Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These whiskers are sensitive not only to touch but to taste , so the fish can tell what on the river bed in front of its mouth is worth eating and what is not . |
| 2 | SCIENTISTS have found a way to put ripe pineapples ‘ to sleep ’ so they are ready for eating when they go on sale . |
| 3 | These tend to be ‘ hidden ’ issues in many case studies , and it might be worth seeing whether your points could be covered within a structure based on the management process . |
| 4 | Yvetot is the great butter market of the Caux country and provides a sight worth seeing if you happen to be in the district on a Wednesday morning . |
| 5 | Tuesday night about seeing if we can do a bit more sorting out in her bedroom . |
| 6 | ‘ How about seeing if there 's anyone in the salon ? |
| 7 | He was a great one for singing because he 'd sing sea shanties and Irish songs . ’ |
| 8 | These meant he took everything personally and , instead of meeting a challenge purely as a challenge , he became aggressive about proving that he , Simon Cooper , was top dog . |
| 9 | This is well worth pursuing as you could be owed money from one or more schemes , which will all add to your pension on retirement day . |
| 10 | ‘ VERY cut glass ’ was the phrase in my youth for hinting that somebody or something was a quality product . |
| 11 | Er it 's thirty six pound a year to be a member there but if you are a keen sportsman their facilities are well worth using because it 's a very very good sports centre indeed . |
| 12 | If the originals are being shot to a numbered shooting script , it makes the material easier to identify for editing if you record the shot number onto the beginning of each take . |
| 13 | It may be simpler for utilitarianism to neglect or ignore the demands of justice and equity , but that is no argument for maintaining that there should not be justice and equity . |
| 14 | Bryan even came to my home and scoffed at me for suggesting that he and the Duchess were lovers . |
| 15 | Despite the fact that Hilton says in chapter ten of Mixed Life that the nobleman who is like Jacob married to Rachel and Leah will only become Israel " is verri contemplatif " ( 33.374 – 5 ) , if he is released from worldly responsibilites there is no ground for suggesting that he meant to rule out the possibility of the most profound kind of contemplative experience for the man in mixed life . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't start that again , Ruth , or I 'll manually wrench your other ankle after I 've spanked your backside for suggesting that I am keeping you from your work . |
| 17 | I was stopped for speeding when I was 15 miles over the limit . |
| 18 | And that bloke is responsible for seeing that everything is put in place . |
| 19 | Two symbols are therefore used , S indicating a specialist technical contribution and E identifying the person responsible for seeing that they do get together . |
| 20 | Society has accepted responsibility for seeing that their needs are met in a piecemeal fashion , tackling the most obvious needs first — those for financial provision , medical care and residential accommodation . |
| 21 | Now who will be responsible for seeing that it 's there ? ’ |
| 22 | Richard is responsible for seeing that it is done . |
| 23 | Other automated items such as baskets and shake alarms ( signalling the moment during cooking when it is necessary to shake the basket so as to ensure even cooking throughout ) are already available as an option on many machines , while some units will even tell you when to change the oil ! |
| 24 | When God 's word on some matter comes to us in repeated form in different ways , it is worth reflecting whether we are really attending to the influence it is intended to have upon our beliefs and behaviour . |
| 25 | Dave Preece introduces a technique for laminating that he first used when shaping the curved runners on a sled |
| 26 | Quinn has been interpreted by some as suggesting that his form of incrementalism leads to a steady emergence of change . |
| 27 | Hope these will come in useful ; I got 2 of as many as I could , so you could have one for handling and one for display — or for pinning up to show both sides . |
| 28 | But I know more about singing than your father will ever know . |
| 29 | This keyword specifies whether the volume can be used for formatting and which modules will be hard copied . |
| 30 | gon na give it you for microwaving if you wanted it . |