Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a great pleasure meeting you a few months ago and I should like to feel our paths might cross again some time . |
| 2 | This is magical , and gives the rider of any horse wearing it a +20 bonus to all Ride tests . |
| 3 | Ilfracombe is the leading resort on Devon 's Gold Coast offering everything a leading resort should have : shops , bars , cinema , theatre , dancing , several interesting beaches , and lots to do , or you can just stroll amongst the coloured lights . |
| 4 | Startled Bill , 76 , said : ‘ At first I thought what a damned cheek sending me an electric bill . |
| 5 | The Company felt very pleased when in 1717 it received an imperial decree giving it a good deal of the territorial autonomy for which its ambitious employees had hoped in the 1680s and , in return for an annual payment of 13,000 rupees , freed it from paying customs duties inside India , but there is no sign that the Company realized that developments of this sort showed the Moghul Empire was beginning to lose control of the country . |
| 6 | Step 3 CAPTION — When you have finished making changes name the new palette giving it a suitable name and file name . |
| 7 | Essentially , this is a consumer protection device making it a criminal offence to sell , by way of competitive bidding , prescribed articles listed in s3(2) : … any plate , plated articles , linen , china , glass , books , pictures , prints , furniture , jewellery , articles of household or personal use , or ornament or any musical or scientific instrument or apparatus . |
| 8 | Lord Hailsham along with Edward Heath poured millions of pounds into the town making it an industrial centre . |
| 9 | These attractive little bagrid are active during the day making them a useful addition to the mature , well-established and maintained planted community tank . |
| 10 | When I was a kid , in Hull , my father and mother took me to Hessle to have tea with his boss , and I remember Mother telling me that she had stayed up half the night making me a new sailor suit and saying , ‘ Behave yourself , Bill . |
| 11 | Reg Marshall said : ‘ They are wasting their money giving us a wooden hut . |
| 12 | As oil pastels are a very sticky substance , they grip the paper well and the paper colour will show through the sketch giving it a unifying effect . |
| 13 | The man said something and they all laughed , the woman giving him a mock slap on the arm . |
| 14 | Small mammals tend to have rapid heartbeats and a fast metabolic rate giving them a high-speed life , while for large mammals the reverse is true . |
| 15 | PSR1706–44 has a short period , 102.4ms , a rapid spin-down rate giving it a characteristic age of only 17,300 years and considerable timing noise ( S.J. , R.N.M. , V.M.K. , A.G.L. & N.D'A. , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 16 | The words were out before Isabel could stop them , despair and bitterness giving them a stark finality that was absolute . |
| 17 | As he was bending down to pick the post up off the mat he felt a cold hand on his exposed backside — little suspecting that it was the family dog giving him a friendly greeting . |
| 18 | He laughed , ‘ I 'll have no trouble finding you a good husband . ’ |
| 19 | They fear either that we are committed to move to stage three or that , irrespective of the provision in the treaty allowing us a free choice , we would none the less be obliged to move . |
| 20 | The Committee not only recommended statutory provision making all surrogacy agreements illegal and therefore unenforceable in the courts , but also called for the introduction of legislation rendering it a criminal act for any person to assist in the establishment of a surrogate pregnancy . |
| 21 | Midas , in Sloane Square , sells exclusive designer fashionwear making it an obvious target for jet-set shoplifters looking for the ultimate bargain . |
| 22 | Until yesterday , these would have seen Barnes deployed on one flank with Rocastle 's defensive awareness earning him a ninth cap at Waddle 's expense on the other . |
| 23 | He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea . |
| 24 | During the election campaign Gamsakhurdia 's opponents had concentrated on attacking what they claimed were his dictatorial tendencies ( a week before the election his ruling Round Table-Free Georgia coalition had sponsored legislation passed by the Georgian parliament making it a criminal offence , punishable by up to six years in prison , to insult the Georgian President ) . |
| 25 | If you come into the dale from Stainforth , then the road into Malham winds down by Ewe Moor giving you a good view of the Cove and the lynchets under Shorkley Hill . |
| 26 | The British team looked quite forlorn in comparison by the time the fighters got on the mat , the Japanese conceding them a small corner . |
| 27 | The Allegrini has a pleasant , bitter cherry finish — the touch of austerity making it an ideal foil to buttery pasta . |
| 28 | And they spurred forward to pursue and take him , no doubt believing it a happy chance for them , and the Lord Owen caused his horse to appear to drop lame , and so encouraged and led them until they were spread all along the field in open order , within close range of the bowmen in the woods . |
| 29 | The company selling you a new machine should be prepared to give you the names of others who are using it . |
| 30 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |