Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have burnt your mouth , suck ice in order to stop any swelling occurring that may constrict your airway . |
| 2 | Many have a dread of something happening that will plunge them suddenly into a situation of near-poverty , and a few also unconsciously use their financial problems as pegs on which to hang their much deeper fears concerning their health and their future , which they may find hard to face . |
| 3 | There will be one group within the BMC and climbing that will say it was n't really a competition and that the rule was invented for television spectaculars . |
| 4 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 5 | The baby saw it happening but could do nothing to stop it , its pudgy fingers would not close tightly enough to grasp the string … . |
| 6 | I listened to myself make a horrible noise like Eric going crazy over the phone , and hoped that nobody was passing and could see me in such an undignified and weak position . |
| 7 | They allow for cross-referencing and can provide you with a ready guide to your goals and the tasks you need to do to carry them out . |
| 8 | Universal services would be available with a level of resourcing that would permit them to give appropriate support to individuals within a common overall structure . |
| 9 | Average age for the ceasing of menstruation is around 50 , but the hot flushes and sweating that can accompany it are more common after the periods have ended , and may last from just a few months to more than five years . |
| 10 | She had just told him she was tired of waiting and would find someone else . |
| 11 | We 're also considering and will do our leaflet drops erm giving money money off value er value perceived er gifts . |
| 12 | This was an ambitious objective , but it was 1971 and Robert McNamara had been President of the World Bank for three years , long enough to begin to realize his goal of a leap forward in Bank lending that would take it from $1.1 billion in 1967 to $11.4 billion in 1980 , his last year in office . |
| 13 | If the individual pupil is to be presented with opportunities for learning that will arouse his active response , the circumstances and the materials have to be judged with considerable care . |
| 14 | But of all Koresh 's dubious activities it was gun dealing that would bring him in to conflict with authority . |
| 15 | Two ideas over-large for reconciliation are fronting each other now , and there 'll be no peace until there 's been — no , ’ he checked himself , ‘ I wo n't say a settlement , but at least a temporary losing and winning that shall silence us both until we get our breath for the next bout . |
| 16 | He said that he could not imagine conditions arising that would make it possible , stressed the collective nature of the democratic movement and said ‘ I can not forever play this dual role of amateur politician and writer . ’ |
| 17 | In fact , the sound is heard at any time when two cats are fighting and may have nothing whatever to do with sexual encounters . |
| 18 | My relationship with my kids is fine — my eldest daughter saw us fighting and can see we 're both better off living apart . |
| 19 | My own burden in writing this book is that as wide a circle of believers as possible consider biblical and practical principles for church planting that will enable us to promote and plan for growth more effectively . |
| 20 | He called up Mairi Ban and her friends from the clachan , to rehearse the coronach , the song of praise and mourning that would follow his coffin . |
| 21 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 22 | He remained keen on jiving and would throw himself all over the place , hair wild and eyes sparkling . |