Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her job is to push Cabinet ministers ‘ to do what is right ’ ; this involves reminding them of the Government 's strategy laid down in the manifestos and combating what she regards as the inertia inherent in departments . |
| 2 | Their stories appear to rupture time , bringing them within a hair 's breadth of one another . |
| 3 | The trouble was this : although the native dispenser had applied Dr Dunstaple 's treatments on numerous occasions under his direction , he was overcome by stage-fright at the prospect of applying them to the Doctor Sahib himself . |
| 4 | When a group is unknown , the advantage lies with the record company in signing them on the company 's terms . |
| 5 | He became adept at launching himself over the canoe 's side ; first leaning back with legs outstretched athwart the cockpit , a quick flip of the body brought him face down towards the water before lowering himself onto it . |
| 6 | ‘ How did you fare , my darling ? ’ he asked her , and took her hand , seating himself on the bed 's edge . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry if landing you with the girl 's clothes is an embarrassment . |
| 8 | It is certainly not without significance that the Association always maintained a link with the new youth movement by aligning itself with the Boys ' Brigade and playing an active role in the formation of the Scouts . |
| 9 | [ Op paras ] I enclose with this letter , the following : ( a ) a leaflet explaining the position regarding costs and the funding of your claim ; ( b ) a leaflet explaining your entitlement to Legal Aid ; ( c ) a leaflet explaining entitlements to welfare benefits ; ( d ) a brochure briefly explaining what happens next in Personal Injury cases ; ( e ) a short brochure explaining something about the Firm 's other services . |
| 10 | Common Law could not prevent the trustee employing it for the wife 's benefit , and Equity would compel him to do so . |
| 11 | However it ca n't just be bolted on to the tractor , and Mr Tomlinson had to spend further hours in the workshop matching it to the tractor 's backend and getting the gearing right . |
| 12 | The dress curved over her breasts lightly , cupping them like a man 's hands . |
| 13 | Orders assigning him to the Simonova 's mission were make-work , a temporary solution at best . |
| 14 | John Major has launched another attack on the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty , dismissing it as a socialist 's charter . |
| 15 | I had again beaten the top sprinters of Europe , firmly establishing myself as the continent 's number one . |
| 16 | ON A London Saturday , an unknown and unsigned dance band called Motion Incorporated were supposedly playing second billing to My Jealous God , and ended up catapulting themselves into the crowd 's heart . |
| 17 | The goal was the perfect illustration of the reasons why Manchester United are close to establishing themselves as the country 's outstanding side . |
| 18 | Draping an arm about Seb 's shoulders , Noah said , ‘ Thank you for warning us of the magistrate 's approach , Seb . |
| 19 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 20 | kisses bringing you to the lift 's black button , |
| 21 | Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder . |
| 22 | A Microsoft Corp staffer is reported to have told Sun Microsystems Inc that Microsoft would make Windows such a moving target that Sun , with its WABI Windows Application Binary Interface , could not keep up ( CI No 2,147 ) : if the tale is true and Microsoft means it , it means that the company has learned a little too well from its long cohabitation with IBM , and that the seeds of its own destruction are now being sown — for years , IBM added features and tweaked its mainframes with no thought of improving them from the user 's point of view , but simply to trip up competitors , and once a dominant company starts resorting to such tactics , it fatally injures the regard with which it is held by the outside world , and is embarking on the slippery slope that leads to the debacle IBM finds itself in today . |
| 23 | With subsequent context , however , even this can be interpreted as mediated through the mind of Pemberton , who after all is able to draw his own conclusions from Mrs Moreen 's fairly obvious strategy of ridding them of the boy 's company . |
| 24 | The Macaber , the hooded , skeletal apparition , coming down from the Black Tower to dance amongst the plague-ridden townships of the Middle Ages , leading them in the dread danse macabre , forcing them to dance with him until they dropped … |
| 25 | My feelings about the book were positive rather than the reverse , but I complained in my review that it was studded with references to fashionable French gurus that were purely cosmetic , adding nothing to the author 's argument . |
| 26 | balancing them on the fire 's black iron bars |
| 27 | Ian Taylor speculates that tree clumps may act as a respiratory system , drawing up earth energies and releasing them through the clump 's composite aura , as well as performing the same function with subtle celestial stimuli . |
| 28 | If Mr. Howell 's argument is correct , the school , even though over-subscribed , could not have adopted these sibling and proximity criteria in deciding which of the applicants ' parental preferences were to succeed and which fail . |
| 29 | Mr Kinnock presenting himself as the country 's next Prime Minister , won a standing ovation at his Party Conference at Blackpool . |
| 30 | He 's arranging a Greek tour presenting himself as the world 's only singing , dancing , somersaulting potentate . |