders , lying as they do at the foundation of the legal model of the company . |
| 11 | The Pentland Hills are viewed increasingly as an area with high recreational potential , lying as they do on the very doorstep of Edinburgh . |
| 12 | On to the main road , which runs through the island and , apart from the sheep eking out a sparse living on the dead heather , there is little moving until I come to the head of Whalfirth , a long arm of the sea which pushes in from the west until it nearly cuts the island in half . |
| 13 | What am I wearing as I pine for the future , |
| 14 | Ideas , according to Berkeley , are particulars whose significance is explained by saying that they stand for the things they represent . |
| 15 | ‘ Using Moorsbus is one way of the public saying that they care for the future of the moors . |
| 16 | It goes without saying that you start with the bottom step , to prevent the concrete falling through to the one below . |
| 17 | From 30 June this year , all publicly listed companies will have to include a statement in their annual reports indicating that they comply with the Cadbury code of best practice ( see p 94 ) , or giving reasons for areas of non-compliance . |
| 18 | Right , so me and Jim had a chat the other day just looking at the the roadside entries and the counts and I was sort of saying if we work on the basis that we want between ten and twelve people , twelve people maximum |
| 19 | He said from experience that in using an agency it was extremely difficult to get even a small number of carers , quote , you know who is coming when they arrive through the door , unquote . |
| 20 | We 're laughing and panting as we clamber through the sucking stones . |
| 21 | Asked about the reasons for his apparent about face , Hahn said : ‘ You 're always learning and I think in the past our view was wrong . |
| 22 | Are there any further matters arising before we pass onto the next item on the agenda ? |
| 23 | All voiced sounds are likely to lose a certain amount of voicing when they occur at the end of a word or at the beginning . |
| 24 | English people , relying as they do on the creation of an invisible but supposedly recognizable barrier of reserve to ensure personal privacy in public places , have always been particularly appreciative of this form of tact . |
| 25 | ‘ Keep piping till we get to the digging site . ’ |
| 26 | You will need to telephone the ‘ various local offices ( local to the place where you are going to live , not where you are now ) and make sure that a telephone will be laid on , the gas meter will be read , the electricity meter will be read and that all the services will be connected and functioning when you arrive on the day . |
| 27 | The phone is ringing as I come through the door of my office . |
| 28 | The phone is ringing as I fumble with the key , my bladder is bursting and as I fall into the room I 'm undecided which call to answer first . |
| 29 | No no cos it could n't be worse than the one in the girls toilets today seeing as someone shat on the floor |
| 30 | So we 're not proposing that you turn off the mainframe on Friday and turn on your Unix or open systems machines with your database on it on Monday . |