Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After driving a few miles along what seemed an endless avenue of poplars we crossed the Taro , at this time of year a dry riverbed , by a long bridge with marble statues of reclining river gods and goddesses at either end . |
| 2 | After swimming a few lengths of the pool , she turned and floated on her back , enjoying the warmth of the sun on her half-submerged body , listening to the splashing of the other swimmers , their laughing voices , the harsh cries of magpies in the nearby forest , the occasional insect droning past . |
| 3 | The first time I get on , it is often after spending a few hours with them , and I kinda transfer over from the stable door to their backs . ’ |
| 4 | After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn . |
| 5 | After winning a million pounds in the pools a man was interviewed by a television reporter . |
| 6 | The Iranian Oil Ministry was reported in late October to have adopted an aggressive policy on crude oil production and prices after rejecting a 3,200,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) quota which the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) had sought to impose on Iran at its meeting in September [ see p. 39120 ] ; the Middle East Economic Digest on Oct. 30 quoted the Oil Minister , Gholamreza Agazadeh , as saying that Iranian output during October would average 3,800,000 bpd , but as denying that Iran was seeking to destabilize the international market . |
| 7 | After exchanging a few words with him , she went in search of Lawler . |
| 8 | After exchanging a few words with him , she led him off into a corner . |
| 9 | Or have I fallen into the trap of seeing a dozen cases of doubt and declaring a universal epidemic ? |
| 10 | Wrong to trust a woman with the responsibility of leading a hundred soldiers on a mission . |
| 11 | Victor 's thinking of buying a dozen horses off them , unless he sees something he fancies better at Alejandro 's tomorrow . |
| 12 | So erm they 're sort of having a few words at the moment . |
| 13 | I find my listening springs best out of reading a few verses from Scripture . |
| 14 | However , analysts observe that Microsoft 's goal of delivering a million copies in the first year is trifling compared to the 25 million copies of Windows it has shipped since May 1990 . |
| 15 | On Day One , the simple exercise of shooting a few scenes in the garden was partly to familiarise you with the idea of editing in camera . |
| 16 | Some hairdressers charge extra for this but it 's well worth paying a few pounds for . |
| 17 | But if we behave normally like saying a few words to each other , the supervisors start shouting and harassing us . |
| 18 | And slow , slower even than anticipated , for moving a thousand horsemen through narrow and all but trackless unknown country by night is no easy manoeuvre . |
| 19 | the key to the difference … lies in the family — a truth Daniel Patrick Moynihan was pilloried for stating a few years before Martin Luther King 's assassination . |
| 20 | We 're well worth spending a few hours over this , I think . |
| 21 | Before I cover this particular problem , it is worth spending a few paragraphs on the bladder itself and its function . |
| 22 | When considering an offer of a job in the community it is worth asking a few questions about the day to day management of the service , and the kind of support you can expect to get from your colleagues . |
| 23 | I have pleasure in enclosing a few copies of our new recruitment leaflet which I hope you feel will enable you to attract a lot of people in your area to become CPRW members . |
| 24 | Very often , Western copyright and patent holders are more interested in exporting a few products at high prices than in selling licences or granting permissions at prices that Third World countries can afford . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sorry for making such a fuss , ’ Joan said apologetically , drying her eyes — before taking a few sips of the wine which she did not much like . |
| 26 | After a minimum five years ' operating experience it would be time to think about taking a few orders for commercial stations , the first of which should come on stream about 2020 — always provided , of course , that the cost and dwindling resources of uranium made it commercially worthwhile : |
| 27 | She switched on the bedroom radio , tuning to her new station 's waveband — her competitive curiosity had prompted her to attempt an assessment of the English-language opposition earlier — and discovering a laid-back DJ playing jazz and fusion between taking a few calls from night-owl listeners , their character common around the world — shift-workers , troubled or lonely insomniacs , late-night revellers and cramming students . |
| 28 | The sudden increase in staff from outside the prison culture may have resulted in there being more guards who themselves use marijuana in a limited recreational way , and who may not be averse to sharing a few joints with their charges . |
| 29 | This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family . |
| 30 | I asked Terry to come along because one of the things I tho I tho I hope we might get round to spending a few minutes on was about Alan 's raised it before about records coming in er , and what the state of the game is in records coming into us and how we 're transferring that information , or not transferring that information onto dep onto department 's national curriculum er material |