Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Frege argued that in asserting an existential proposition one is in effect saying something about the relevant concept , namely that certain things fall under it , or , conversely , that nothing falls under it , i.e. that the concept is empty , as the case may be .
2 Still , Will had driven from his Stockport home for the twin purposes of getting some exercise and talking about his book , and neither he nor I fancied a day in sad cafe ambience doing nothing but the latter .
3 On the west side , Ingleborough is a shadowy giant revealing none of the many wonders that attract its legions of pilgrims ; and to the east , green slopes rise with little incident to dark moors forming a distant skyline .
4 There was no rope connecting one with the other but this might have disintegrated completely over the years .
5 Apprehensively , Robbie clung tightly to the tiller as he closed the gates behind them , his muscular strength making nothing of the massive balance beam which swung the heavy gates to .
6 Fritzy , bleerk with Ministry , breaks his hand hitting someone in the same brawl .
7 The work is of a very high standard , with several children who have recently joined the school writing something for the first time .
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