Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Geoff parked the van in a safe haven for the night belonging to a garage mechanic , the back offside tyre developed a puncture . |
| 2 | This demand remained a precondition for the North agreeing to a non-aggression declaration with the South . |
| 3 | If instructions are received from a senior executive who is also the principal shareholder of an entity , it should be established , preferably in writing , whether the engagement is for the entity or for the individual acting in a private capacity . |
| 4 | For the purchaser moving into a new area , invaluable comments can be made on the property 's location and any unfavourable matters which may adversely affect the value now or in the future . |
| 5 | Level 1 was left out from the calculation of the ANOVA in Table 6 since the question ‘ was there a word present ? ’ can not have a non-zero entry for the cell corresponding to a No answer . |
| 6 | If the approach was that way he would get no warning at all , and it would be on top of George — his name for the dummy sitting like a drunken son-of-a-bitch — before he knew it . |
| 7 | Yes , the publications will be technology reliant but for the historian looking at a particular subject , there is also key word searching , text retrieval , ( to abstracts as well as full text ) and all on a physically smaller source ( CD-ROM ) . |
| 8 | wha , during the conversation sitting in a car |
| 9 | Still bearing in mind the essay in the humanist volume , I wrote to Eliot during the summer suggesting as a theme for his consideration one based on the statement : ‘ The problem of nationalism and the problem of disassociated personalities may turn out to be the same ’ . |
| 10 | Then , suddenly , I got this power , and I walked through the crowd feeling like a Don Gordon [ big man ] . |
| 11 | Then , suddenly , I got this power , and I walked through the crowd feeling like a Don Gordon . |
| 12 | For example , if you are short of wall space and have a door off the kitchen leading to a room which can also be approached from another door , block off the kitchen door . |
| 13 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 14 | William could see the village where they lived and the smoke from the fires rising straight up into the air and the dark tower of the church rising above a cluster of stark trees , and because he was nervous he wanted to work his way in that direction , so it would not be so far to run , but because his father was beside him , smiling his reassuring smile , he did n't . |
| 15 | A train swaying between Kingston and Norbiton and New Malden , and a member of the permanent staff of the Service talking with a stranger about a freelance recruit who had been snaffled . |
| 16 | He had a mental picture of the country hanging like a broken web between the branching sea , and the pageant travelling , like an industrious spider , to every tear in turn , patching and mending the damage . |
| 17 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 18 | After all , I 'd seen pictures of the Queen riding in a carriage , the royal bride and groom rode in a carriage . |
| 19 | Expert evidence was given to the effect that the chances of the child adjusting to a new life in Spain were very slim , and that failure to adjust would have very serious consequences on the child 's development . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Jesus wept , ’ I said , snapped a last picture , then ducked down in momentary expectation of the windscreen shattering into a million bright scraps . |
| 21 | The door next passed to a specially constructed machine , which cut the three grooves for the hinges : these were then fixed by screws , after which the door was ready for testing in the gauge , the latter consisting of a metal frame providing a replica of the door opening in a coach . |
| 22 | We think of Michael who sent away his son , Luke , rather than give up his land ; and surely the picture of the man weeping with a lamb in his arms , which he has fetched ‘ from the rock ’ , calls up a wealth of Old and New Testament imagery ? |
| 23 | She spent the rest of the day sitting on a bench in the municipal gardens opposite the art gallery . |
| 24 | Even as he drifted into sleep , his eyes pricked with unshed tears and his mind was filled with images of the Irishman snorting like a foraging pig around his mam 's naked body . |
| 25 | Social class may well be based on the occupation of the male head of the household according to a pre-determined scale , such as , in Britain , that of the Registrar general , or the Market Research Society . |
| 26 | To overcome the problem of the softner regenerating at a time of peak demand , it is common practice to install duplex units in service/standby mode . |
| 27 | The worldwide growth in the immune disease treatment market will slow at the end of the decade according to a new report published by Business Communications . |
| 28 | These provisions include Article 8b(1) , to the effect that ‘ Every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides , under the same conditions as nationals of that State ’ , which has caused considerable debate in some Member States . |
| 29 | A spokeswoman for Mr Settelen 's agents , London Management , confirmed last night that a photograph of the Princess emerging from a restaurant with red-headed Settelen had followed a ‘ business meeting ’ . |
| 30 | There was time for botanising in the Dutch countryside where Miller noticed Acorus calamus , sweet rush , in the ditches and on the banks of the Meuse growing to a height of 4 feet . |