Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ B is for Bell , ’ ' Paul said quietly , nodding to himself and staring at the rusting device . |
| 2 | The Communist Party Central Committee complained in February 1932 : The Minority Movement is a small self-absorbed organization of leaders who have nothing to do with the real struggle of the workers and who instead of going to the workers , working among them and fighting against the reformist leaders in the Trade Unions , simply approach the workers with the invitation to take part in a highly elaborate organisational structure . |
| 3 | In-depth articles on the Company itself and reporting on the latest innovative trends from the design studio , all form part of their activities . |
| 4 | The talent he has encouraged and given much time and effort to , includes the 1986 Club Champion , 20-year-old Simon Barrington who was twice Junior Champion ; Michael Orris , the Joint Course record holder and County Alliance player ; Guy Phillips , still 17 , the Junior Champion and Captain ( handicap 5 ) and who whilst competing in the Daily Express Ford qualifying round at Royal Mid-Surrey in 1986 played to level par and went on to play in the finals in Spain ) ; Henry Bareham , also handicap 5 , who played for English Schools and Graham Booth , the Thames Valley League Junior Champion . |
| 5 | He was at a loss to describe the sky , its lilac whiteness , so ineffable above him that it was like a secret waiting to be deciphered , reflecting everything and seeping into the thin mist on the ground . |
| 6 | Mr Goodson , who became interested in the sonar capacity of dolphins after hearing one while swimming off the Welsh coast , has experimented with various shapes of sound reflectors . |
| 7 | " Regarde , Joseph , " said the French boy suddenly reining in his pony beside him and pointing to the far edge of the plain that they were crossing . |
| 8 | ‘ Where a mercantile agent is , with the consent of the owner , in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods , any sale , pledge or other disposition of the goods , made by him when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent , shall , subject to the provisions of this Act be as valid as if he were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same ; provided that the person taking under the disposition takes in good faith , and has not at the time of the disposition notice that the person making the disposition has not authority to make the same . ’ |
| 9 | In making those recommendations they made clear they took into account the recommend the representations made and views expressed to them whilst complying with the statutory requirement that they should aim to recommend the European parliamentary constituencies with as nearly as possible equal electorates . |
| 10 | All agree that the building they share in Aldershot , an outdated 60s 12-storey tower block , needs major refurbishment — closing it and moving to the Royal Logistic Corps training centre 20 miles away or converting it to an office block and building a new , smaller Army catering school alongside , are not seen as attractive options . |
| 11 | Beinn Alligin is the third of the great Torridon giants and more amenable than its fellows , and more honest , the whole effort of climbing to the summit ridge , traversing it and descending at the far end to return down the corrie being assessed at a glance , although probably under-estimated . |
| 12 | The first way is by taking the work off the machine with waste yarn , turning it and rehanging with the plain side towards me . |
| 13 | And er she got it away eventually bathing it and talking to the little girl and then she said to her now I want you to come here every day she said so I can I see to that for you . |
| 14 | You have the choice of either trying to minimise the effect or going with it and rejoicing in the exotic feel of a semi-desert in your back yard . |
| 15 | Life in Looe today is largely governed by two seasons ; the tourist season and the season spent recovering from it and preparing for the next . |
| 16 | Given that object recognition is a categorical process , in that one does n't recognize each individual chair one sees but identifies it as belonging to the same category as other chairs one has seen , this suggests that the inferotemporal cortex has a major role to play in object recognition . |
| 17 | The headman 's house was already full of men , warming themselves and talking round the central fire . |
| 18 | It is characteristic that the more modest member of these august committees fail to recognize themselves as belonging to the Great and Good , a tribe which lives in the great terra incognita of Quangoland . |
| 19 | These groups , like all élites , have no previous perception of themselves as belonging to the troublesome classes , and it does not do for the police to remind them that the application of control can be redirected depending on who is defining the ‘ illegalities ’ . |
| 20 | Both the ELA and the new Shipping Federation , however , saw themselves as responding to the same trade union incursions into their members ' prerogatives . |
| 21 | Unfortunately these two categories overlap , whilst those temporary workers ( or those who are giving proxy answers for them ) who are unsure of the precise nature of their temporary employment are also more likely to describe themselves as falling into the first category . |
| 22 | Indeed , by the time Lord Darlington had finally come round to bidding his guests rise and drink to ‘ peace and justice in Europe ’ , the level of such noises — perhaps on account of the liberal amounts of wine that had been consumed — struck me as bordering on the ill-mannered . |