Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] for [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
2 | Unacknowledged , it 's been that way for several years , as we have regularly tried to point out here as others wrongly gave the crown to Digital Equipment Corp , but both the Wall Street Journal and Datamation magazine have at last come round to agreeing that Fujitsu Ltd is the world 's second-largest computer company — with NEC Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co both now challenging DEC for the third place . |
3 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
4 | Also representing Scotland for the first time today will be the Ferguslie all-rounder , Stuart Kennedy , who follows in the footsteps of brother , Iain , who was capped six times . |
5 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
6 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
7 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
8 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
9 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
10 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
11 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
12 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
13 | It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen . |
14 | IAN RUSH believes Kenny Dalglish made a terrible mistake when he walked tearfully out of the Liverpool dressing room for the last time . |
15 | This medium , meeting Tom for the first time , said Tom 's father was with them , and he had a small brown dog . |
16 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
17 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
18 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
19 | Ealing Health Authority obtains regular updates on waiting times for a first outpatient appointment by consultant and , for each consultant , by subspecialty ( for example , general surgery clinics and varicose vein clinics ) from all of its major providers . |
20 | Thus the signalman was prevented from inadvertently releasing signals for a second train to enter before the first was clear . |
21 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
22 | This means fixing dates for a first reading and all the subsequent stages in the House . |
23 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
24 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
25 | ‘ Its combination of performance , quality engineering , specification and economy will win customers away from competitive models and attract buyers who are considering diesel for the first time , ’ he said . |
26 | DOTING couple Alf and Jean Smith are on speaking terms for the first time in TEN YEARS . |
27 | You should read this section if you are installing FMS for the first time , or are not sure if you have sufficient global sections and global pages available . |
28 | For instance , at Hambro Life Assurance , employees receive the costs of legal and any other fees incurred in buying property for the first time . |
29 | These are the children who sometimes crack at university level because they are facing challenge for the first time in their lives . ’ |
30 | According to Reuter , he is known on Wall Street for his prowess as a cost-cutter and an asset-seller , a reputation that is likely to cause consternation among IBM employees already facing lay-offs for the first time in the company 's history . |