Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , there is a real risk of innovation producing nothing that is substantially changed . |
| 2 | The Economist appealed and the matter was settled on undisclosed terms , the damages being ‘ adjusted ’ and the editor expressing himself as being extremely satisfied . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a silver door , guarding something that 's strongly magical . |
| 4 | If you are fit , really love testing yourself and are not afraid of heights then do n't miss the Canyon walking excursion into the depths of Martinque 's tropical forest . |
| 5 | Would you accept that there is an element of us all preferring something that is further away from us than something that is nearer to . |
| 6 | Whereas the more ideas you get , the more things you have to look at , the more chances you 've got of getting something that 's really good and unusual . |
| 7 | so she says they were getting it but were n't watching it till eight . |
| 8 | You can either think about doing one that is very literature based which I supposed might end up being sort of a rewrite of a lot of the stuff you can read . |
| 9 | What does one say to the mother who complains that sometimes her child will go on and on doing something that is not only naughty but dangerous . |
| 10 | It is ludicrous that the Government should say that airlines and other carriers should be punished for doing something that is not their job . |
| 11 | Do these experts really think that mothers are so inept that they would go on doing something that is so ineffective ? ’ |
| 12 | How could you really have witnessed that ? and when I say that finally I want to talk about terrier men because basically they 're the people who 've ruined your sport the terrier men are illegal , the terrier men are doing something that is definitely illegal in this country . |
| 13 | But if I went to Joyce and told him that his men were doing something that was n't fair to the police , trying us too hard or interfering with our time off , he 'd have his men right off that job in half an hour and there 'd be no grumbling . ’ |
| 14 | With regard to access to Art as a subject in the school curriculum , the Head of Department pointed out that he and his colleagues made special provision for some pupils , asking it if was generally known that pupils who opted not to do Art ( i.e. whose option choices precluded Art ) could still do it after school as an additional subject and that we do get some of them through ( verified note of meeting ) . |
| 15 | Be assured , though , that God sees what you are doing , understands why you are doing it and is really chuffed to bits when you try to do what he wants . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm no cynic , I care about the people who work for Sarah Chester 's , I care about the ideals my grandparents believed in , about the welfare of the employees , their physical and mental well-being , their degree of satisfaction in creating something that 's positively useful and worthwhile in this world … ’ |
| 17 | But the court will presume that they have acted bona fide , and the onus of proof of the contrary is on those alleging it and is not easily discharged . |
| 18 | On the Bani Hashem side , a prospective candidate was Ali 's first son , Hassan , who appears to have despaired of achieving anything and was comfortably defeated by Muawiyah . |
| 19 | You can hardly put into advertising something that is very personal to each family . ’ |
| 20 | Growing up seeing nothing but these truly ghastly buildings , never using anything that is n't made of shoddy material , how could such children become people who would recognise and choose anything that 's beautiful ? |
| 21 | Although somewhat bulky and unflattering , it was not unsuccessful as it blended with the current trend for layered clothes and endorsed the rustic air of a bygone age that other ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were now describing , As they would not consider offering anything that was not made of 100 per cent natural fibres , they managed to complete the range by producing dresses in brushed cotton and cotton corduroy . |