Example sentences of "[coord] demanding to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You start moving men about from one job to another , and they start complaining , or demanding to be put on a higher grade . |
| 2 | There was nothing to do , or demanding to be done , but hang around ; to visit the market where gringos stoked up on alpaca jerseys much cheaper than in Cuzco . |
| 3 | Over the next 2 weeks she telephoned the therapist two or three times a week complaining of a variety of physical symptoms and demanding to be seen straight away . |
| 4 | Despite some improvements having occurred in her problems , she continued telephoning the therapist , making threats of suicide and demanding to be seen . |
| 5 | Then , as they came out onto an open stretch of bitten turf at the foot of the hill where the rabbits were running , as though a signal had been given a universal clamour broke out , a clatter , a din of singing , from the unseen roof-tops of the village behind them , from the beeches on the Down , from the ash trees that stood like singing poles in the hedgerows along the hollow track , from every tree it seemed of the whole vast forest birds were singing and singing and demanding to be heard . |
| 6 | I would follow her around the house , clinging on to her skirt , unwilling to let her out of my sight , and demanding to be fed with some small token such as an apple or a piece of bread . |
| 7 | Hitler 's deputy , no less , baling out over Scotland then surrendering amiably to a farmer and demanding to be taken to the Duke of Hamilton . |
| 8 | The man pulled up 100 yards behind and walked up to her car , banging on the window and demanding to be let in . |
| 9 | The formal experiments and innovations on which Picasso was about to embark , and which were to result in a fully developed Cubist language were too innovative , too complex and demanding to be developed or pursued within the context of multifigure compositions . |
| 10 | The little laundry maid who came in daily from the village was dismayed to find Miss Alexandra in the laundry room asking what clear starch was and demanding to be shown how to use a goffering iron . |