Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the Saltburn and Marske clubs have been refused exemptions to carry on drinking at club premises between 5–7pm . |
| 2 | Lester 's vow to carry on racing after horror fall |
| 3 | Even when their children go to school , single mothers are more likely to go on living on welfare benefits than other lone parents . |
| 4 | ‘ It was always my intention to go on playing in club competition with Constitution after finishing my international career and to that extent , I am disappointed by the way things have worked out , ’ Lenihan said . |
| 5 | These schemes and the benefits they provide , in general , are organised hierarchically according to employment status and occupational class ( James , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | San Diego , California-based Metrosoft claims to be developing the first commercial multitrack MIDI audio software for NeXT workstations : MetroTracks can accommodate up to 32 virtual tracks , eight of which can be mixed simultaneously depending on hardware configuration , is compatible with most third party audio products supported by NeXT , cost starts from $600 and ships in September . |
| 7 | She was attacked by a group of Asians while out shopping in South London earlier this year . |
| 8 | They were having an intense and appropriately heated discussion on the problems of cold-spots ( as evinced by the fact that their first attempts came out looking like braille roundels ) , and on the unfortunate instability of three poppadoms balanced together — caused not so much by the jerk they received when the turntable started up as by their movements while they cooked and swelled — but eventually my flatmates settled on the concept of standing the things up individually on the glass turntable , and so instigated what they termed a ‘ brainstorming session ’ in an attempt to find a suitable support mechanism . |
| 9 | Holiday entitlement differs slightly according to job level , age and length of service . |
| 10 | The range of benefits given to new employees relocating as a result of accepting a job offer varies widely according to company policy and individuals ' circumstances . |
| 11 | It is all too easy to put off thinking about network security when dozens of other concerns are jostling for your attention . |
| 12 | Timed out waiting for LIFESPAN mail message … check manually |
| 13 | Now began the real fight for the story , the exclusive , the Kiss ‘ n ’ Tell , which was mostly played out long-range from London , where the editors snarled and the home-side pack were still running around looking for defence ministers or Gorbachev or Cabinet luminaries . |
| 14 | The recall part of the experiment started approximately 50 minutes after the first and 10 minutes after the last of the junctions had been driven through ( the exact times varied considerably depending on driving style and traffic conditions ) . |
| 15 | Some countries impose a fixed fee ( e.g. , the United States , where actual costs incurred by U.S. Marshals can vary enormously depending on travel distances involved ) , others seek to recover actual charges levied by , e.g. , a huissier , and others will in practice make no charge , especially where the state of origin is known to operate a similar policy . |
| 16 | THE number of patients waiting for hospital treatment has been cut considerably according to health officials . |
| 17 | well he sits there talking at dinner times well then when she goes |
| 18 | He goes there talking about paper sovereignty , when the country 's real sovereignty is increasingly dependent on the actions of our European Community partners . |
| 19 | He went on : ‘ I could get more money if I gave up performing for master classes but I do n't continue working for the money . |
| 20 | ‘ But he seemed to end up getting into patent battles over them . ’ |
| 21 | It 's too easy to end up living off junk food . |
| 22 | The extreme diehards had written off Law as the dupe of Lloyd George because he did not come out fighting against coalition policies , hence the witticism that the coalition was an alliance between a flock of sheep led by a , crook and a flock of crooks led by a sheep . |
| 23 | Do we really need lots of people sitting around pondering on research topics that are of little benefit to man or beast ? |
| 24 | We floated around gazing at leather chairs , chandeliers like frozen inverted fountains and embroidered tapestries based on Gould 's paintings of Australian parakeets . |
| 25 | Sometimes this is achieved by a dominant project leader who imposes his own philosophy and then makes many of the decisions leaving only detailing for team members . |
| 26 | An alternative method of maintaining business confidence in cross-border transactions is to provide for the establishment of EC companies , which would be formed and wound up according to Community rules rather than the rules of any particular member state . |
| 27 | In support of this proposition , Dr. Ralph Shaa , Edmond 's brother and Prebendary of St. Paul 's preached a sermon based on a text from the Book of Wisdom ( 4,3 ) , " The ungodly shall not thrive , nor take deep rooting from bastard slips " . |
| 28 | Six police authorities , representing a range of policing conditions , will be studied closely drawing on policy documents , interviews and observations . |
| 29 | A large number of these responses had direct bearing on school curriculum . |
| 30 | The effects on body biochemistry affect the metabolism of sugar , uric acid and triglycerides giving the appearance and consequences of diabetes , gout possibly leading to kidney stones , and disorders of blood fats leading to arterial disease which secondarily affects the heart and lungs . |