Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry for coming in under the wire at er nine fourteen according to this clock . |
| 2 | Make a hitch with the tarred string around the stake adjacent to the top of the sacking collar , lock knot it between stake and stem , and leave 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) hanging ( you will need this for tying off at the end ) . |
| 3 | They may be worried about how to be gay , but far fewer of them are as desperate not to be and though they may be afraid of reaching out to the gay world , mostly they know it exists . |
| 4 | To prevent this from running down on-to the rest of the body and the swaddling clothes , it was immediately covered by a narrow linen band known as the ‘ chrysom ’ ; and it was the custom , should a child die before it was one month old , that this chrysom was used as the head-covering to the funerary swaddling . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've had businesses and lots of youth groups contacting me extremely interested in going out in the boat . |
| 6 | Club members are interested in linking up with a club from England , to share machine knitting ideas and problem solving . |
| 7 | The purpose of these days will be to join with others who are interested in finding out about the work of Cafod or Faith and Justice and to support and encourage those working with poverty both in our own diocese and in other parts of the world . |
| 8 | Does the Prime Minister recall my earlier concern that the parameters that he was instrumental in drawing up at the Rome summit , to separate an incipient European Community defence policy from NATO 's responsibilities for the defence of Europe , should be preserved ? |
| 9 | If the glider gets wet before taking off for a high climb , the airbrakes may freeze up and become unusable . |
| 10 | This is analogous to wandering around in a misty marsh in a river valley surrounded by invisible summits . |
| 11 | You can prove this by going back to the start of the paragraph and pressing the Backspace key . |
| 12 | The small swimming pool is perfect for cooling off under the force of the midday sun , and the snack bar serves a great range of food into the early hours of the morning . |
| 13 | A service done out of friendship such as helping out at a barbecue or because of a threat is not within s.1 . |
| 14 | ‘ Such as going back to the house and making love to you until you start begging for mercy . ’ |
| 15 | In the 1914 period the custom was to turn the aircraft upside down and then to load the wings with bags of sand or lead shot distributed so as to represent the various aerodynamic loads which occur under the worst conditions , such as pulling out of a dive . |
| 16 | In the end , she got very bored with staring out of the window at all the greenery outside . |
| 17 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |
| 18 | The acceleration is sensational and very similar to taking off in a piston-engined aircraft with open cockpit . |
| 19 | We are just under one inch taller on getting up in the morning than we are on going to bed at night . |
| 20 | Instonians will be delighted at coming out of the hat first against Leinster kingpins Avoca at home , but now will have to join Holywood in having talks with competition organiser Brian Hanna . |
| 21 | Carry out deadheading often , combining with light pruning where appropriate by cutting back to a strong bud well down the stem . |
| 22 | On normal days , of course , Lord Darlington took his meals , as does Mr Farraday today , in the more intimate atmosphere of the dining room , which is ideal for accommodating up to a dozen . |
| 23 | Ideal for lazing round on a hot summer 's afternoon . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just that we 're not a noise band , ’ adds Mike , ‘ we do n't jump around the place but we 're totally comfortable with going out on a stage . ’ |
| 25 | Wales skipper Ieuan Evans also got three before limping off with a groin injury . |
| 26 | This is because the way that these patterns are read is by knitting two rows of each colour , starting with colour one , then colour two , then colour three before moving on to the next line of the double length pattern . |
| 27 | There are a number of general theories that are concerned with such issues and we shall briefly investigate these before moving on to an examination of power within organisations . |
| 28 | ‘ I was extraordinarily lucky in starting off in a post that was small enough and compact enough to enable me to meet quite a sizeable proportion of the population . ’ |
| 29 | For his purpose they had to become accustomed to going about in the fields and the wood . |
| 30 | It 's really good for sitting down with a meal and just forgetting about work . |