Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government was lavishing money on roads instead of railways and the developers were cashing in on a projected ‘ up-grading ’ of the existing A road to a motorway , thus bringing Suffolk into the commuter zone . |
| 2 | Was it possible Carver was already screwing Evelyn in the bathroom ? |
| 3 | A pleasant week in the Bristol Channel when we reached Bristol once more , then on to the Scillies in a nasty little summer gale , finally reaching Southampton at the end of June . |
| 4 | It was taken instead in Gateshead thus depriving Darlington of the chance to have its name on a picture which would adorn walls as far apart as Headingley pavilion and West Indian embassies in Washington . |
| 5 | Moire Rooney asked with a gentle smile , and Patrick immediately knew that she had been deliberately keeping Jane in the kitchen while Tom spoke his piece . |
| 6 | The fellow still holding Jack by the scruff of the neck grinned and shook his victim with casual contempt . |
| 7 | The new ramp at Bracknell draws away any half-way decent vert skaters that were still skating Farnborough except the Fleet skaters , in particular Mike Bews who was keeping some old Farnborough traditions going with some hard core skating . |
| 8 | North , carefully distracting Livingstone from the thought that hostages might have been ransomed for arms , gave him the Whole Picture . |
| 9 | Far from relenting , his fingers tightened even more , nearly lifting Isabel from the ground . |
| 10 | To run Windows 3.0 CompuAdd also includes a choice of Microsoft packages : Excel for Windows , the powerful , new-generation spreadsheet which takes over where Lotus 1-2-3 leaves off ; Word for Windows , now challenging WordPerfect for the number one word-processing slot , with its ability to import graphics and manage text ; and PowerPoint for Windows , for producing graphics-based slides , charts , overheads at new levels of professionalism . |
| 11 | Mr Stannard was now contemplating Edward with the air of a man who wonders if he is getting his money 's worth . |
| 12 | She had a bald , stark way of speaking , never looking Gabriel in the eye but staring over his shoulder with a slight frown creasing her curd-yellow forehead . |
| 13 | Mr Philip Martin , an embalmer currently researching HIV at the University of Sydney , Australia , then presented a paper on ‘ AIDS and the Funeral Service ’ . |