Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include plungers , wormscrews ( for boring into a blockage and pulling it out ) , and scrapers for removing sludge and silt and either pushing it down the drain or pulling it back into the inspection chamber on which you are working . |
| 2 | Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases . |
| 3 | I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements . |
| 4 | Yes , I think really it 's a er , faulty gene in the system and no matter how men hate women , the majority of men really like women other than perhaps envy , or jealousy , or women earning more than their husbands and throwing it back in them , in their face , but the main subject , the main point to me is , there is a faulty ge gene in their system and there 's no way you will eradicate that ! |
| 5 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 6 | Firstly it belongs to John Major himself , for taking to the hustings , and restoring , a cutting edge to the party dialogue — and thus taking the Central Office by the scruff of the neck and lifting it out of the doldrums into which it had sunk . |
| 7 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 8 | You can use paper of similar thickness but unless you stick it in some way to the faces it is difficult to keep it in position when assembling the cores into the bobbin and bolting it down to the board . |
| 9 | Just look at that ( stabbing a piece and holding it up in mid-air ) . |
| 10 | By promoting economic aspects and bringing them out into the open for everyone to see , we are contributing towards better informed decisions on the part of prescribers and policy makers alike . ’ |
| 11 | Taking all her words and throwing them back at her in silly high voices . |
| 12 | Scenes from the evening flashed before her eyes : the dignity of the old man to whom Ludovico had gently presented her and with whom she had performed a stately dance , delicately held in his wizened old arms ; the young men who had made a ring around her and Ludo before lifting them on to their shoulders and carrying them back to Santo Spirito ; the women who had caressed her blonde hair and whispered , ‘ Bella ! |
| 13 | The reason for storing data and keeping it up to date is to provide information to managers for decisions . |
| 14 | Those respondents who insisted on strict anonymity — to the extent of removing coding on the questionnaires and sending them back in plain brown envelopes — not surprisingly pointed to the anonymity factor as an attractive feature of headhunting when compared with in-house recruiting . |
| 15 | Once they had turned the Mount , with the full span of the ice shining before them , the two men gathered pace , at once in harmony and contention , drawing vigour from the presence of the young woman between them , who cried out , not in fear but encouraging them on to greater exertions . |
| 16 | Then suddenly closing his eyes and clenching his fist and bringing it down on the counter , he said , ‘ Whatever you want to do , for God 's sake ! |
| 17 | He was pawing the sand and throwing it about with his antlers . |
| 18 | It was always a project which was in parallel with Queen , because we always had a positive attitude to people doing stuff outside the band , getting new experiences and bringing them back into the band . |
| 19 | No , ’ he muttered , rising easily to his feet and pulling her up with him . |
| 20 | He was much closer than she had anticipated and his arms came round her from behind , circling her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 21 | He pushed aside the pan and went to her by the sink , wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her back against him . |
| 22 | Says GAMTA : ‘ Once again the CAA is side-stepping this issue and passing it off to JAA … |
| 23 | Gooch had a bowl , but it was an hour before the next casualty , Akram sparing Salim Malik in a misunderstanding over a third run and taking himself off on the sad trek back to the redbrick pavilion . |
| 24 | She designed a print room based on an eighteenth-century concept , by cutting out black and white prints and their hanging bows and pasting them on to an apricot Regency background . |
| 25 | Teachers are coming to look at the shelves and tying it up with what they do in class . |
| 26 | Wise and Newell scored in each half as England demonstrated the simple virtues of producing accurate crosses and getting someone on to the end of them . |
| 27 | ‘ I developed the pin curl looks about two years ago and have since changed the technique by dressing the hair more with back-combing and pinning it up for a more avant-garde finish . |
| 28 | Easing forward on the yoke , Vologsky tested the change of control , putting the Foxbat into a gentle dive and taking it down to just over 45,000 feet . |
| 29 | Before Gabriel acted for the first time , she spent hours brushing his hair and fluffing it out with a hazel twig into a frizzy golden cloud , quite indifferent to his squeaks and ouches . |
| 30 | The Germans , defeated , suffering every form of deprivation , were not and could hardly be expected to be enthusiastic about dismantling the only source of their livelihood and handing it over to the hated Russians . |