Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 2 | A wooden gate , hanging on rusty hinges , dragged half open as Michael set his shoulder to it . |
| 3 | hanging on bare branches . |
| 4 | tt They 'd got two handles which was b made it mobile , two wheels , and used it Have four sacks at the end of this threshing engine , hanging on little hooks , and and a bloke there seeing that it got filled alright and it when it was full , they used to run this thing underneath a sack , crank it up by hand , like that , till they got it to the required height , then nestle it on their shoulders , you see there was a There 's a there 's an art in carrying c In carrying coal and there 's an art in carrying corn and there 's an art in carrying beef . |
| 5 | It was of all those in heaven who had ever loved me , gazing down horrified , and saying , ‘ Look at her ! |
| 6 | Absences from work due to leave , sickness , court attendance , police business elsewhere , or transfers can seriously deplete this number on occasions , leaving the section very understaffed , which is why managers are so sensitive about constables phoning in sick , although this sensitivity is not always communicated in a heavy-handed manner . |
| 7 | Travelling around the United States to the different venues could become costly but , at present , American Airlines , the competition 's official airline and the company that will fly England , are leading a price war which is bringing down internal flight prices by up to 50 per cent . |
| 8 | Long-time leader Badrakhani crashed out at the fence , bringing down close fourth Rochester . |
| 9 | The size of the bomb was exactly right to wreck the Alliance Party headquarters without bringing down additional buildings such as No. 4 in which several families lived in flats . |
| 10 | The whole sequence of events follows a logical pattern which could have started with unusually high flooding of the Nile , bringing down red earth and microcosms which polluted the water . |
| 11 | SENT-OFF Ipswich keeper Craig Forrest pleaded his innocence after bringing down United striker Adrian Littlejohn outside the penalty area after just two minutes . |
| 12 | ‘ You know , for bringing down runaway cows . ’ |
| 13 | Hoult escaped with a caution after bringing down old boy David Kelly on a diagonal run inside the area . |
| 14 | She had , to begin with , colonised the boudoir , rearranging the furniture and bringing down pretty china from the spare bedroom , so as , she planned , to sit there often by herself . |
| 15 | The glowing consumer reports about cycling the peaks and television commercials for aftershave showing hunky men rattling down sheer slopes of scree on bikes made me suspicious . |
| 16 | In fact there is little natural water hereabouts ; what there is usually disappears down cracks and fissures , tumbling down sunless waterfalls and on through subterranean channels to reappear some distance lower down in the valleys . |
| 17 | Freshwater mussels perform a useful task in the established pool , sucking in algae-laden water , retaining the algae , and disgorging clear water . |
| 18 | Scott stood motionless for long moments , sucking in deep lungfuls of air . |
| 19 | He pulled away from them both long enough to wipe blood from his face and to lean on the stair-rail , sucking in deep breaths . |
| 20 | Sucking in great drafts , she drained one bucket and then half another . |
| 21 | He picked up a rubber glove whose open end was sucking in brown greasy water . |
| 22 | Mention the word ‘ raft ’ and , as per the above dictionary definition , people always o£conjure up visions of crude floating bundles of logs bound together with rope or , if they are canoeists , the vision of large inflatables careering down Canadian whitewater , etc . |
| 23 | I am sure that the Minister is aware of the widespread concern about the threat to postal services that the Government are determined to impose by bringing in tin-pot competitors who will make the rural services a threatened species . |
| 24 | This included bringing in ex-L.C.C. cars to replace the Felthams as they were moved to Leeds . |
| 25 | A more practical initiative which would currently involve them is a self build housing scheme , it 's at a very early stage , but basically erm , were working with the housing department , economic development unit and er work , the work 's department , there 's a , there 's a corporate project team , and were , were looking erm , we 've got to identify , positively identify a site for it , but we 're looking at bringing in European Social Fund , Funding and erm housing association money to get a self built housing scheme for young people , you know , where they would be trained in manual skills to build there own house and they live there , erm and er , so that 's , that 's quite an exciting scheme . |
| 26 | The shop now caters for the mainstream market , but it was built upon bringing in exclusive trainers from Germany in the early Eighties , trainers that had nothing to do with America , but a lot to do with the nomad Scousers , and Wade Smith often supplemented his stock by buying from Liverpool ‘ entrepreneurs ’ with time on their hands to travel to Deutschland and acquire , by various methods , the much sought after , exclusive Adidas Trim-Trab . |
| 27 | Because these sediment particles have a large surface area , they act as ‘ chemical sweeps ’ , bringing in unwanted passengers , such as oil , herbicides , organic chemicals like PCBs , and heavy metals like cadmium . |
| 28 | Long term , as performance improves and services become more commercially attractive as a result of bringing in private sector disciplines , it will make sense to consider whether some services can be sold outright . |
| 29 | Mr Birdsall added : ‘ The reason we changed the meals around was to avoid the cost of bringing in outside caterers . ’ |
| 30 | But except for the very largest corporations with the most extensive resources , the majority of organisations have seen the wisdom — and overall cost-benefit — of bringing in outside experts when required . |