Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a statement of law as it should be , rather than as it is , but there is nothing to stop the courts developing it in this direction . |
| 2 | Listening once to him on the Bench I recalled an occasion when the aged and formidable boys ' maid who looked after our rooms had stood with arms akimbo accusing him of some peccadillo , and ended her tirade : " Mr Phillimore , do n't you stand there lying like Ananias ! " |
| 3 | As he put the glass to his lips to wash out the thought , his eye caught the soldierly portraits all around , the Divisional insignia above the mantelpiece , the roll of battle honours flanking them on each side , and he had a sudden vision of the mess walls decorated not with these trumpery monuments to man 's stupidity but with the torn and mangled limbs of countless unfortunates and , in the place of honour , Corporal Byford 's shattered , still bleeding leg . |
| 4 | Before she could break away one arm had snaked round her shoulders , pulling her towards him and crushing her face against his chest , then his dark head was obliterating the light , his hot lips seeking hers and to her shame finding them without any difficulty . |
| 5 | The act of the king touching them in this way protects them from the otherwise dangerous consequences of being in contact with the power of the king . |
| 6 | If a method of collecting evidence is reliable , it means that anybody else using this method , or the same person using it at another time , would come up with the same results . |
| 7 | ‘ The Secretary of State , in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(1) , ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) of the Oil and Gas ( Enterprise ) Act 1982 , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf , hereby makes the following Order : ’ |
| 8 | The main reason for this lack of use appears have been uncertainty regarding the potential of such a source , a small number of companies indicated that cost was a factor deterring them from this type of information . |
| 9 | Since then the Edinburgh Zoo has seen upwards of 50 000 people using it for this purpose in a year . |
| 10 | Life was not quite a state of nature or a question of the survival of the fittest , but in times of no food parcels the partition separating us from that state was unpleasantly thin and even at the best of times it was thin enough to be able to hear most of what went on on the other side . |
| 11 | The historical process of transforming the world , making it a better place , recovering a pre-lapsarian global Eden in its pristine simplicity , will end up with people selling it to each other by the dollar , pound or yen . |
| 12 | We intend to place the money in our building fund and it is also a faith-building experience for us to see God blessing us in this way . |
| 13 | There are few caves in this part of the world today , and there is no record of snowy owls entering them at any time . |
| 14 | In particular , teacher-librarians could describe how some subject areas were making greater use of the library for project-based or topic-based work , and could describe how the library was booked , sometimes on a regular basis , by departments using it in this way . |
| 15 | Sitting with your hands supporting you on either side , cross you ankles and , keeping your legs straight together , attempt to separate them by pushing your ankles together . |
| 16 | Kenneth Baker said law and order was one of the most common issues greeting him during this campaign . |
| 17 | They reported that they knew of no matter involving her in any way and asked for a description of the white identification cards . |
| 18 | One of the more experienced printers remembers Laura asking him at this time to ‘ have a go ’ at producing a pattern she liked . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't see your dad reaching us in this weather , even riding a horse . ’ |
| 20 | Was that was that hot air balloon following you by any chance ? |