Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — the profits of the capitalists producing them would also decline . |
| 2 | I sucked a huge breath , ducked low , praying I might yet slip through beneath the bulk of the web which I knew must be draped across the passage in front of me . |
| 3 | See when I 'm walking I can actually hear something in the back of |
| 4 | I read of tigers , rattlesnakes and circus animals , all of who have suffered at the hands of the human race , vowing I will never treat an animal in these ways . |
| 5 | As a condition of booking you must either take out our special holiday insurance arranged through the Eagle Star Group or arrange a policy yourself providing comparable or greater cover under all sections . |
| 6 | Support in court costs in respect of Sunday training , trading you can actually blame the government for that as well , for not sorting the mess out . |
| 7 | If the old man was dying they 'd maybe let the old lady come and see him or vice versa . |
| 8 | I 'm praying he 'll somehow miss the phone stuff . |
| 9 | If they were walking he would sometimes take her elbow — less to support her , she thought , than to steer her . |
| 10 | Even where we have overcome difficulties of technology and resources , as , for example , in producing multi-media stacks using Apple 's HyperCard ( or SuperCard ) , there is market resistance to purchasing what might otherwise come as public domain or ‘ shareware ’ and little that can be done to prevent illegal copying and resulting saturation of a limited market before costs are recovered . |
| 11 | You will be better off purchasing larger but more expensive Neons , because although the smaller ones are cheaper , the death rate is higher and the cost of replacing them will obviously increase the overall cost . |
| 12 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 13 | ‘ As you know there are two kinds of roughing you can either put frost-nails in the shoe or you can take it off and turn the heels and the toes of the shoes up — turning 'em up , we used to call it . |
| 14 | She shifted restlessly in her seat once more , imagining she could actually feel the angry pinpoint of fire burning deep inside her womb . |
| 15 | As the law requiring £40 landowners to take up knighthood was seldom observed , the sumptuary acts conceded that it was reasonable for the many men who did not choose to do so to adopt the dress appropriate to the standard of living they must certainly have enjoyed . |
| 16 | The real murderers now hid in the shadows , mocking both him and Cranston , believing they would never search out the truth . |
| 17 | Whichever way her life was goin' she would never have it soft again , not as she saw it at this present moment . |
| 18 | If you really enjoy cooking you will probably want to be able to take at least some meals in the kitchen and to have as much space as possible for herbs , spices , pots and pans , cook books and all the other impedimenta collected by the keen cook , quite apart from generous food storage and good kitchen aids . |
| 19 | If you want gourmet cooking you could always scout around in the village and see what you can get ! |
| 20 | If your technique is delivered after the referee called for a halt , then as well as not scoring you may also pick up a penalty . |
| 21 | If it got going you 'd probably use mo another , another half of area , you know |
| 22 | In club racing you will often tack to avoid ‘ dirty ’ wind , whilst at high levels the decisions become more complicated , also involving tidal currents and wind shifts . |
| 23 | When you get them going they will readily take double caster or three bronze maggots offered on a size 14 . |
| 24 | If an individual appears unable to pay his debts or has no reasonable prospect of paying he may also face a bankruptcy petition . |
| 25 | But the way he 's going he could just end up as the next Vinnie Jones . |
| 26 | Mind , once it did get going it would then do its best to roast us alive , and the girls with beds nearest to it had to move back to escape the heat . |
| 27 | Pressure mounted against Jaq 's armour , and though the armour could withstand far greater stress before crumpling he could hardly move even under full power . |
| 28 | One of the worries about the limit on inpatient waiting times was that instead of tackling long waiting it would merely shift delays and patients would end up waiting longer for outpatient consultations . |
| 29 | A spokesman for the Irish RFU , confirming it would also debate the plan , said : ‘ All countries are finding there is congestion with league fixtures and — in the case of Scotland and ourselves where we are trying to get the district/provincial structure in as well as a prelude to the Five Nations — that the pre-Christmas period is getting very congested . |
| 30 | Archivists and curators are devoted to preserving what might otherwise perish . |