Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In them he is no longer fighting against his instinctive understanding of the region , traditions and spirit of his home country , but embracing it as a source of inspiration , and eventually using it as a touchstone against which the characters and even life itself are to be judged . |
| 2 | Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats . |
| 3 | Turning to Omi , skilfully bringing her into the conversation , and complimenting her on the way the venison had been cooked . |
| 4 | Character is calculated exactly to support the theme of hierarchy on shipboard in Trial Trip , where a galley boy discovers that he is not entirely free to resume a schoolboy friendship with Tich , now in the second year of his apprenticeship , and in Out of the Shallows , where a sixteen-year-old apprentice with a decided chip on his shoulder suffers from the complications which friendship with a steward brings , particularly as the steward , a thoroughly shifty individual , is merely using him as a way of furthering his own ends . |
| 5 | Parents were merely using it as a front to hit back at them over the premises issue . |
| 6 | Your PC and Creation 6 has more than ample capacity to store all your patterns and is your main storage area , so keeping them in the console memory after they have been used is not only pointless , it is possibly dangerous . |
| 7 | I hated myself for wounding him , and for perhaps driving him to a life of wickedness , or even death . |
| 8 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 9 | But he let her go , only cradling her in the circle of his arm . |
| 10 | People travel outside the village to work , so turning it into a dormitory village . |
| 11 | He walked into the corridor , tiredness suddenly overcoming him with the prospect of a few hours off , and very nearly knocked Catherine Crane over in his preoccupation . |
| 12 | Far from being a fault , it may be essential that he should accept massive bodies of conventional knowledge on trust ; not merely assimilating it as a chore , but thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 13 | The plan was to let him ride Dave Leach 's 400cc machine in the first round of the Superteens last weekend and then move on to Moodie 's Yamaha for the Scot is only riding it at the North West and the TT . |
| 14 | I commiserate with my hon. Friend on his misfortune this evening , in finding himself inadvertently supporting us in the Lobby . |
| 15 | BBC TV issued an apology to Saracens lock Mark Langley after wrongly linking him with an incident that put Gloucester 's Marcus Hannaford in hospital at the weekend . |
| 16 | Horses can not store electrolytes , so giving them before a event will not be beneficial . |
| 17 | Before very long , Wilson was constantly consulting me on a number of matters and even seeking my opinion on political issues — which he wisely always rejected . |
| 18 | Gilly could feel Miss Ellis 's fingers on her backbone gently prodding her through the doorway and into the house . |
| 19 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 20 | She was only saying it as a balance . |
| 21 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 22 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 23 | I think we 're walking round , I think 's probably more , more efficient than perhaps inviting him to a meeting . |
| 24 | Andrew Jean on top , Cheeks squealing , So Long rocking her to a cataclysmax . |
| 25 | Through his arrangement of spaces , and his location of individuals within them , Bentham used the plan form of the Panopticon to facilitate the flow of information to supervisory staff , so placing them in a position , as Hume ( 1981 p 5 ) explained : " to detect and punish disobedience and to adapt their policies and decisions to changing circumstances and varying performances . " |
| 26 | Given that the member will be sent their membership card , it would seem a small step away to actually send them a letter addressed to them personally welcoming them to the union and advise them at the very least on the basic facilities and benefits , plus other important information , and signed by the Regional Secretary , if not by the General Secretary . |
| 27 | New dating techniques had been developed and these were used on Piltdown Man so exposing him as a fraud . |
| 28 | ‘ A bit stiff leaving me in the lead bucket . ’ |
| 29 | If others disagree , they are not necessarily attacking you as a person , only your viewpoint . |
| 30 | Whilst this decision has been criticised as a " narrow " interpretation of the law ( ibid ) , our examination of the nature of casual working and the characteristics of the casual labour force in the hotels and catering sector raises the question of whether according casual workers employee status , and thus bringing them within the coverage of employment protection legislation , would be of any great relevance . |