Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pick up your car in Kuala Lumpur , then take to the road , booking your hotel for the following night as you go . |
| 2 | We followed the hunting team in the dark , stumbling across the scrubby terrain , heavily pitted with limestone fissures , until Rindi located a promising lair by cautiously sniffing its entrance for the distinctive aroma of a large reptile which does n't brush its teeth . |
| 3 | A snowfall the previous night , however , had covered the tracks of Graham Little and A. Baker , who had climbed it the day before — also singing its praises for the deep caves and icicles . |
| 4 | The USSR noted ‘ with satisfaction ’ that ‘ Iran is expressing its support for the world-wide democratic international Non-Aligned Movement ’ . |
| 5 | The week of that first production of Luxembourg , Karl had been absolutely beastly to her — really hurtful about her performance as Juliette which , as she was desperately saving her voice for the other productions , she tended to talk her way through . |
| 6 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 7 | Mr Yeltsin meanwhile sent a message to John Major expressing his gratitude for the Prime Minister 's support and understanding . |
| 8 | Simon was not reticent in expressing his dislike for the Jaguar-driving members who had previously snubbed him . |
| 9 | As a captain with literary leanings , he 'll no doubt be saving his version for the eventual book of memoirs . |
| 10 | To Sara , more hard-pressed than ever at Lime Street , the intellectual and emotional sympathy binding Coleridge and Dorothy must have been both apparent and distressing , even if Dorothy , in De Quincey 's words , was a woman possessing ‘ no personal charms ’ : on only the second day of the visit Coleridge and Dorothy were occupied together correcting his poems for the new edition while Sara was left to carry the domestic burdens of the teeming cottage . |
| 11 | Harold was flexing his muscles for the perfect balance , teeth bared , knife poised over his head . |
| 12 | THE chance of Ernie picking your number for the monthly Pounds 250,000 prize is 2,400 million to one . |
| 13 | To become an agent , these social secretaries simply have to reverse their roles with the agents who have been selling them acts for the previous few years . |
| 14 | He had the difficult task in 1832–3 of reconciling his sympathy for the Whig government with pressing for the sort of positive action on emancipation which was acceptable both to a majority in the political and parliamentary class and antislavery militants in the country . |
| 15 | Containing his designs for the perpetual-motion helicopter . |
| 16 | Mr Rifkind , the Transport Secretary , retained his Edinburgh Pentlands seat — a result seen as justifying Mr Major 's decision to confront demands for devolution and separation by emphasising his support for the continued union between Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 17 | Everyone feels healthier there , and so many visitors love the freshness of the high altitude , giving them appetite for the local gratin dishes , the carp and pike , the best butter in the world , light white wines like the Seyssel of Savoy — and of course the famous liqueur , Chartreuse . |
| 18 | Yet although the cherubic muse blowing its horn for the brave new world seemed to the Festival staff to sum up the kind of things they were trying to say about the EIF , there remained one potent snag . |
| 19 | She 'd been neglecting her work for the past day and a half . |
| 20 | He accused Scottish Office ministers of ‘ doing their bit for the ideological shift on road building in the Department of Transport ’ . |
| 21 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 22 | He 's been running his shop for the past 30 years , selling everything from garters to saddles ! |
| 23 | The Irish in Britain Representation Group led a march from Whittington Park calling for the release of the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 , who have been protesting their innocence for the past 14 years . |
| 24 | Is he involved in the coaching end of things using his experience for the young guys ? |
| 25 | The speech outlining government policy at the opening of the parliamentary session was delivered by King Hussein himself — a move which was interpreted as underlining his support for the new government of Ibn Shaker . |
| 26 | Still fully clothed , he stretched out beside her and drew her close , fitting her soft body to his hard one , making her ache for the complete union , where two separate entities merged into one and nothing and nobody else existed . |
| 27 | Presumably , after carrying out their assignments , they had been returning at irregular intervals and were now preparing their reports for the final session of the afternoon . |
| 28 | As they clustered at the door , preparing their faces for the raw air , she still sensed those eyes burning into her . |
| 29 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 30 | Without autonomous change in tastes , or in technological possibilities , or in the availability of resources , no one can have any interest in altering his plans for the succeeding period . |