Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by analogy with the parietal cell ( see section 2 ) , it seems likely that HCO 3 - secretion involves parallel regulation of both basolateral and apical HCO 3 - transport systems , thereby allowing maintenance of a near constant pH i through varying rates of transepithelial HCO 3 - transport . |
| 2 | Post-war Bob went on to fly Vampires in the Middle East , eventually becoming CO of a Royal Indian Air Force squadron . |
| 3 | They 're er , obviously gathering information for a big push then |
| 4 | The programme had changed : a collie dog was now gambolling about , apparently seeking aid for a distressed shepherd . |
| 5 | ‘ Already we have quarry traffic using Tunstall village and that is a long running problem on a narrow road . |
| 6 | Within an hour hundreds of spadefoot males were bobbing like so many light balloons on the pool 's surface , each every second or less giving voice to a single loud ‘ Wah ! ’ . |
| 7 | I believe again that our members will support the call and in so doing call for a general election to dismiss this totally incompetent government ! |
| 8 | From its terminus at the new roundabout on Glasgow Road , the Sighthill Section follows a gently curving alignment in a southerly direction for some 4.7 km ( 3 miles ) until it connects with the northern end of the Colinton Section close to Clovenstone Roundabout on Westerhailes Road . |
| 9 | Ford , whose new £35million movie is a box office smash in America had spent all day shooting the physically demanding scene in a huge water tank in Hollywood . |
| 10 | Part of hir was afraid Jahsaxa was planning on more than just keeping hir as a highclass whore . |
| 11 | While you 're away sipping sangria on a sun-soaked beach , some intruder may be rifling your unguarded home . |
| 12 | Just as you learn you learn your basic modes of essay writing in essays that I 'm not going mark for A Level exams , okay , erm , but there is another way . |
| 13 | ‘ We are not providing food in a normal environment , ’ he says . |
| 14 | The oil company is in deep water for not taking part in a half-price fare offer — because they say people in Northern Ireland are n't interested . |
| 15 | Rather than investing in a filter , it may be better to use bottled water if you are just avoiding tap-water for a few weeks . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're not laying claim to a social plan just for the pleasure of doing one , but because we believe accompanying measures must be put in place and the occasion must be seized to explore all possible avenues towards preserving the maximum employment , ’ the representative is quoted as saying . |
| 17 | As we 've said before , one of the basic ingredients of jazz improvisation is the manipulation of tension and release , thereby adding interest to a melodic line . |
| 18 | ‘ The sheriff was reluctant to take the final step of formally attributing assault to a caring father who had a moment of aberration when he was driven to distraction by a situation with which he was unable to cope . |
| 19 | Truman had to learn through experience in office without a period of gradually accumulating knowledge in a subordinate position . |
| 20 | I often think of you , for example as at a recent and deeply moving funeral for a long-standing friend who had died of AIDS , when I sat inside the church literally underneath/beside your sculpture , but I am an increasingly bad correspondent , possibly as a result of so many letters re jobs ! |
| 21 | They say the ferries are still losing money despite a recent surge in passenger numbers . |
| 22 | The significance we attach to schemes and tropes are part of an integral process of imaginatively making sense of a strange linguistic experience . |
| 23 | They can also carry on getting credit through a special ‘ debtor-in-possession ’ facility : when Campeau , a highly leveraged Canadian-owned retailer , filed for chapter 11 last year it quickly got $700m of credit , which kept its Federated and Allied stores open for business . |
| 24 | We stayed friends even though he went to university and I did n't , even though he went off to Nineveh and Distant Ophir and I did n't , even though I went into the Bank and had a steady job while he flitted from one bit of temporary work to another and eventually ended up teaching English as a foreign language in a side street off the Edgware Road . |
| 25 | It eased p to 34p on the news with investors also awaiting confirmation of a planned name change to Signet . |
| 26 | He stressed that the rebuilding is not for cosmetic reasons , in many cases the original boathouses were built to house a pulling boat whose launching power was probably munching grass in a nearby field . |
| 27 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 28 | The upward spiral on which film budgets were set suggests that Rank might have had to go on losing money for a long time before hitting on a way to achieve a steady supply of sellable films . |
| 29 | An award for helping to improve the environment and simultaneously giving support to a local hospice , has been presented to Stoddard Carpets Ltd . |
| 30 | Or you could try out the flight simulator techniques at ‘ Star Wars ’ where you feel as if you 're really taking part in a full scale intergalactic battle . |