Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 8oz ( 200g ) tin of baked beans , eaten cold , plus 2 pieces of fresh fruit and a diet yogurt OR 2 oz ( 50g ) bread roll spread with reduced-oil salad dressing and filled with salad , 1 oz ( 25g ) ham or chicken , plus a banana |
| 2 | The assembly and dispersal of the ch'i in the T'ai-hsü ( ‘ Supreme Void ’ ) is like ice congealing and melting in water |
| 3 | What can you gain from sitting behind a desk making and waiting for telephone calls , going from game to game watching players you already know about ? ’ |
| 4 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
| 5 | We need to do a bit about the sun spinning and moving through space do n't we ? |
| 6 | Brittan on reparation and Waddington on victims , and Baker on dangerous dogs , joy riding and offending on bail , were all examples of this dictum . |
| 7 | After this period restring and tune to concert pitch . |
| 8 | 2.8 " Insured Risks " means fire [ lightning explosion aircraft ( including articles dropped from aircraft ) riot civil commotion malicious persons earthquake storm tempest flood bursting and overflowing of water pipes tanks and other apparatus and impact by road vehicles ] and such other risks as the Landlord from time to time in [ its ] absolute discretion may think fit to insure against |
| 9 | Whether the biliary obstruction caused by sclerosing cholangitis was self limiting or brought into remission by steroid treatment is unclear . |
| 10 | Depending on the rock type , the tunnel is either self supporting or shored with metal arches and stabilised by spraying the walls with concrete . |
| 11 | He sits in my chair trembling and weeping with hate and fear . |
| 12 | A general-purpose rolled insulation blanket can be fitted between timber studding and held in place with wire netting stapled to the timber , or a flanged , paper-faced insulation quilt can be used — the paper flange is opened out and stapled to the timber , thus holding the quilt in place . |
| 13 | Through the leaping smoke and flames , the woman could be seen like a mirage , her bare arms raised heavenward , her burning flesh writhing and twisting in agony , her screams reaching a higher pitch than Sara could have imagined possible from any human being . |
| 14 | There 's us lot working and slaving from dawn till dusk for nowt , and the two who 've not stuck to the straight and narrow as come off t'best . |
| 15 | From the 13th century on , however , he increasingly consists of a Dantean , damned , defeated face sprouting or framed by vegetation . |
| 16 | Obviously the younger members of the family became too enthusiastic about it all because Grandfather Tallentire threatened a different kind of stop if they carried on spending so much of their time playing and talking about music . |