Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SCIENTISTS have found a way to put ripe pineapples ‘ to sleep ’ so they are ready for eating when they go on sale . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | gon na give it you for microwaving if you wanted it . |
| 5 | Windows , either fixed or opening , are worth including if you plan to use the garage for d-i-y or car maintenance purposes . |
| 6 | ‘ Having decided to make it a musical , ’ wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ‘ William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale . ’ |
| 7 | Then they packed another basket with some ro is for the journey , and flour and potatoes and pots and pans for cooking when they reached the Bazaar , |
| 8 | Even if it is not a must , it is often worth applying as it helps the marker do a better job , in particular because he can use electronic tools to provide data that will aid his judgement . |
| 9 | Congratulations to the Mail On Sunday for checking before they stole the story , and to Passenger for being the first London shop to stock up on robots . |
| 10 | This last point is worth amplifying as it does affect the poetry . |
| 11 | Liverpool inevitably became the centre for disputes about rate-capping for excessive expenditure , and then for surcharging when it tried to defy the government over expenditure cuts . |
| 12 | Finance Minister Gibson Chigaga died of a suspected heart attack after collapsing as he prepared to address a press conference at Lusaka airport on his return from Paris and London on March 25 . |
| 13 | It 's one of the kick-backs you get for looking like I look . |
| 14 | This axiom is worth remembering as we enter the second year of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction , declared by the UN . |
| 15 | However , rather than seeing this as an excuse for living as they pleased , the Calvinists believed that success in work and in trade was a sign that they were one of the elect rather than one of the damned . |
| 16 | She considered most carefully whether life was or was not worth living before she killed herself . |
| 17 | But as I say , I 'm a loyal person and I 'll wait and make his life worth living when he comes out . |
| 18 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 19 | In the present circumstances , when most people have the same beliefs about killing we do , that fact is not our dominant reason for acting as we think we should . |
| 20 | Let's say your friend misinterpreted your motive for acting as you did . |
| 21 | But he can rarely know whether or not the policeman has good grounds for acting as he does , and in so far as there is a conflict between the citizen and the policeman , the reasonable suspicions of the policeman must take priority . |
| 22 | Neither judge could be faulted for acting as he did , Lord Lane added . |
| 23 | This was a means of seeing whether they looked well and that there was proper control of their curfew . |
| 24 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 25 | Nor does the statutory postponement apply for the purpose of ascertaining whether you have made a complaint to an industrial tribunal within the requisite time limit . |
| 26 | Not all cationic detergents , even those termed quaternary ammonium compounds , are capable of disinfecting although they have commercial uses as fabric softeners and conditioners . |
| 27 | An MP was this week accused of scaremongering when he warned that a European ban on tobacco advertising could bring job losses at a Darlington factory . |
| 28 | If your camcorder is a two-speed machine , it will have an SP/LP selector switch which you should get into the habit of checking before you do any important recording . |
| 29 | Besides , I did n't think I could now save enough to make a significant difference to my standard of living when I retired , so I decided I might as well enjoy it while I had the chance . |
| 30 | I was told in my training at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene that Patrick Manson , one of the school 's founders , was unsuccessfully sued by a Chinaman for loss of living when he worked in Amoy , China . |