Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or that of the poor themselves , for daring to bend their heads and stare ? |
| 2 | One of Jaci Stephen 's gems ( Spring Edition ) you omitted was the occasion she suggested that one man 's motive for daring to criticise her was a size limitation in the manhood department . |
| 3 | IT WAS once an independent state , all 32 square miles of it ; but it got on the wrong side of the local superpower , whereupon angry Athens exiled its inhabitants for daring to ally themselves with Sparta . |
| 4 | Because tonight he would punish Detective Lieutenant Curtis for daring to offend him . |
| 5 | Kennedy might thus have decided that the question was not worth pursuing had it not been for British persistence and Foreign Office assessments which suggested that the Soviets themselves hoped that an agreement of some kind might result . |
| 6 | This is a pictorial caricature of an organisation and is an invaluable tool for helping to explain what the organisation is ‘ about ’ . |
| 7 | Lee Davison , of Tuebrook , has dropped me a line of thanks for helping to resolve his problems over a faulty necklace . |
| 8 | The first — Treasury Chief Secretary — given to him as soon as Major became Premier partly as thanks for helping to run his leadership campaign . |
| 9 | MARK MOULAND last night paid tribute to Welsh team-mate Ian Woosnam for helping to rescue him from the golfing scrap heap . |
| 10 | Ben Lowe found the organization the perfect place for helping develop his idea of a ‘ non-sectarian ’ national newspaper , so he joined as well . |
| 11 | ‘ I never saw anyone like you for enjoying doing nothing , ’ Emmie said . |
| 12 | In moderate amounts , it is not troublesome , but for dyeing work it may be desirable to keep the concentration reasonably constant so as not to affect the rate of dyeing . |
| 13 | Technology is not just about making clever films for party political broadcasts or staging breathtaking rallies , but more about helping weld your communications strategy into a coherent whole . |
| 14 | you , you be very careful about driving drinking your parts |
| 15 | Similarly , models of normal reading aloud which distinguish a lexical from a non-lexical procedure for reading aloud provide straightforward interpretations of two contrasting patterns of acquired dyslexia ( surface dyslexia and phonological dyslexia ) , and models of normal spelling which distinguish lexical from non-lexical procedures for spelling allow us to interpret two contrasting patterns of acquired dysgraphia ( surface dysgraphia and phonological dysgraphia ) . |
| 16 | Workmates at GEC in Manchester had at first joked when he said he was unable to stand after kneeling to pick something up . |
| 17 | They are all cold-pressed virgin oils and should be kept in the dark and refrigerated after opening to prevent them from becoming rancid . |
| 18 | Green tea comes from leaves that have been withered and dried immediately after picking to preserve their fresh green colour and light , scented qualities . |
| 19 | Channel 4 and Box Productions , which made The Committee , were fined £75,000 at the High Court in July after refusing to name their informant . |
| 20 | Price was disqualified after refusing to sign his card following a two-stroke penalty for moving an advertising hoarding . |
| 21 | An hour later , the woman who was seen with the child was arrested at Heathrow where she had argued with a cabbie after refusing to pay her fare . |
| 22 | It 's mad — even Mum 's after botering w' it now . ’ |
| 23 | Think of Woody Guthrie and you 're back in the presidential alley once more , for America 's folk hero was named after Woodrow Wilson , the man who took the USA into World War I after attempting to keep his country neutral , a 1916 song claiming ‘ He Kept Us Out The War ’ , though a later ragtime hit contained the lyric : ‘ We 're going to celebrate the end of the war in ragtime — be sure that Woodrow Wilson leads the band . ’ |
| 24 | And an RUC Special Branch officer had been beaten up a few weeks previously after going to meet his UFF informer in Belfast 's York Road district . |
| 25 | After deciding to have her favourite crab-cakes , Christina sat back in the uncomfortable rattan chair , admiring Pauline 's Batik printed dress . |
| 26 | I can understand how upset you were after expecting to make your home with her . |
| 27 | Lush 's Miki Berenyi needed 15 stitches after splitting open her head in a stage-diving catastrophe during Ministry 's set . |
| 28 | NICK FALDO was accused of ‘ disloyalty ’ yesterday after opting to miss his defence of the Volvo Masters title at Valderrama , Spain , later this month , and play in the Nabisco Championships in the United States instead . |
| 29 | THIS is the photofit of a bogus policeman who has attacked two women in their homes after asking to see their husbands . |
| 30 | Hobbins , who surrendered after threatening to kill himself , denies murder , attempted murder and firearms offences . |