Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he admitted allowing under age sex and the smoking of cannabis in his home and was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment on each charge to run concurrently . |
| 2 | He stolidly avoided reacting to the word ‘ murdered ’ . |
| 3 | Southall , who admitted speeding at an earlier hearing , was fined Pounds 700 and given six penalty points . |
| 4 | BBC commentator Brooking ( 44 ) admitted speeding at Ketteringham in Norfolk . |
| 5 | Youds , 22 , of Lavenham Road , Ipswich , admitted speeding on the A45 at Kentford , near Newmarket , on November 8 last year . |
| 6 | Aston Villa winger Dwight Yorke admitted speeding in a 50mph zone on the A38 through Birmingham . |
| 7 | Rising real wages made subletting as a means of supplementing income less essential and , among the unemployed , the household means test made letting rooms a more difficult proposition . |
| 8 | There , the conduct of those who admitted using inside information was described as ‘ immoral ’ , ‘ unscrupulous ’ , ‘ unfair ’ , and a ‘ betrayal of fiduciary duties ’ . |
| 9 | Say she enticed him into the woods and became demanding in every way and heavily emotional , piling on pressure . |
| 10 | The glass of wine went quickly to each head , for Alix 's family was teetotal , and Liz 's alcohol consumption to that date comprised perhaps three glasses of brown sherry and one ( celebrating her A levels with her teacher ) of Liebfraumilch : Esther seemed better connected with drink as with friends , but even she became confiding under the mild influence . |
| 11 | Some work is indicated , and concomitant criteria produced relating to classifying similarities and differences within and between 2-D and 3-D shapes . |
| 12 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 13 | They admitted interfering with her gold teeth , but denied she was kept prisoner , made to sleep on the floor with only two sheets and kept without food . |
| 14 | NORMAN Waller was cleared of murder this week after he admitted stabbing to death a man he believed was trying to break into his neighbour 's car . |
| 15 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 16 | She avoided returning to Matthew Blake 's table for as long as she could without giving him the power of knowing she was avoiding him . |
| 17 | ALAIN Prost captured his sixth consecutive pole position of the Formula One season as he led qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix today . |
| 18 | ‘ We only met walking round Aurae Phiala yesterday , and then found we were both staying at the same pub . |
| 19 | The passage of the Riot Act of 1715 , which made assembling for political ( as well as other ) purposes potentially a capital offence , reveals how far the Whigs had come from the early days when they had actively promoted political demonstrations and deliberately sought an alliance with " the crowd " . |
| 20 | The arrangement ended on 1 January when the Soviet Union ceased trading with its former allies on a convertible rouble basis . |
| 21 | Our clients understand it ceased trading on December 24 and it follows that the reference NatWest gave was worthless . ’ |
| 22 | The firm of Wilkes , Son and Cassey ceased trading in 1926 , the business and premises were purchased by The Salisbury Co-operative Society Limited who then only stocked larger items of ironmongery and added a furniture department on the first floor . |
| 23 | When Aerial Arts , the original manufacturers , ceased trading in serious debt to Cyclone Hovercraft , the Rotax agents , Cyclone Air Sports took over the rights to the Chaser . |
| 24 | In October 1991 the company ceased trading in the United Kingdom and its business , assets and liabilities there were transferred to a United Kingdom company . |
| 25 | On 26 October 1991 I.B.C. ceased trading in the United Kingdom . |
| 26 | Provisional liquidators were appointed and B.C.C.I. ceased trading in England . |
| 27 | SFV Holidays ceased trading after hitting financial difficulties . |
| 28 | He admitted driving with excess alcohol but said he should n't be banned . |
| 29 | Smith , who has been jailed seven times in the last ten years , admitted driving with excess alcohol , while disqualified and without insurance . |
| 30 | Fox admitted driving with excess alcohol on his breath — he was 19 microgrammes over the limit — driving while disqualified and not being covered by insurance last November . |