Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 The basic business of looking after them felt so demanding and emotionally wearing that there seemed little rime left to introduce them to ‘ real living ’ .
2 Her father took some persuading but eventually accepted that Alexandra had nothing to do with organizing his trip .
3 Local authorities had their fingers burnt before when they tried to get the software up and running and then found that the Government were changing the rules .
4 This helps landlords who let without opting and later realise that opting is advisable .
5 The trash , getting ready to protest at this change in plans and then his jaw dropping at his first sight of Lucy ; getting into the cab with him , knowing what she was doing but somehow feeling that she was watching it all from somewhere else .
6 In terms of the reflection coefficient Γ , equation ( 9.88 ) becomes Dividing the corresponding equation ( 9.99 ) for V by this equation and putting as before shows that the impedance of the line at any position x is expressible as Since voltage nodes or minima occur when , equation ( 9.104 ) reveals that the impedance at such points is simply Similarly , voltage peaks or maxima occur when so that the impedance at these points is simply Apparently the impedance is purely resistive at voltage maxima or minima and is respectively a maximum and minimum at such positions .
7 It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash .
8 Had no one in the hospital tried to stop him leaving or even noticed that he was missing ?
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