Example sentences of "passing [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seized a passing shirt and propelled it vainly towards the bird . |
| 2 | I twisted on the pole , pushed my talons forward and caught one of them a passing blow . |
| 3 | The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton . |
| 4 | I would so like to be the proverbial fly on the wall at those Cabinet subcommittees which are currently engaged on passing judgement on so far-fetched a proposition . |
| 5 | My final message to Mr Dave Ayres is to be in full receipt of his facts before passing judgement on a fellow canoeist , using sarcastic comments that only inflame what is already a sensitive situation . |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone was passing judgement on this being my big day but I enjoyed it . |
| 7 | RUSSIA 'S athletics chief , Valentin Balakhnichov , has announced he will wait for dope test results , expected later this week , before passing judgement on four athletes expelled from Sweden on Monday . |
| 8 | Advising , passing judgement , criticising , praising , flattering |
| 9 | In passing judgement on these crucial issues the historian is so easily blinkered by hindsight . |
| 10 | However , as with the English infinitive , the speaker is not merely accepting this happening as a fact but is passing judgement on the appropriateness of its occurrence : the verb regretter here expresses a " critical idea " through which the happening être venu is " viewed " ( Guillaume 1971a : 218 ) . |
| 11 | Is n't it usual to at least give someone the benefit of a hearing before passing judgement , Dr Grant ? ’ |
| 12 | MICHAEL Heseltine taking a break from passing judgement on the schemes of architects and property developers , has decided to put his own house in order . |
| 13 | Roirbak and Leila exchanged a glance , and Roirbak shrugged , turning back to the screen , passing responsibility to Leila . |
| 14 | The Commission criticized the government for delaying action on household waste management by passing responsibility for it on to the Environment Agency , which has not yet been set up . |
| 15 | The empire , at least in Africa , was thought likely to outlast the century , not least by socialist ministers ; and it was imagined that the Marshall Plan , paid off by the end of 1950 , might represent only a brief and passing reliance on the economy of the United States . |
| 16 | He is not just a passing atom of an overwhelming universe , but is of external significance . |
| 17 | That does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy — crimes such as theft , fraud , murder , etc. will never become fashionable — but ‘ social ’ crimes such as publishing indecent or obscene material are dependent on society 's perception of what is or is not indecent or obscene at the time , and the legislation of one period may be inappropriate in another period of time , to the extent that resorting to the courts to deal with the matter may be quite inappropriate and ineffective . |
| 18 | He realized in that instant that his entire life would be changed utterly — that this was no sentimental longing , no passing fancy or phase , this was a feeling he would live by , whatever the costs . |
| 19 | " And everywhere he is in chains ! " cried the Collector urgently in his delirium , causing both young ladies to turn anxiously towards his bed but it was nothing , merely a passing fancy in his overheated brain . |
| 20 | Rourke Deveraugh had no interest in her other than a passing fancy . |
| 21 | However much she 'd fallen in love with Rohan , to him she was no more than a passing fancy , to be enjoyed then discarded . |
| 22 | She had dismissed him quite brutally , relegating him to the status of a passing fancy , or less . |
| 23 | ‘ Who 'd want that old bugger , ’ says a passing drinker , ungratefully . |
| 24 | We 're all sluts and harlots , showing our tits to every passing male . ’ |
| 25 | Instinctively she had sensed that Delaney would demand more of her than a passing gratification . |
| 26 | People who do not care so long as the passing hour is comfortable and cheerful are not likely to exhibit much of a front when they call themselves a union . |
| 27 | We must always take care to safeguard the law against the assaults of opportunism , the expediency of the passing hour , the erosion of small encroachments , and the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles . |
| 28 | The night , which had appeared inky , its dusting of stars within reach , like fireflies signalling under trees , had now , with the passing hour , grown lighter , and the blazing pinpoints receded , as if powered by their own fires , into the dim pools of the most distant sky . |
| 29 | The waiter hovered , noting his client 's discomfort , but Davide shook his head , ‘ Just a passing weakness . |
| 30 | Six-year-old Michael Smith and his parents were spotted by a passing yacht as they clung to a tiny buoyancy bag in darkness . |