Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
2 | I said to Julie about the washing I said to Julie I said you 're at home how about you taking this washing machine with you when you go because you 're paying . |
3 | There are often substantive reasons for expecting proportions to respond to an explanatory variable in something resembling this flat S shape . |
4 | % ( hatching ) : connects string of specified x , y coordinates defining the outline of a polygon and hatches inside it using specified line spacing and angle . |
5 | This interpretation squares up with the survey 's finding that people were most likely to apply the critical comment ‘ you feel you 'd never finish paying ’ to the two types of credit which , though not in themselves necessitating long repayment schedules , tend to be associated with the larger loans which would impose long schedules on a ‘ rationed ’ consumer . |
6 | Something on the local news about her poking some television woman in the eye , to say nothing of her dancing the night away with John Major . |
7 | Such was the interest generated by the above contributors , we look forward to their giving full length talks in the future . |
8 | At the beginning of this year , my colleague Dr Gibson wrote to you regarding possible touring exhibitions for your venue . |
9 | The PPL licence is required by anyone using commercial sound recordings on their premises , in addition to the licence issued by the Performing Rights Society ( PRS ) . |