Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tapped them blindly to sound as if counting them out . |
| 2 | Is he really to appear as if tripping himself up and thus about to fall ? |
| 3 | The last great campaign to revise social style — the so-called anti-spiritual pollution drive six years ago - petered out after only a few months when even the party leadership acknowledged it had more important things to worry about than enforcing short hair and dreary clothes . |
| 4 | Motoring journalists were reminded of the values that GT used to stand for when reviewing the 164.0 Cloverleaf . |
| 5 | We 'll be talking about the important practical details you have to grapple with when making your selection , but the first and last point is always the overall view of the project and objectives . |
| 6 | His eyes strayed to the rosy-cheeked children who were chattering happily and , to Meredith 's delight , he began to talk as if questioning his own feelings . |
| 7 | There will be one optimum pitch setting which gives the maximum blade RPM and this is the ideal point to aim for when setting up the model . |
| 8 | As a result , there are usually a good many people to choose from when filling a senior management slot . |
| 9 | What is there to choose from when selecting bricks for a garden wall ? |
| 10 | Our picture shows the new packaging to look for when buying King British flake . |
| 11 | Our speaker , William Lorimer , Director of Furniture for Christie 's , St. James 's , will discuss what to look for when buying furniture . |
| 12 | The following is a checklist of points to look for when choosing a coursebook . |
| 13 | Things to look for when choosing a putter are good balance , length of shaft to fit your height and weight of putter ( recommended between 15 to 18 ounces ) . |
| 14 | There are several criteria to look for when choosing one for your horse . |
| 15 | And while store owners may be aware of the new regulations , many shoppers admit they do n't know what to look for when examining furniture . |
| 16 | Things to look for when selecting cartoons are : |
| 17 | Conner , Seagate , Western Digital , Mitsubishi , Quantum and NEC are names to look for when poking around inside a machine , or if you 're thinking about upgrading your hard disk . |
| 18 | There is more but just this sample suggests the deep and unintelligible waters it is easy to fall into when trying to be explicit about multimedia . |
| 19 | Right , yes it 's quite often aggressive people passive people who like maybe having passive people around and just needs somebody to walk over to shout at and behaving in an aggressive way , so maybe we have to go aggressive when we deal with an aggressive person . |
| 20 | I 've had t'poultry to see to and t'milking to do , ’ he answered . |
| 21 | The corpse in the cage seemed to shift as if seeking release . |
| 22 | One thing to watch for when buying herbs for the border ; there are now garden forms of many herbs , or garden species grown in preference to the true herb . |
| 23 | In the press , in the House of Commons , in reports to government departments and in popular folklore there emerged the evacuee stereotype — a dirty , lice-ridden and foul-mouthed urchin who wet the bed with monotonous regularity , preferred fish and chips to a proper three-course meal and was about as domesticated as a wildcat ; similarly , the evacuee mother appeared as a negligent slut , impossible to live with and having the vocabulary of a Billingsgate fish porter . |
| 24 | These pictures show some of the things you have to think about when reading aloud . |
| 25 | These can range from the use of colour in the sanctuary to reflect the colours of the liturgical seasons , and what to think about when designing letterheads for congregations . ’ |
| 26 | It is this lack of control which we have to think of when arguing on the merits of strengthening participatory democracy to achieve active citizenship . |
| 27 | The seemingly flowery language which people often have to resort to when trying to talk about spiritual experience results from an inability to use religious language as a means of communication ; even if known , it is so likely today to be misunderstood . |