Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True to his belief in the efficacy of competition , he avoided building up an extensive chain of outlets , and preferred to thrive by vigorous marketing . |
| 2 | The session was short , the smile fading from the face of the accused as Mrs Balanchine described in detail how the car had come storming around a blind corner and swung in close to the wall where they were waiting to cross . |
| 3 | POLICE have appealed for information in a bid to identify an elderly woman found wandering along a busy road . |
| 4 | Children may enjoy spreading out a large selection of junk materials on the floor , and exploring and experimenting with them with the teacher 's active participation and help . |
| 5 | Suddenly the night had erupted into a confusion of fire , noise and light , as first the house had erupted in flames and then five heavy vehicles had come roaring up the twisting driveway , headlights blazing . |
| 6 | AS THE title of his admirable autobiography — Jousting with Giants — admits , Jim McLean has always enjoyed taking on the Scottish game 's major forces . |
| 7 | Alternatively , if you expect to be in a high earning bracket , you might consider setting up a limited company , even if you are the only salaried employee , rather than launching the same business as a self-employed individual . |
| 8 | However , if a taxpayer is preparing to carry out IHT planning by giving property to a trust then he should still consider setting up an overseas trust rather than a UK trust . |
| 9 | Successive government reports since the late 1930s had recommended setting up a national film bank , but it was only in the wake of the 1948 production crisis that the government seriously contemplated making funds available to the industry . |
| 10 | If you have ever considered setting up a photographic studio then you will know that there is an awful lot to think about . |
| 11 | Nor had it been mentioned in Parliament since the previous April , when Hall proposed setting up the Select Committee and holding an international competition . |
| 12 | Budgetary time scale to encourage planning over a multi-year time horizon . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean serving up a one-legged chicken in front of all those guests . |
| 14 | Nor has it made building up the industrial base an objective . |
| 15 | Because his rights as a tenant were protected and because in any case the university did n't wish to be seen turfing out an elderly man whose family had lived in the same cottage for five generations , we left him in peace and build around him , as it were , expecting him perhaps to move elsewhere or maybe to pass away . |
| 16 | Just as many equality feminists opposed shoring up the traditional family at the beginning of the century , so present-day Labour has been challenged internally time and time again — and externally by the women 's and lesbians and gay liberation movements — on its sexual politics . |
| 17 | Your trousers , which can carry braiding down the outside seam as decoration , should be supported , however , and by braces . |
| 18 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 19 | Kalchu came rushing up the notched-pole ladder . |
| 20 | I made 400 before great arcing beams of light snaked out above the eastern-bounding ridges of the valley and I had to stop as blocks and slates came hurtling down the softening snow . |
| 21 | The Syndicat also envisages setting up a central register to record the date of founding , the name of the artist , the title of the work , its size and weight . |
| 22 | ‘ Madame ! ’ she called , and Miranda quickly bundled up her clothes and streaked across the landing , as the proprietress came heaving up the curving stair , the rail quaking in her grasp . |
| 23 | This simply involves marking out a small area , collecting and marking all the dogwhelks within it , releasing them again into the same area . |
| 24 | I would n't fancy going down no bloody motorway , hundred eight in one of them ! |
| 25 | Never begin filling in the real form until you have practised at least once on a photocopy . |
| 26 | I 'm going going back the other way . |
| 27 | The minister had , in fact , outlined a programme of some 1,823 new houses , including corporation , NIHT and private developments , but 1,300 of these were to replace houses which were to be demolished in redevelopment , so that the plans did not envisage wiping out the existing demand for houses . |
| 28 | Breathless , she said tightly , ‘ Would you mind switching off the overhead light ? ’ |
| 29 | He would always remember handing over the final payment , because it was on the same day as the first big aeroplane raid over London and he spent most of that night hiding under his father 's bed , with both Sal and Kitty clinging on to him for dear life . |
| 30 | On the other hand ( or foot ) , consider putting on the right shoe ( R ) and then the left one ( L ) . |