Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said . |
| 2 | They tend to throw the ball rather than kicking it 60 yards up the park . ’ |
| 3 | They argue for the empowerment of subordinated groups , rather than giving them selective access to existing hierarchies ; for the ‘ democratization ’ of the curriculum by reorganizing knowledge to advantage the disadvantaged ; and for special teacher training for teachers to assist girls in resisting the sexist demands of their schools . |
| 4 | The same effect can be obtained by filling the pool with water and emptying it several times over a period of two or three weeks . |
| 5 | Now , now that all was lost , lost too was the vanity of the bulging notebook , the diversity of material , the forward-looking pleasure of unpacking my treasures and giving them some kind of independent life . |
| 6 | The idea that one can adopt an orphan baby elephant in Kenya and supply it with food and medicine for under £15 would be even more droll if I did not remember adopting a number of black babies in Africa as a schoolboy , and giving them foolish names like Chrysostom or Donaldina or Ambrose , at five shillings ( 25p ) a time . |
| 7 | However , treating knowledge about language systematically and giving it explicit mention in the syllabus is not universal in our schools . |
| 8 | and giving us General Paralysis of the Insane . |
| 9 | Gone is Mr Morley as presiding anchorman and the device of splitting the evening between actors and singers : instead we have Simon Cadell and Patricia Hodge evoking the platonic passion of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence and giving us generous helpings of songs and scenes from the shows . |
| 10 | Judy our new Director will lead her team , of Simon , Richard and To and er Tony and I think it seems particularly er , appropriate and important that Judy at her first appearance here as Director , although many of us present , I know , would remember her wearing other hats , should have this opportunity of speaking the Councillor members and giving us some idea of how the Management Team see the future before us in the years to come . |
| 11 | We did n't tell anyone , and I took things very quietly , doing exactly what was advised and taking it one day at a time . |
| 12 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 13 | Once there , and finding them nice places in which to live , the areas ' dynamism was ensured by the social preferences of this elite . |
| 14 | Fair comment , but this week she was on holiday , did n't stop her and going and leaving them poor dogs in there barking their heads off and crying , for seven and a half hours did it ? |
| 15 | As well as giving him moral ascendancy over the rest of the company , driving himself to exhaustion might also cloud critical judgement , so that comments would be made on the effort that had gone into the show rather than on its quality . ) |
| 16 | We 're very competitive with building society high interest savings accounts , as well as giving you instant access to your money and all for a minimum balance of £500 . |
| 17 | It allowed workers the opportunity to buy as much as 20 per cent of their company 's shares at half price as well as offering them low-interest loans for buying future shares once a stock market was established . |
| 18 | Anderson and Roberts can perhaps be seen as offering us different facets of essentially a similar situation , where feelings of affection and concepts of duty are taken into calculations about mutual advantage based on material considerations . |