Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We went on past and came to Gate 6 , which was basically a staircase leading to ground level , where the rails were .
2 There is no doubt , moreover , of the sincerity of the Grand Duke 's belief that he was merely a trustee acting on behalf of his subjects , whose interests must always be paramount .
3 If you 've taken down a door leading from hall to living room , or kitchen to dining room , you may be lucky and be left with interesting architrave mouldings around doorways , but if they 're plain modern ones , you 'll probably rip them out with the door .
4 Figure 4.1 shows only a difference according to sex of speaker , but as this is quite consistent between generations , it has another quality : it is also a stable variable .
5 It is of the essence of a religion which talks about hairs on your head being counted and not a sparrow falling from Heaven without mercy attending its descent , that it should be concerned about Mrs McSquirt 's upcoming visit to hospital just as much as any public issue of ‘ importance ’ .
6 Before that , though , I opened a can of whole chicken and ripped off a leg dribbling with jelly .
7 He must sit upright at a table to eat his meals : he can not eat off a tray sitting in bed or an easy chair .
8 The heavy-weight champion in loadbearing. 50 kilos can be hung on a screw fastening into FERMACELL with a rawlplug .
9 Mrs McGrath said he was arrested after a local newspaper set up a hotline appealing for information .
10 Therefore , although the strength of a bone depends on the area of its cross section , the legs must hold up a body increasing in weight by the cube of its length .
11 ‘ Well , there was rather an inferno blazing on top of that cake , was n't there ? ’
12 The money is for fitting out a laboratory dealing with tempera paintings .
13 The current laws on all kicking should remain except that any ball caught on the full from kick in general play can be returned directly into touch with the line-out at the point where the ball goes out of play — e.g. a scrum-half kicking for touch would still need to bounce the ball into touch but , should the kick be gathered on the full , then it can be kicked directly into touch .
14 This principle has been extended so that a person who books a holiday on behalf of others , e.g. a husband booking on behalf of himself his wife and children , may obtain damages not only for his own disappointment etc. but also for the disappointment sustained by his wife and children .
15 It was really er , it was really a penance going to church .
16 The prosecution have said Tanya was killed by Probyn the day before a court hearing for custody of their two children , and he caused her car to drop beneath the waters of the River Severn .
17 On the contrary ; determination by — i.e. agreement with — the social basis of life is manifestly a factor making for realism and truth .
18 Van den Boogard suggested that in the Anglo-Norman fabliaux the author assumes what he calles the persona of the clerk , i.e. a character looking for respect and admiration for his ability to tell a fascinating tale of intrigue ( inter alia ) , whereas a French author is more likely to adopt the persona of the jongleur , shocking by his anarchism but amusing at the same time through his self-mockery .
19 It thrives on a muddy bottom , and therefore a base consisting of sand or loam should be provided .
20 Therefore a mixture consisting of clay particles and unwashed river sand or fine gravel , or peat , clay and gravel is most suitable .
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