Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He warned the Conservatives and Labour that ‘ from the ancient bastion of liberalism , the flames are fanning out in all directions , consuming your shabby campaigns , your out-of-date policies , your visions of the future ’ . |
| 2 | The major clubs are looking sympathetically at any scheme which will reduce the number of matches to be played next season . |
| 3 | Hunters are cashing in on this shortage and expense of whale meat , and are providing the Japanese market with a more affordable substitute of dolphin flesh . |
| 4 | Malayan barn owls are adapting quickly to this rich habitat and are reproducing much faster than elsewhere . |
| 5 | Waiting times are coming down in most places and staff report improved management and job satisfaction . |
| 6 | ‘ The lads are looking forward to this game against Oldham to put things right . |
| 7 | U2 are smashing up against this tradition as much as daft rock developments elsewhere , determined to introduce original music and manner to backward Irish youth . |
| 8 | I would like to announce that from now certain major sponsorship opportunities are opening up on this page . |
| 9 | If your shoulders are curving forward towards each other , think of them going away from each other . |
| 10 | I also remember being extremely ashamed at some of the racist chants the Leeds fans were coming out with that night . |
| 11 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 12 | In due course , finding that national discontents and factious habits of thinking were spreading rapidly in that city and throughout France , he obtained leave to visit England again , under the pretext of buying horses for his sovereign 's stud . |
| 13 | Heads were swivelling completely round this time — to the back row where sat Phil Aldrich , nodding his head in gentle agreement , a wry smile on his long , lugubrious face . |
| 14 | I 'll make the point again Martin that just as on Saturday when goals were flying in at both ends and eventually it finished three two , I kept saying do n't believe the scoring is all over in this game , that 's my feeling now . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's no use telling you disbelieving bastards anything , but I will tell you this : The Brigade is moving out of this place tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there . |
| 17 | ‘ You would n't believe how sexy that skirt is blowing around like that , ’ Mandy said michievously , now that she 'd been granted her pardon . |
| 18 | ANEW crop of cookery books is springing up with all the vigour of hardy perennials ; neck-and-neck with growth in the garden is the arrival of publications on my doorstep , some fresh and new , some welcome revivals . |
| 19 | And Letterworth had said that the deal was bogging down in that bloody stupid Olympic fracas and the Afghan mess , and that he did n't give a shit for politics , only for selling engines . |
| 20 | But within minutes , confirmation was coming in on all sides : from our headquarters in London , from the teleprinter flashes , from national newspaper reporters stunned like us and now eager to hear what we thought about it . |
| 21 | And he had water , as well , since the thatch roof was leaking badly in several places . |
| 22 | Rebecca was sifting restlessly through some of the papers in her in tray , and he went over to her . |
| 23 | Dark blood was welling up from both of them . |
| 24 | Just another form of the takeaway service some blacks are going in for these days . |
| 25 | Only the Conservatives are thinking radically in these areas , extending efficiency and choice . |
| 26 | His limbs were working independently of each other . |
| 27 | If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others , the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift . |
| 28 | Hence the reason sevens coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey were talking yesterday of some switches within the ranks , both in Canberra and in Fiji next week . |
| 29 | I do n't think it 's , the swe , the swelling 's going down at all do you ? |
| 30 | And we could make it better by making sure that the bags came in more correct like what Simon 's doing now with those printed labels . |