Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No more scrabbling for notepads or realising that you 've left your diary on your secretary 's desk . |
| 2 | Most should allow for wheelchair access , but you should always check by reading any brochures or information sheets , or telephoning before you go . |
| 3 | This will mean the vendors bear the financial risk of not being able to locate fellow vendors or finding that they have inadequate funds . |
| 4 | For any sort of forward prospecting , or monitoring that you do , the backs of the calendar cards are absolutely invaluable . |
| 5 | From haute cuisine right through to superb vegetarian menus , dining at the Sauerhof can be as waist-expanding or waistreducing as you require . |
| 6 | As a result of quality assurance , we have procedures in place on subjects such as management of technical information or ensuring that we understand clients ’ brief first time . |
| 7 | In 1904 he wrote to the poet and critic Arthur Symons : ‘ I have , however , of late years , lapsed so deeply into my early weakness for verse , & have found the condensed expression that it affords so much more consonant to my natural way of thinking & feeling that I have almost forgotten the prose effusions for the time . ’ |
| 8 | Hold up this measured piece of work to the machine , neither stretching nor easing and you find you appear to need about 120 stitches . |
| 9 | wilko knows about tore but leeds has shown no interest in him other than saying that they know about this player . |
| 10 | seems far more interesting than knowing that they 've rehearsed for hours on end . |
| 11 | Much more tricky than knowing if you 've found a badger sett , is knowing whether or not it is still active . |
| 12 | Jesus clearly accepted others , rather than rejecting as we do . |
| 13 | The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night . |
| 14 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 15 | Just to set the scene and seeing as I have n't been in the plot too much lately . |
| 16 | And seeing as I have n't got an account with them I do n't think they 'll say well you can have some anyway . |
| 17 | We can test the usefulness of wide-ranging theories of juvenile delinquency by reading books like The Jack-Roller and seeing if they bear any resemblance to the theory . |
| 18 | on and that way you can find out who the candidates are , and once we know who the candidates are we can start going out and seeing if they have public meetings or whatever . |
| 19 | You know , the one where I retreat into a broad North Country accent which makes Su Pollard sound like a stockbroker , and start straining sycophantically and laughing before they 've finished the punchline … |
| 20 | There 's lots of talking and laughing when they do that — they look like they 've had a real good time . |
| 21 | You are Scottish ? ’ and each time she touches my kilt with her hand , throwing her head back and laughing as we spin around the dance floor . |
| 22 | They 're talking and laughing as they work . |
| 23 | Mention the word ‘ contented ’ to many people , and they will think of a lazy diner , relaxing after a satisfying meal and announcing that they feel ‘ contented ’ ; others will recall the advertisements for evaporated milk , which ‘ came from contented cows ’ . |
| 24 | Squaring her shoulders and remembering that what lay ahead was , after all , a job interview , she followed Dr Russell up the long flight of steps at the front of the house and through a wooden latticework door on to a cool veranda where outdoor furniture splashed with warm tropical colours was invitingly arranged . |
| 25 | Then , assuming " phantom " chains , the change in free energy per chain as the end-to-end vector R changes to is Averaging over all chains and remembering that we have For a network of n chains per unit volume the change in free energy will be n times this . |
| 26 | The evaluation of processes in sign which are presented in this chapter arise in this context , such that results are available to inform our theories of perceiving and remembering as they apply to spoken language . |
| 27 | She remained serious about reading all her life , taking pains with her five children 's education and recommending that they read good books , " not some of the trash she had seen at Morrison & Gibb " . |
| 28 | Some like to have the item fully composed before they begin teaching others prefer to compose and teach parts , discarding and replacing as they go along until it takes shape . |
| 29 | Erm subterfuge and you know deceiving people , and pretending if you have n't got any nuclear arsenal when you have and and that kind of thing , you know , you will hear playing games like that are n't they , hiding up the truth . |
| 30 | Shopping in the supermarket , you 're going around and looking and you know you ca n't have it , you have to leave it . |