Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newcomer listened in his turn to the description Mrs Zamzam had given me of the events that led her to run away from Um Al-Farajh , occasionally nodding agreement or interrupting to correct her account . |
| 2 | Or refusing to relate them . |
| 3 | The batting side with wickets in hand — whether it is chasing a target score or seeking to maximise its own total — now launches an all-out assault on the bowlers trying to raise the scoring tempo to seven or more runs per over . |
| 4 | Design is about the way a product not only looks , but also functions , and for anybody in manufacturing industry or retailing to say they do n't take an interest in it would be perfectly ludicrous , because at the end of the day it is design that causes a product either to be successful or unsuccessful . |
| 5 | So far , however , the BIS Clearinghouses Committee has simply reported their functions and activities , without formalizing any co-operation between them or attempting to co-ordinate them . |
| 6 | My father overheard and , without consulting me or waiting to hear my reply , forbade him the house . |
| 7 | However , his view that each thing has an essence and that all its active behaviour is to be explained by its inbuilt conatus or striving to preserve its own essence has a strong Aristotelian flavour . |
| 8 | Or if you had knitting or sewing to do you 'd take it round . |
| 9 | ‘ Hence , when money wages are rising , workers may , rightly or wrongly , credit such rises to unions and hope that by beginning or continuing to support them they will do as well or even better in the future ’ ( Bain and Elsheikh , 1976 , p. 64 ) . |
| 10 | If the retaining bar on the main bed is worn , that is , with the sponge damaged , worn out or having lost its spring , you will get problems when knitting . |
| 11 | With Cosmos your holiday price already includes your transfer from your hotel to the entrance of the fabulous EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park and back again to your hotel in the evening , so you do n't need to worry about the extra expenditure or having to find your way around . |
| 12 | A tiny anonymous figure is represented , in isolation against a background of vivid colours , as a self-willed individual , kneeling , crawling , sleeping or learning to see its reflection in a pool . |
| 13 | Or intending to send it later ? ’ |
| 14 | But by the time the dancing stopped in the early hours of Sunday , ninety-six arrests had been made — sixty-five for the possession of illegal drugs , twenty-six for supplying or intending to supply them . |
| 15 | There was the drugs problem where Trying to put me er social hat on , of people there on valium e and other drugs which were floating ground and kids were getting hold of these drugs from their parents . |
| 16 | ‘ Every person who shall by himself or by or in conjunction with any other person , corruptly solicit or receive , for himself , or for any other person , any gift , loan , fee , reward , or advantage whatever as an inducement to , or reward for , or otherwise on account of any member … of a public body … doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever , actual or proposed , in which such public body is concerned shall be guilty of a misdemeanour . ’ |
| 17 | One of the cloaks is actually a Chameleoleech , but it wo n't attack unless it is touched — by an adventurer searching the cloaks , or trying to put it on , for example . |
| 18 | These days the idea of going on a diet , or trying to control what I eat , or even trying to eat ‘ healthily ’ , would never occur to me . |
| 19 | He has variously claimed that from farts he can tell not only what people have eaten or drunk , but also the sort of person they are , what they ought to eat , whether they are emotionally unstable or upset , whether they are keeping secrets , laughing at you behind your back or trying to ingratiate themselves with you , and even what they are thinking about at the precise moment they issue the fart ( this largely from the sound ) . |
| 20 | William George Henry Augustus , Eleventh Marquis of Hulton , always had a pipe in his mouth and he was invariably either filling it , cleaning it out with a metal reaming tool or trying to light it . |
| 21 | causing bad feeling or trying to upset her trade , I mean we know she 's rubbish but erm I , I said er I just said well the children who enjoy it enjoy it I said but he never really settled and er we felt that between us we 'd got over twenty years ' experience of working with children , we reckoned we knew a little bit more about what makes children tick . |
| 22 | The social worker can give them emotional support too , strengthening any network of support that already exists from relatives , friends and neighbours , or trying to form one for them if they are in a position of isolation . |
| 23 | This is the place to visit if you are planning a new garden or trying to give your modern garden the old fashioned look . |
| 24 | In future , she would not go looking for love , or trying to manufacture it out of other lesser emotions , but she still believed it would find her one day . |
| 25 | Otherwise he can just give them with the bloody tellies or trying to buy them with the tellies and the dealers have a lovely time |
| 26 | Er I had or trying to provoke us , and erm what our lads have been informed is rather than take a situation on like that , it 's better just to turn around and walk away . |
| 27 | Climbing up a steep bank or trying to extricate itself from a mud hole is likely to produce squeals of distress from the infant and the adults nearby will rush over to see what is wrong . |
| 28 | Dr Benjamin Spock points out , however , that if an angry mother refrains from spanking she may show her irritation in other ways , for instance , by nagging the child for half the day or trying to make him feel deeply guilty . |
| 29 | They did n't stick their cards through your letter box or advertise in the Yellow Pages , And very often they were unreliable people , demanding payment in advance or trying to blackmail you . |
| 30 | Invariably it 's done through bad timing or trying to rush it . |