Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman , however , recollects that at first Minton did not take it very seriously ; but one evening , when the two men had arranged to meet in a pub before going to the opera , Norman arrived late , having spent the afternoon with Henrietta , and realised on seeing Minton that he had begun to feel left out . |
| 2 | But you see they 're spending a lot of the time you know , on developing ways of repairing roads after they 've been in them . |
| 3 | There are no real limits , other than disk storage , to the number of sizes and styles you could produce using Fontware but it can be very frustrating to find that the size you want is n't there and have to go back to the font compiler to produce it . |
| 4 | Please — get together in your area to keep instigating projects until your target is achieved . |
| 5 | Dip this end into hormone rooting powder while it is still moist from the cut so that some powder adheres , shake or tap off the surplus and lay it aside for a few minutes while the others are being prepared . |
| 6 | So , for example , the behaviour of people who fall in love , such as kissing in public , is tolerated rather than drawing censure as it might in other circumstances . |
| 7 | This showed that the conditions in space were unusual and that unusual chemical processes were taking place , and they were then producing molecules that we did n't expect . |
| 8 | In general , vendor managements are to be discouraged from including projections since their inclusion raises potential problems both for management and for MAS . |
| 9 | Ninety-five per cent of our cats are fed a canned cat food , the others eating scraps or whatever they can catch ! |
| 10 | Days eating scraps because I could not bear to enter a shop , talk to another human being , have people see me . |
| 11 | With only one item per card , there is plenty of room to make notes of recipes , cooking times or whatever other information you feel would be helpful . |
| 12 | Roberts ( 1987 ) 84 Cr App R 117 held that the second stage of the Ghosh test does not have to be given in handling cases if there is no evidence that the accused did believe that he was not dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people . |
| 13 | I 'd heard from a sceptic that there were only six basic shots in surfing photography and everything else was just window dressing . |
| 14 | Both pledged in speeches to cheering crowds that they would work to unite Somalia . |
| 15 | However , several informants indicated that parents have a more relaxed attitude to their children using Creole when they are somewhat older . |
| 16 | However , to choose either route is to lose information on either means or status that is helpful to targeting support where it is most required . |
| 17 | Catering students also tested out their waitering and waitressing skills as they attempted to deliver trays on the back of a human ‘ camel ’ . |
| 18 | Dunlop appeared to be catching Moodie and he had already put in that record lap of 115.62mph on lap three , but Moodie always had matters well in hand . |
| 19 | Well you 're using adjectives and I 'm more concerned about the issues . |
| 20 | Chemists are interested not only in isolated and dissociating species but also in colliding molecules and their reactions . |
| 21 | Foucault is particularly critical of the appropriating structure of totalization , Marxist or otherwise , insofar as it implies the superiority of the theorist who produces the totalization of knowledge ; in the same way , he distrusts the use of history as an encompassing framework because it works as a power structure that enables the expropriation and control of the past according to the perspective and truth of the present . |
| 22 | Although the therapist was probably correct in initially providing a chance for Pamela to express her worries to someone outside the family , she should have progressed as soon as possible to helping Pamela and her parents tackle together the problems surrounding their communication and lack of mutual trust . |
| 23 | Failure to do so would confirm the fear of those who say that the Government is so hell-bent on pursuing ideology that it ignores the pressing needs of our industrial community in the build-up to 1992 . |
| 24 | He proved rather better at handling animals than his own family , who scattered in all directions — his wife to Israel , his younger son to America , and Wim to England . |
| 25 | No , oh , er , you 'll be seeing Jeff when you 're married |
| 26 | Alex Griffiths , Marks & Spencer 's fish executive , was surprised at the idea that the company might have even contemplated using Billingsgate when it began selling fresh fish nationally four years ago . |
| 27 | It also means you have real problems building relationships because you just expect to lose friends all the time . |
| 28 | The progression from selling records by mail-order to retailing in shops , to running a record label , studios , publishing company — all was perfectly logical and obvious , allowing Branson and his colleagues to expand in the business they knew best . |
| 29 | The smell of freshly-fried falafels hung on the air , reminding Huy that he had not yet breakfasted . |
| 30 | Astute readers might also have found a small note , placed in the magazine 's gossip column , referring to the front page story and reminding readers that it was 1 April — placed there by Birbeck as a precautionary measure . |