Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this one episode we find interconnections with race , class , colonialism , and ( cultural ) imperialism , and in ironic , domestic , tragically intricate ways : witness Gide finally capitulating to the class , racial , and cultural prejudices of his own culture , as voiced through his mother , who in turn speaks through her servant . |
| 2 | Here in Langdale an ewe stood weakly , blood still damp on its haunches as its offspring staggered in the shock of birth , cord still trailing in the grass . |
| 3 | On the other hand , their situation is structured , and ( ‘ holism' here standing for the idea that the parts of a whole behave as the whole requires ) we are interested in the social constraints on their actions . |
| 4 | The rents charged in privately-rented furnished flats vary widely depending on the size , furnishings and locality . |
| 5 | The rents charged in privately-rented furnished flats vary widely depending on the size , furnishings and locality . |
| 6 | Individual colleges and institutes vary both according to the proportion of advanced work which they provide and also the types of courses which they offer , depending partly on the nature of the institutions which went to make them up and partly on the way in which they have developed in the past few years . |
| 7 | My lady looks pale nigh unto death and you stand there gabbling like a half-wit . ’ |
| 8 | Charges vary considerably according to the type of plan you select and the number of different investments you hold within it . |
| 9 | Other side-effects are associated with physical dependence and withdrawal , and vary considerably depending on the dosage given and the duration of time the drug has been administered . |
| 10 | Overall the effects of caring obviously vary considerably depending upon the relationship and residential relationship of carer and dependant . |
| 11 | We 've got six months work just wai you know just going through the process at the moment . |
| 12 | I remember once talking with a woman who replied to my first question , ‘ No , I find it hard to believe . ’ |
| 13 | I remember once praying with a couple upon whom the Holy Spirit was powerfully moving . |
| 14 | ‘ I remember also going to the Bank of England vaults to see whole rooms piled to the ceilings with gold bars . ’ |
| 15 | You know that if the score 's above the mean do n't worry , I 've got an overhead for this , that 's if the score 's above the mean then i you know relatively speaking to the mean it 's high right ? |
| 16 | And I felt like I remember sometimes feeling as a child when I was doing something a bit difficult , a bit daring . |
| 17 | If they come up with a question maybe just find out what 's being it erm not just reaction to a particular behaviour , but asking them how the feeling , you know maybe pointing to the bit in their body that 's actually feeling butterflies or whatever and trying to help them to express the fears and , more importantly , to make them concrete in terms of play , drawing , or acting it out . |
| 18 | I remember again sitting in the airline office in Lima , chanting to myself the lines of Elizabeth Bishop , ‘ The art of losing is n't hard to master ’ , and tapping my shoulder-bag , thinking , this is the important one . |
| 19 | It is not so much the fact that she was consequently unable to vote for her father 's party , or , any other party for that matter , that I find so diverting as the reason that The Daily Telegraph gives for her binning her poll application material . |
| 20 | Counsel then appearing for the petitioner does not seem to have appreciated that the cancellation issue had been heard in the course of the trial of the preliminary issue and finally decided by the Court of Appeal on 4 October 1991 . |
| 21 | I keep suddenly thinking of the enormity of it . |
| 22 | R is not helpful to talk of ‘ the manager 's ’ needs for external information and intelligence , because , clearly , those needs will differ greatly depending on the manager 's specific role : corporate treasurer , product development manager , research and development scientist , marketing executive etc. , and particularly the specific contexts in which those roles are exercised . |
| 23 | They found neurons in the retina of the eye which respond differently according to the size of dark objects moving in the field of view . |
| 24 | A plane cabin tries to fool you with the same set-up , but suddenly it meets turbulence , bumps and jolts , and three hundred of you sit there thinking of the drop beneath . |
| 25 | I did n't ask any more questions , just lay there listening to the wind . |
| 26 | I lay there waiting for the half-hour to pass ; and the silence of the house was still , that day , much more a silence of peace than one of fear . |
| 27 | ‘ I heard a vroom and a thud and then just lay there waiting for an explosion . |
| 28 | If I have to read things up , this is a relaxation — I love music , I love gardening and I love just pottering round the house . |
| 29 | Our embalming supplies companies have produced a ‘ Dositube ’ which is a glass tube containing a substance which samples the air and changes colour progressively according to the amount of formaldehyde gas present in the atmosphere of the theatre . |
| 30 | People come here looking for a Rottweiler as a guard dog — I tell them to go and buy a burglar alarm . |