Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time she got up , after finally falling into a heavy , dreamless sleep just before dawn , Rachel had a headache and felt thoroughly wretched at the thought of what might be to come . |
| 2 | After early bumping at the first bend , Clydal found himself in arrears and Pilot Error made the early running from Stormhill , who quickly took control down the far side and looked set to win . |
| 3 | On winter days , usually after unsuccessfully battling against the spiteful thrusts of nature , a bacon sandwich and a mug of Bovril laced with sherry is guaranteed to soothe the injured spirit . |
| 4 | After extensively washing with the same buffer , the column was eluted with buffer 3 plus 0.15 M ( NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 . |
| 5 | Malaysia leave the field after narrowly losing to an accomplished Tunisian seven ( 14–10 ) in the semi-finals after losing their pool match 22–0 to the same side . |
| 6 | DAGENHAM and Redbridge went within an ace of upsetting their Second Division neighbours Orient in the FA Cup , eventually going down 5–4 after twice leading by a two-goal margin . |
| 7 | And Gower is bitterly disappointed not to have made the tour squad after virtually apologising to the Indian Cricket Board for alleging their bowlers scuffed the ball in the final Test at the Oval two summers ago . |
| 8 | When you looked like Donna , why did you have to fret about not looking like the average social X-ray you saw in New York ? |
| 9 | For them there was nothing tame about not living in the fast lane ; nothing sanctimonious about unconsciously keeping clear of the edge of the cliff . |
| 10 | I still put myself to sleep by thinking about not lying on a cold pavement covered with newspapers . |
| 11 | ‘ For the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) and without limiting the grounds upon which it may be established that consent to sexual intercourse is vitiated — ; ( a ) a person who consents to sexual intercourse with another person — ; ( i ) under a mistaken belief as to the identity of the other person ; or ( ii ) under a mistaken belief that the other person is married to the person , … shall be deemed not to consent to the sexual intercourse ; ( b ) a person who knows that another person consents to sexual intercourse under a mistaken belief referred to in paragraph ( a ) shall be deemed to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse ; ( c ) a person who submits to sexual intercourse with another person as a result of threats or terror , whether the threats are against , or the terror is instilled in , the person who submits to the sexual intercourse or any other person , shall be regarded as not consenting to the sexual intercourse ; and ( d ) a person who does not offer actual physical resistance to sexual intercourse shall not , by reason only of that fact , be regarded as consenting to the sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 12 | Consistent sailing means not taking too many unnecessary risks , such as not starting at the crowded end of the start line or sailing completely to one side of the beat where just one unfavourable wind shift can ruin you . |
| 13 | Following the earlier removal of Karoly Kiraly from the Senate for not voting on the new Constitution [ for which see p. 38586 ] , and the death of one other senator , this left seven seats vacant in the 119-seat Senate . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the report did criticize the police for not preventing the incident and in particular for not acting on a wide range of warnings that unrest had been planned . |
| 15 | The Government give as reason for not reverting to the 1988 arrangements the small number of convictions previously secured . |
| 16 | He could not say that he had scruples of conscience for not joining in the military training . |
| 17 | Israel had previously accused Japan of largely complying with the Arab boycott for fear of jeopardising its oil supplies . |
| 18 | ‘ We will go to Leeds , the defending champions , feeling confident , instead of just hoping for the best — and that 's a measure of how far we 've come . |
| 19 | A similar estoppel could be raised by conduct : if the client adopts a practice of not insisting on the strict letter of its terms , its conduct may be held to create an estoppel in the same way as a statement of the effect of the terms . |
| 20 | The DHA responded to the MIND critique , strongly refuting the charge of having no coherent strategy and of not seeing beyond the enabling schemes . |
| 21 | A NORTH Wales MP has accused Labour supporters of ‘ behaving like spoilt children ’ and of not living in the real world . |
| 22 | A NORTH Wales MP has accused Labour supporters of ‘ behaving like spoilt children ’ and of not living in the real world . |
| 23 | And then I know full well that I 'm well within the guidelines of not going over the thirteen amp that this is designed to operate at maximum efficiency and safety . |
| 24 | I mean it I mean er the reason why it was set up really was the nineteen ninety two sort of like coming into the single European market and everything |
| 25 | The answer is that it saw the way the wind was blowing and instead of desperately tripping its users up as they tried to move to open systems , it embraced them wholeheartedly , giving users the option of either staying on the slow track with an MPE V operating system that over time would converge with Unix , or taking the fast track and jumping across to the HP 9000 . |
| 26 | Above all , perhaps , there is the point , established beyond doubt , that the creation of hits is not simply a matter of continually plugging into a self-sustaining circle linking producer and customer . |
| 27 | Some modern projectors have an inbuilt device for quickly switching to a new bulb . |
| 28 | Over the years the number of grade Vs has quadrupled , with much over-crowding in the top end . |
| 29 | This instituted a partnership between central and local government with both having as a prime objective the promotion of the education service . |
| 30 | Gould was satisfied with simply selling off the remaining numbers he had bought off Lear . |