Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By February the Attorney General and the Lord Advocate were advising that ‘ the Directive is capable of applying to transfers from government departments into the private sector ’ , a view which undermined the government 's previous approach of ‘ construing the Directive as narrowly as possible ’ ( The Guardian , February 16 , 1993 ) |
| 2 | With experience gained in using the microcomputer both in and out of school , the school librarian should , before presenting the report , be confident enough in using the microcomputer to be able to demonstrate its uses and suggest potential uses to staff such as the school 's Head of Resources . |
| 3 | ‘ Miss Emerson , ’ Travis McKenna returned smoothly , easing the chair sideways so that he could cross his legs . |
| 4 | The disbanded National Advisory Committee reformed unofficially in December 1936 as a National Activity Committee , controlling its own journal Advance and organizing the League as far as was possible without official Party sanction . |
| 5 | He did it in the classic manner , by pitching the ball well up and bowling very , very quickly , and the fact that he needed help from his colleagues for only two of those wickets shows just how accurate he was . |
| 6 | I do not blame the Opposition for not understanding the issues as fully as we might hope , but , given their new-found support and desire for everything European , I thought that they might have developed a better understanding . |
| 7 | Shevardnadze visited the Abkhaz capital Sukhumi on Nov. 11 and assured local reporters that the new Georgian parliament was committed to ending the conflict as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Quietly , Connor crossed the room , opening the door cautiously so as not to waken his parents in the big bedroom at the other end of the landing . |
| 9 | Slipping off the bed she crept across her room , opening the door as silently as possible . |
| 10 | As an owner will have been interested in keeping the value low so as not to pay a high export premium , the State will be ideally placed to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap . |
| 11 | I am driving the ball really well and my irons are good . |
| 12 | Employing crews composed largely of Africans he systematically explored the rivers flowing into the Gulf of Guinea , ascending the Niger as far as Raba , 400 miles from the coast , on more than one occasion . |
| 13 | If you ask me , he 's one of those chaps whose marriage was so close and idyllic that he 'll never get over his wife 's death : he 's just passing the time as usefully as he can . |
| 14 | The briefest of smiles took flight from her lips to her eyes , and away , leaving her portentously grave again ; and with careful , frowning concentration she said in English , her bright , light , child 's voice forming the words as gingerly as a novice using an untried weapon : ‘ Oh , no — I am only Catherine . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Arrangements have also been made to consult the judiciary about those discretionary life sentence cases where the first formal review has not yet been set , with a view to fixing the date as soon as possible . |
| 16 | She had been completely open about testing the waters as far as a change of job was concerned . |
| 17 | yes , I was supposed to be going the morning well up until ten o'clock off , to go and see the assembly because er the lady I 've been replacing is back , so that means we have somebody spare around , but we 've got two people off this week |
| 18 | When fitted , the glass fibre rod will compress into a curve , forcing the sail both backwards and upwards from the cross-spar . |
| 19 | Christopher 's outstretched right hand was running slowly through her hair , touching her head at the roots and pulling the hair outwards so that it fell back like a fan . |
| 20 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) , Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) and Living Earth are all environmental action groups involved in preserving the rainforests as far as possible . |
| 21 | He wanted to contribute actively to governing the country once more and have influence in policy making . |
| 22 | Carefully turning the mirror aside so as not to be trapped again , Mait examined the intricate network of rods . |
| 23 | There was a " deep harmony " between Wagner 's thinking and Schopenhauer 's , but even experts in Schopenhauerian philosophy would mostly be incapable of grasping the connection either intellectually or emotionally . |
| 24 | The German was wearing the coat properly now as would be expected on a night as cold as this . |
| 25 | In the 1930s fears of bombing casualties in a future war led to government plans for the dispersal of the population ; dispersal , it was felt , would not only remove civilians from the highly vulnerable urban conurbations where blitzkreig bombing would be concentrated , but would also minimise casualties by spreading the population as thinly as possible . |
| 26 | This training officer was teaching the course internally even before he had passed the examination himself , as did later one of the directors of his firm . |
| 27 | I traced around my dick with a pen , holding the pen straight up and down , and it was a very interesting sensation , not pleasurable , but very interesting , this cold pen . |
| 28 | Blood from my arm came streaming back into my face , in spite of the fact that I was holding the stump as tightly as I could . |
| 29 | Holding the gun very still and steady , pointed at her , he said , ‘ Could you shoot me ? |
| 30 | Holding the glass tightly so that her hand would n't shake , she sipped the cool water , then met his gaze . |