Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be a legitimate thing for them to do , but they 're using the law purely to harass people . ’ |
| 2 | However , instead of using the Bible alone to oppose Antinomianism , Richard Baxter made the mistake of using mainly reason and logic instead . |
| 3 | Unleaded petrol and encouraging the public not to buy CFC aerosols only touched the tip of the environmental iceberg . |
| 4 | Instead of increasing the flexibility of our defence forces by rectifying weaknesses in our conventional defences , the British government is spending £10 000 million on the Trident strategic missile system and is encouraging the US also to divert resources into dangerous non-essentials like cruise missiles . |
| 5 | Within the minutiae of the constable 's experience , policing the street daily met consent and at the other pole , antagonism . |
| 6 | I became very proud of my wounds as the pain grew less , and I enjoyed flashing the bandage around to gain sympathy , until one night , after a couple of months , the nail fell off without warning . |
| 7 | organizing the raffles just to get things like slide shows organized videos organized just a little bit of help . |
| 8 | A formidable and flamboyant performer , Andrea is intent on bringing the energy back to live shows . |
| 9 | The digger was wounding the tubers sufficiently to allow infection . |
| 10 | ‘ Keeping the pound high meant tourists were forced to make their money go further , ’ said BTA Chairman Bill Davis . |
| 11 | Also at Pentire , Martin climbed Another Nervous Breakdown , E6± 6B , starting right of Darkinbad and climbing the wall eventually to join Last Leviathan , while Beneath Black Waters , E6 6B , is a direct line up the triangular wall right of Siren 's Cry with a roof as its crux : powerful stuff . |
| 12 | Since then , AT&T has been urging the FCC not to grant BT a licence unless the gesture is reciprocated ; its British rival had until this week been taking a similar line . |
| 13 | I wonder is Fergie wifes pulling the strings here to keep Cuntona hot bum off the cold subs bench : -0 ? |
| 14 | Bell was instrumental in pulling the pieces together to rescue David Mellor from the sex scandal with actress Antonia de Sancha . |
| 15 | It was here that the Incas , under Manco Capac , staged their most successful defiance of the Spaniards in 1536 , flooding the plain below to hamper Hernando Pizarro 's horsemen . |
| 16 | Arms threw dirt aside , stiffly pulling torsos out of the earth , shoulders shovelling the dirt aside to allow heads to rise and turn uncertainly , glancing about blankly through bulging eyes which looked at everything and saw nothing . |
| 17 | The public are respectfully informed , that the Committee appointed by the Odiham Agriculture Society to consider the best method of improving the Art commonly called Farriery , have , in pursuance of that design , and feeling themselves unable to act with due energy and effect in the capacity of a Committee , found it expedient to detach themselves from that respectable Society , and to erect themselves into the present form . |
| 18 | On the day Wilfrid converted the king Aethilwalh , it began to rain ; Wilfrid followed this up by teaching the people how to use nets . |
| 19 | Intel Corp has confirmed a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that it will delay introduction of its Pentium microprocessor until May , but denies the paper 's assertion that it is holding the chip back to exploit demand for existing 80486 products . |
| 20 | BNFL is supporting the Lancashire Best Kept Village competition sponsored by the National and Provincial Building Society . |
| 21 | Furthermore it was suggested to her mother that Kim 's activity and feeding the baby always took place in the same room so that her mother could provide verbal prompts and on-going comments . |
| 22 | I was critical of the plans of the Burma Educational Service and government advisers to absorb Judson into the one system , and I hoped that through Judson Western members of staff might be able to continue to serve students when the process of Burmanising the University inevitably took place . |
| 23 | The firm has no firm plans to adopt SunSelect 's Windows-on-Unix Wabi system — although it has rights to licence — saying the technology still lacks support for MS-DOS and drivers . |
| 24 | School leavers , or inexperienced people joining the industry often get jobs in riding schools or competition yards where they gain practical experience . |
| 25 | He compounded the defence of his players with arrogance by saying that he 'd be asking the FA not to allow Buksh to referee any more Arsenal games this season . |
| 26 | Thirty children delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street begging the Government not to close Kenton Ward at St Bartholomew 's Hospital in London . |
| 27 | During their suffering the rabbits often become flyblown and this adds to their distressing appearance . |
| 28 | I refer to seeing paving stones being sawn and the person doing the job neither wearing goggles or a mask while being enveloped in a cloud of dust . |
| 29 | Backpacking the route also offers security against not reaching a hut . |
| 30 | Reading the play almost shattered Lewis . |