Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will recognize that the client is repeating himself or demanding a particular reaction from her . |
| 2 | His is not an isolated story — to this day many people report hearing or seeing a strange presence on the slopes of the mountain . |
| 3 | He returned to his workshop , hoping to bump into him on the way , but arrived without hearing or seeing a single trace of the forgetful scientist . |
| 4 | The culmination of abolition in 1806 and 1807 was much less marked by local committee activity and the African Institution did not expend great efforts on recreating or maintaining a national network of local groups . |
| 5 | Before and after this period , subjects also pointed either at an auditory target or using a non-preferred hand in order to identify the mechanism by which this adaptation occurred . |
| 6 | what 's harder I wonder swimming , cycling and running for fifty miles or driving a racing car at top speed … |
| 7 | An ‘ episode ’ is the name given to the smallest complete unit of teaching — this could be the teacher 's revision of the previous lesson 's work ( revision episode ) or explaining a particular point to the class ( explanation episode ) or coaching an individual child on a problem he is working on ( coaching episode ) , etc . |
| 8 | Unlike the Torbay line in 1991 , however , the South Devon Railway had to set about purchasing or hiring a whole fleet of locomotives and rolling stock from its cash surplus after a sale price could not be agreed with the DVR General Manager for certain redundant DVR items . |
| 9 | His work has often incorporated a story-board-like element , smaller ‘ pictures ’ marching in squared-off boxes around the borders of his canvases or forming a predella-like frieze along the bottom . |
| 10 | ‘ Most networks still are n't constructed in anticipation of people needing or wanting a plug-in connection for a portable at their desk . ’ |
| 11 | riding in a vehicle , being used under a trade licence , for the purpose of investigating or remedying a mechanical fault in the vehicle . |
| 12 | In a similar , but more localised manner , some education authorities which carry out ‘ blanket ’ testing , or testing a sizeable sample of the junior school population , have introduced items which must be carried out using a calculator . |
| 13 | Only when these are done , as Graham points out , should policy attempt to improve attendance by lower socio-economic group mothers through such financial sanctions as withholding or paying a reduced amount in maternity or child benefit to those mothers who do not attend such clinics or attend irregularly . |
| 14 | Or or getting a Scottish newspaper on the list . |
| 15 | In the past few years Broderick has been faced with a similar , if less epic problem : simply how to grow up on screen , how to graduate from the early ‘ smart kid ’ roles in War Games and Ferris Bueller 's Day Off which have so far intended to resort to a tour of duty in a Vietnam movie or wearing a false moustache in a cop drama to prove their ‘ maturity ’ as actors . |
| 16 | Preliminary investigation found that when a topic is closed two options for the ensuing course of the interaction may be relevant : making a definite move to close the whole conversation , or beginning a new topic by actively searching for something to keep the conversation going . |
| 17 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 18 | Whether you are dealing with small children or addressing a board meeting , getting information from the man who 's repairing your washing machine or closing a big deal with a new customer , you need to be able to put yourself and your message across . |
| 19 | Gloves ( or gauntlets , which also protect your wrists ) should be worn when smoothing mirror edges , or cutting a large mirror to size . |
| 20 | Within a period of one month the Commission will decide whether there are any serious doubts as to the merger creating or strengthening a dominant position to the likely detriment of effective competition . |
| 21 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 22 | Care was identified as being those activities which one person did for another ; informal care consisted of practical care , information/advocacy , links with the outside world , regular surveillance , social integration ( belonging to a group or having a satisfying role in relation to others ) and affection . |
| 23 | Hostility — accusation that anyone mentioning alcoholism or drug addiction or having a different understanding of addictive disease from his or her own has a " bee in the bonnet " . |
| 24 | The rewards could be quick and simple such as reading the newspaper for five minutes , or having a quick chat on the phone with a friend . |
| 25 | There are several reasons why an overflow pipe may be dripping or giving a steady stream of water . |
| 26 | This also applies to a person who is incapable of understanding questions or giving a proper answer by reason of mental incapacity or permanent or temporary disability . |
| 27 | In England , by contrast , although there were some villages where having a widowed parent in the house ‘ was very much the ordinary , expected thing ’ at a certain stage in life , already by the late middle ages it was not the normal pattern . |
| 28 | It removes the pernicious , if subconscious obsession with calendar age , which precludes some of us from learning new things , or undertaking new tasks , or taking a new interest in the world around us . ’ |
| 29 | Children will also be able to get a Save the Earth money box , in which they will be asked to put money each time someone in their family wastes energy , for example by leaving on a light or boiling a full kettle of water for one cup of tea . |
| 30 | She has done something , something on a different plane from making a toy church or pipping a social rival at the post or committing a mindless atrocity . |