Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Rayne , standing on the stairs with his fingers idly drumming on the lid of a tin of Scottish shortbread , still looked as sleek as he had before the siege . |
| 2 | As the weeks passed she became accustomed to seeing Luke already at his desk when she arrived , immaculately suited , his dark head , with that one dramatic streak of white hair , perfectly groomed , his long , square-tipped fingers idly toying with a gold fountain-pen as he frowned over his mail . |
| 3 | At night , while John 's impatient body sleeps , I listen to the waves loosely slapping at the side of the stilled ship . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , in the hurly-burly of a busy existence it is likely that the next experience will occur ( rather like waves relentlessly breaking on the shore ) before there has been time to review . |
| 5 | Sarajevo journalist Mensur Camo is one of the handful of journalists literally running around the city , dodging crossfire , to gather information . |
| 6 | ‘ The risk of drinkers inadvertently going over the limit is tragically high , ’ the report says . |
| 7 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 8 | As Bloch has commented , ‘ To us accustomed to live with our eyes constantly turning to the clock , how remote from our civilization seems this society in which a court of law could not ascertain the time of day without discussion and inquiry ! ’ |
| 9 | They passed four months just wandering about the countryside , pitching their tent , swimming in the numberless ponds that are a feature of the land , and living off game they shot , chickens they snatched , and hand-outs from the rejoic-ing peasants . |
| 10 | He warned : ‘ Our inspectors will be carrying out random checks in trading premises throughout Northern Ireland to identify those traders not complying with the order . ’ |
| 11 | The role of the whole time branch secretary was raised and we , what we 've done here , is to continue the practice that operated in respect of national industrial conferences , and it says on page four , as is currently the case for national industrial conferences full-time officials and branch secretaries not working in the industry may attend by arrangement between the region and the section secretary with the right to speak but not to vote . |
| 12 | ULSTER drivers already reeling from the jump in the cost of motoring imposed by the Budget are facing another rise in car park charges . |
| 13 | She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane . |
| 14 | Riven pulled his cloak up about his neck , his bones aching and stiff and his legs still complaining about the horse between them . |
| 15 | Several men , navy with gold braid in evidence , turned towards him as Delaney walked over , eyes automatically glancing at the geography and configurations on the plastic : Atlantic , beyond the equator . |
| 16 | Adjacent to Caliban to the west , but separated by a small ravine which prevented direct access from one property to the other , was a house Vertigo built on a similar shaped area of land measuring 2.742 acres also fronting onto the ocean . |
| 17 | Three models were found : a minimalist model based on limited contact between police officers and social workers through formal channels strictly according to the minimum demanded by procedural dictates ; a collaborative model involving close consultations on an informal as well as formal basis , about progress and proposed courses of action ; and an integrated model involving joint simultaneous investigation as a single operational entity . |
| 18 | And I 'd got all me bits , different books out preparing for the crucifixion . |
| 19 | I stammered out my history , my eyes occasionally wandering to a winter view of rooftops , an opaque winter sky behind his head . |
| 20 | It may also explain the occurrence of nitrogen fixation around sea shores where there is constant turbulence produced by the waves continually breaking on the shore . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't talk to me , ’ snarled the other , through gritted teeth , her eyes never moving from the target . |
| 22 | If you read the paragraph carefully you will find your eyes continually moving to the pie chart for confirmation that you have understood what has been written . |
| 23 | Some visiting aircraft engineers having arrived just to collect a specific part , spend hours just browsing through the stock . |
| 24 | KEERSPLOSH ! — into the water , right on top of a line of mallards peacefully cruising along the canal . |
| 25 | Greenways The limit of this section of Lanark Road will be just beyond the Gillespie Cross Roads thus shopping in the village will not be adversely affected . |
| 26 | Greenways The limit of this section of Lanark Road will be just beyond the Gillespie Cross Roads thus shopping in the village will not be adversely affected . |
| 27 | There are other reasons for owls not hunting in the rain — it hampers both vision and hearing , and limits vole activity , too , so there 's less prey even for those owls that do choose to venture out . |
| 28 | All around the fringe of the urban area there are pockets of land in the ownership of private builders just waiting for the signal to turn from red to amber . |
| 29 | It also tends to reduce the scope for independent software firms : there are few software houses not working for the computer manufacturers . |
| 30 | Tamworth , yeah , he works in Tamworth and she has to fetch him cos he does n't drive , sometimes she fetches him a rather that him get the bus home and so she was going along the main she said the name of the road , but I ca n't , th , the number of the road but I ca n't remember she says she saw rats just trotting down the side of the road , you know ! |