Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slumped in the far corner of the white Corniche and watched her mother nervously hugging the steering wheel and peering at the road ahead . |
| 2 | Increasingly it is turning away from its relative isolation and facing towards the rest of Europe , a move symbolized by its accession to the European Economic Community on 1 January 1986 ( and in quite another sense by its debates concerning its membership of the NATO alliance ) . |
| 3 | Teachers who enjoy their work , feel supported by colleagues and can speak frankly about their ideas and difficulties in the staffroom and in meetings may find it hard to believe ( unless they have recently worked in such a school themselves ) the stories that other teachers tell about suspicion , isolation and backbiting in the school down the road . |
| 4 | But observers were sceptical about the prospects of an end to rebel military activity in El Salvador and the call for a larger United Nations role in verifying compliance with the accord and aiding in the disarming of rebel forces . |
| 5 | The song , properly known as the ‘ Song of the Western Men ’ , was not sung on the road : it was not written until two centuries later , by the eccentric Parson Hawker of Morwenstow , ( in the intervals between scaring his parishioners by dressing as a mermaid and singing on the seashore ) . |
| 6 | Had Buksh taken the appropriate action on each occasion — a yellow card and pointing to the spot respectively — we might have been spared the subsequent skirmishing : |
| 7 | SHOPKEEPERS in Redcar and Guisborough are attacking Langbaurgh Council plans to introduce fees for car parking which would involve drivers buying a scratch card and marking off the length of stay . |
| 8 | He concluded that a consistent direction of evolutionary change has been-an elaboration of processes of perception and knowing towards an emergence of what we call the mind . |
| 9 | Although Mexico accounted in recent times for more than a third of the world 's production of silver , the extraction and working of the metal began there only late in the first millennium A.D. |
| 10 | Another woman explains how a food co-operative has been set up , buying in bulk and selling at no profit to members . |
| 11 | ‘ We realized that decorators were buying our fabric and wallpaper in bulk and asking for a discount , as was available to them with any other brand . ’ |
| 12 | Both are leaving Bag End , but the former cheerfully , without the Ring , without responsibility , for Rivendell , the latter with a growing sense of unwished involvement , carrying the Ring and heading in the end for Mordor . |
| 13 | But once in the bedroom and sitting on the edge of the bed , her arm around her daughter , what could she say ? |
| 14 | In conclusion , we can say that the classical system depends crucially upon : ( a ) the dependence of investment and saving on the rate of interest ; ( b ) the upward and downward flexibility of wages , prices and interest rates ; ( c ) the existence of competitive forces in the economy . |
| 15 | So you would feel probably the best mechanism would be the appointment of somebody who is given that responsibility and solely that responsibility of reporting and looking after the interest of the deferred pensioners . |
| 16 | The failure of the League of Nations in Danzig was a failure of nerve and understanding on the part of the member states : unforgivably they minimised the difficulty and frustrations of the position they had carved for Poland — a country emerging to modernity after over 100 years of partition , a country without financial capital , with hostile neighbours , border problems , huge minorities but without a port of its own . |
| 17 | Remarkable song at communal display ground , starting with a resonant rattle and ending with a sound like drawing a cork and pouring liquid out of a narrow-necked bottle , followed by a crashing sound made by scraping wing quills on the ground . |
| 18 | The Congress of Deputies on Nov. 16 approved an all-party declaration deploring the murder and calling on the public to reject racism , while politicians of both the left and the right and trade union leaders joined in a protest march against racism in the capital on Nov. 21 . |
| 19 | Charges in connection with one remaining murder and travelling in the presence of an unlicensed pistol were still pending against Orchin , Richmond and McCready when The Sunday Times published its findings . |
| 20 | Running the club and working on the house gets a bit much sometimes . ’ |
| 21 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 22 | I was out of my seat and running along the road before he had finished . |
| 23 | She felt like jumping from her seat and running from the room . |
| 24 | ‘ And you 're wrong , ’ he says , getting out of his seat and going to the corner of the room . |
| 25 | Alfonso XIII 's complicity in the dictatorship and undermining of the monarchy 's own constitution tarnished the very principle of monarchy and gave republicanism a tremendous boost , especially once Primo de Rivera 's early popularity had deserted him . |
| 26 | ‘ At the NEC , we received lots of trade interest in the new branding and positioning for the range and also widespread international approval for the new merchandising , including commitment from Au Printemps , one of the leading French retailers , ’ he added . |
| 27 | Many of the programmes do little to stimulate the mind and sitting in a chair staring at a screen is not too good for the body either . |
| 28 | more or less with what 's a good will and who you have to have in mind and disposing of the estate and being tax effective so that that . |
| 29 | He swivelled the board round , moved effortlessly into a wave and stood up , cutting diagonally across the break and finishing with a headstand . |
| 30 | Her mother fastening Melanie 's coat snugly at the neck and tucking in a scarf . |