Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He warned the Conservatives and Labour that ‘ from the ancient bastion of liberalism , the flames are fanning out in all directions , consuming your shabby campaigns , your out-of-date policies , your visions of the future ’ . |
| 2 | The major clubs are looking sympathetically at any scheme which will reduce the number of matches to be played next season . |
| 3 | Hunters are cashing in on this shortage and expense of whale meat , and are providing the Japanese market with a more affordable substitute of dolphin flesh . |
| 4 | Malayan barn owls are adapting quickly to this rich habitat and are reproducing much faster than elsewhere . |
| 5 | Waiting times are coming down in most places and staff report improved management and job satisfaction . |
| 6 | ‘ The lads are looking forward to this game against Oldham to put things right . |
| 7 | I would like to announce that from now certain major sponsorship opportunities are opening up on this page . |
| 8 | If your shoulders are curving forward towards each other , think of them going away from each other . |
| 9 | I also remember being extremely ashamed at some of the racist chants the Leeds fans were coming out with that night . |
| 10 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 11 | Heads were swivelling completely round this time — to the back row where sat Phil Aldrich , nodding his head in gentle agreement , a wry smile on his long , lugubrious face . |
| 12 | I 'll make the point again Martin that just as on Saturday when goals were flying in at both ends and eventually it finished three two , I kept saying do n't believe the scoring is all over in this game , that 's my feeling now . |
| 13 | ANEW crop of cookery books is springing up with all the vigour of hardy perennials ; neck-and-neck with growth in the garden is the arrival of publications on my doorstep , some fresh and new , some welcome revivals . |
| 14 | Just another form of the takeaway service some blacks are going in for these days . |
| 15 | Only the Conservatives are thinking radically in these areas , extending efficiency and choice . |
| 16 | His limbs were working independently of each other . |
| 17 | There is no consistent air movement , and the seeds are drifting outwards in all directions from the tree . |
| 18 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 19 | Troops were marching through on either side of the road . |
| 20 | Sixty major articles since April ninety three , erm , in such publications as the BBC 's Tourism magazine , , Chat magazine , those three alone , the value of that publicity is fifty three thousand pounds , so our , our officers are doing well on that front . |
| 21 | Beginning with the industrial and commercial sector ( in Figure 1.2 we simply call this sector ‘ firms ’ ) , these firms are paying out in each period ( a year ) £13,500 million which is largely wages and salaries to employees . |
| 22 | It seems as if the top 10 firms are walking off with all the prizes these days — literally . |
| 23 | ‘ Things are going on at this school , ’ went on Dr Ali , in a whisper , ‘ of which it is difficult for a good Muslim to approve . ’ |
| 24 | Today , more than 100 million Europeans are gearing up for this winter 's invasion of the ski-slopes . |
| 25 | Whether or not the procession from the Ravenhill Church and the barracking of the Presbyterian Church Assembly had been designed to constitute a direct challenge to the government , things were moving rapidly in that direction . |
| 26 | He and his Ibiza neighbour , Keke Rosberg , were both fed up with the sport , and things were going badly for both of them . |
| 27 | But yesterday at the Hendaye border post , near Bayonne , lorries were passing freely without any form of control . |
| 28 | Once more , as in the early days , movies were charging around in all directions and not really getting anywhere . |
| 29 | Europeans were consuming more in these years , they were dying of different diseases at later periods of life , their physique ( taking rough measures such as those of height ) was improving . |
| 30 | If numbers of rabbits are sitting out within this rough ground they can be totally enclosed if sufficient nets are available . |