Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These seem to have the curious property that , although they can move fairly freely within a hadron , it appears to be impossible to obtain just one quark on its own ; they always come either in groups of three ( like the proton or neutron ) or in pairs consisting of a quark and antiquark ( like the pi meson ) . |
| 2 | His hands lingered for a moment , his fingers hinting at a strength that made her throat tighten . |
| 3 | The development of the exchange , from a meeting place for buyers and sellers , to futures trading in a pit or ring leads logically to the assumption that every member of the floor should be aware of the prevailing price of business being done and have an equal opportunity to participate in it . |
| 4 | He moved away from her and started the car , his dark eyes gleaming in a way that sent a delicious shudder tiptoeing along her spine . |
| 5 | Then Rinuccini wrote a Dafne consisting of a prologue and six scenes . |
| 6 | It is observed with all transparent or translucent colloids consisting of a gas or liquid dispersion medium . |
| 7 | Do n't push your luck , ’ she said , her words ending in a wail as he picked her up and dumped her in the car like an unwieldy parcel . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) If there is a residence order in force relating to a child and the " residential parent " agrees to the provision of accommodation , anyone else with parental responsibility is powerless to object and can not remove the child . |
| 9 | Article 25 d. of the 1983 UCP provides that banks will reject a transport document issued by a freight forwarder ‘ unless it is the FIATA Combined Transport Bill of Lading approved by the International Chamber of Commerce or otherwise indicates that it is issued by a freight forwarder acting as a carrier or agent of a named carrier . ’ |
| 10 | As shown in Fig. 9.5 terraces are formed by a head of rejuvenation receding up a river and causing the river to become entrenched in its earlier valley floor . |
| 11 | The tube was then introduced up to the sigmoid colon with the endoscope acting as a guide When the balloons were inflated with air , two 8 cm long segments were established ( Fig 1 ) ; one in the rectum ( rectal segment ) and another in the sigmoid colon ( sigmoid segment ) . |
| 12 | Would n't you agree that in normal day to day language if we see a line of cars going down a road and one of them happens to be a Rolls Royce we would say , that 's the quality car ? |
| 13 | Trajectories leading to a sink and a limit cycle are illustrated in Fig. 2.1 . |
| 14 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 15 | There is also an add-on module , the Enterprise Mail Manager ( EMM ) , a graphical management system for network configuration , operation and maintenance running in an X-Windows and Motif environment . |
| 16 | By buying a £1 ticket , racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race and , if it wins , they are guaranteed a return of 4-1 whether the horse is odds-on or an outsider . |
| 17 | There are four markets in which its designers say it will do equally well : graphics , we have already outlined ; then there are games consoles — Taos ' original home territory ; and embedded applications : it may sound odd to have Taos running in a photocopier or a drinks machine , but the tiny kernel makes it ideal , says Hinsley . |
| 18 | There are four markets in which its designers say it will do equally well : graphics , we have already outlined ; then there are games consoles — Taos ' original home territory ; and embedded applications : it may sound odd to have Taos running in a photocopier or a drinks machine , but the tiny kernel makes it ideal , says Hinsley . |
| 19 | When at last he touched her there , all the longing pent-up within her released itself in a single hoarse cry , and she thrust her fingers into his hair , pulling his head back to hers , her lips parting in an invitation that needed no words . |
| 20 | Hands on knees and lights out with a mind buzzing like a bee and the strong conviction that I should be sorting out something more tangible than my mind . |
| 21 | Certainly the actress seemed friendly enough , her perfectly carved mouth curving into a smile as she nodded amiably ; yet there was something about her that sent a warning tingle up Shannon 's spine . |
| 22 | There may be truth in such a suggestion ; and my own dislike of it may stem from nothing more profound than my intense dislike of the word ‘ leisure ’ , suggesting to me , as it does , the spectacle of some drone-figure sitting in a deck-chair while someone else mows the lawn , or a grim marina , packed with empty yachts . |
| 23 | The last point is demonstrated by the fact that according to Johnson 's definition neither a lawyer working for a company nor a lawyer working for a neighbourhood centre would be a professional . |
| 24 | You could suggest that you both pop around on a week-day evening , or you could take Mum-in-law shopping on a Saturday while he 's at the match . |
| 25 | At once Matthew relaxed , his eyes creasing in a smile as he wondered what the old man was up to . |
| 26 | District and constituency offices were similarly involved and in many areas the national example was followed , with the agents of both parties working under a mayor or lord lieutenant . |
| 27 | He smiled , his narrow lips curling in a way that sent an immediate shiver of unease along her veins . |
| 28 | ‘ For two years me and my sons walked along the towpath and park searching for a zip or the buckle of Brian 's belt , anything that would help . ’ |
| 29 | We have just er er spent two hours looking at a report whether that will be the report we 'll use at that particular time needs to be agreed yet . |
| 30 | All but the simplest PC LANs are likely to have a central computer acting as a file or database server , dedicated to looking after the data on behalf of all the desktop machines . |