Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs. Mallett , the typist from the general office , had brought her knitting to work and fortified by an unshakeable alibi — she had sat between the postmistress and Mr. Mason from the general store at the village concert — and with something to occupy her hands , sat clicking away with understandable if irritating complacency until given the order of release . |
2 | OLDHAM have placed Paul Round , their second-row forward , on the transfer list for £95,000 , claiming he is in breach of contract for refusing to train or play for the club , writes Paul Fitzpatrick . |
3 | And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time . |
4 | I was going to go and sit by the river with Dorothy Wordsworth . |
5 | And when we were getting people from outside coming there and some of them quite militant they were going to sit and lay across the road . |
6 | if you float you 'll stay at the top , some people can float and they do n't need arm bands , they stay at the top and if you sink they go to the bottom , now we 've got to look at these things look and we 've got to decide whether we think they 're gon na float , stay on the top or whether they 're going to sink and go to the bottom , now then what 's this here ? |
7 | We 're going to wait and listen to the News . ’ |
8 | Although it would be glib to presume that the removal of a pupil from his or her usual classes is necessarily the wrong strategy , there are obvious contradictions in operating a system based on negative sanctions and the off-loading of responsibility for one group whilst attempting to accept and cater for the diversity of the rest . |
9 | The storyline was always going to stand or fall by the performance of Tim Guinee as Lazar . |
10 | Now I 'm going to try and deal with the qualification . |
11 | ‘ I 'm going to come and work at the school , ’ said Maisie . |
12 | Often , the usual guidelines still apply , but it may be reassuring to highlight and comment on a few of the special situations in which some parents are placed . |
13 | How are you going to ensure that Care in the Community is not just a pipe dream ? |
14 | Who was going to stop and talk to a young girl like me ? |
15 | To recognise the continuing validity of such questions can not however exempt us from attempting to construct and share in a growing body of expertise . |
16 | Since they held Jordanian passports , it followed that those wishing to work or travel outside the West Bank had to pass over the bridge . |
17 | We were already beginning to try and live by the diet . |
18 | Clouds of mosquitoes were beginning to arrive and settle on the wounded . |
19 | Tightly budgeted , aiming to thrill and drawing upon the talents of performers such as Margaret Lockwood , Phyllis Calvert , James Mason and Stewart |
20 | Wait for printing to end as indicated by the reappearance of the Command Menu , before typing any more commands . |
21 | People walking along the promenade were beginning to stop and lean on the iron bar at the top end of the beach to look at the Africans . |
22 | Imports continued into the 1950s and the black-and-whites began to spread to other parts of the country , continuing to spread and increase during the 1960s when the national herd as a whole was decreasing . |
23 | 3/Slowly darkening the area , continuing to smudge and highlight with the eraser again and again , I work the piece until it looks right . |
24 | Slowly darkening the area , continuing to smudge and highlight with the eraser again and again , I work the piece until it looks right . |
25 | When we talk of a ‘ mindless occupation ’ , for instance , I take it to describe a situation in which activity is possible without having to think and feel about the meaning of the relatedness between the person and whatever the objects are that he manipulates . |
26 | There are a dozen states asking to join and participate in an all-European economic and political arrangement . |
27 | I remember having to wash and bathe in the river ! ’ |
28 | Although his voice and the accent change slightly when he becomes the narrator , Dustin was brilliantly convincing as a very old man , as well as managing to look and behave like a very young man when necessary . |
29 | I am still willing to negotiate and talk to the organisations and look at the sport . |
30 | Third , that the task of undoing this conditioning is one that can be achieved solely by a rational process of learning to understand and fight against the social and institutional effects of male domination . |