Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may be old-fashioned , ’ Alec sighed , ‘ but I hate experimenting in a lonely spot like this . ’ |
| 2 | We long ago ceased to enjoy hanging as a public spectacle . |
| 3 | Newman had stopped walking for a few moments , his mind racing . |
| 4 | WHY are you less likely to get caught speeding in a black car and most likely in a red one ? |
| 5 | Women with severe emotional problems may need counselling on a long-term basis . |
| 6 | ( Confidingly ) Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the Rape of the Sabine Women — or rather woman , or rather Alfred — ( Over his shoulder ) Get your skirt on , Alfred — ( The BOY starts struggling into a female robe. ) … and for eight you can participate . |
| 7 | The best rugby , though , was yet to come stemming from a tigerish rally inspired by a local lad . |
| 8 | Jessamy stopped drawing for a few moments . |
| 9 | At first , the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves . |
| 10 | On the back of Wall Street 's overnight strength , the FT-SE 100 cash index rose 33 points at the outset and , with the futures index opening at a hefty premium , looked poised to turn in a record-setting performance . |
| 11 | Even though the task — one that involved pedalling on a stationary bicycle — was equally demanding at all times , it was felt by the volunteers to be most difficult to achieve in the middle of the night . |
| 12 | Pairs of multiple step ladders or trestles can be bridged with purpose designed staging as a basic form of scaffolding . |
| 13 | Again , this is a serious defect and needs checking by a structural engineer . |
| 14 | But by comparing the bodies of two adult animals that are known to differ according to a single gene , they can see what effects that single gene has . |
| 15 | There is nothing God-given about any particular system of measurement ; intelligent life on another planet might easily have evolved a method of assessing people 's incomes which involved multiplying by a fixed amount for each increment . |
| 16 | To this end , the material will be reorganised according to a single system and an index and guide will be created . |
| 17 | All the remaining 25 patients ( 54% of the original 46 and 81% of the survivors ) were interviewed according to a standard formula , using Visick grading of general clinical condition , recording heartburn , regurgitation and dysphagia with DeMeester-Johnson reflux scale . |
| 18 | In a workshop session which the BA might consider restaging as a full day seminar , Peter Mouncey of the AA , Leslie Henry of Book Marketing Ltd and Sue Morris of W H Smith tackled ‘ Targeting the book market — the role of research ’ from three different though complementary angles . |
| 19 | The standard rose is really a bush rose growing on a single stem . |
| 20 | They will also be able to supply you with a list of suitable short-term homes for the elderly in your area , to which your parent might consider going for a few weeks each year in order that you may have a holiday , if there is no other member of the family who could take over your responsibilities in your absence . |
| 21 | He dismissed conducting as a phoney profession , responsible for turning players into mindless dependents , powerless without the hypnotic beat of a little white stick in front of them . |
| 22 | There was a week in 1986 when Fleet Street and Westminster were convulsed with a rumour that Home Sectretary Leon Brittan had been caught interferring with a small boy ; no newspaper dared to print what all " in the know " were discussing until " Private Eye " published the story with the explanation that it was utterly false , and circulated to damage the Home Secretary by an anti-semitic faction in MI5 . |
| 23 | There is also some suggestion that health problems increase in opencast mining areas , something which urgently needs verifying through a major community health research study . |
| 24 | b. goes to his goes to a club + has a drink talks to the barman + then he starts dancing with a beautiful girl long black hair + has a good time + |
| 25 | Although many politicians have not been prepared to accept the thorough-going case for pricing advanced above , many have , under the practical pressure of public spending constraints , been prepared to accept charging as a supplementary way of raising revenue , or to see charges increased as the only way of preserving a service . |
| 26 | I suggest starting with a cheaper jacket until you get hooked — and you can always wear it at weekends afterwards . |
| 27 | However , not to discourage those who seek absolute perfection , we suggest starting with a secondhand camera of 6 x 6cm ( 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 in ) format and roll film . |
| 28 | In a dialect poem of 1730 on the West Riding the master clothier and his wife appear breakfasting at a common table with their family , a few journeymen , servants and apprentices before setting down to weave together from " five at morn till eight at neet " . |
| 29 | And business executives have disliked travelling to a special studio . |
| 30 | It is quite possible to put a 4 cylinder engine into your 6 cylinder Land Rover The gearbox bell housing needs changing for a 4 cylinder version and the engine mountings must be cut off the chassis and moved backwards 6 inches Use a 4 cylinder exhaust system and cut 6 inches from the front pipe Use the 6 cylinder clutch Throttle linkage can be adapted from 4 cylinder cable , fuel pipes need modifying and the electric fuel pump removed Water pipes can be lengthened or use One Ten pipes cut to suit . |