Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 2 | Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . |
| 3 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 4 | Oxford United will be announcing their new manager in the morning — we 'll be revealing his name for the first time , tonight on Central News . |
| 5 | ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride . |
| 6 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 7 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 8 | 8/Face sketched in lightly , eyes are lowered as is the custom in San'a to be as demure as possible if not a little apprehensive and afraid at the prospect of meeting your husband for the first time on your wedding night . |
| 9 | They all sat around , reminding each other of things they all remembered , each waiting his cue for the next reminiscence to be slotted in . |
| 10 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 11 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 12 | The resources are allocated periodically at a review meeting which is preceded by individual project leaders assessing their own progress and estimating their needs for the next period . |
| 13 | The Frank Cooper Marmalade Shop , which forever linked the name Oxford with marmalade , is closing its doors for the last time . |
| 14 | he was a development manager , I 've been giving 'em earache for the last year and a half , saying , you are falling behind man . |
| 15 | Senior champion Andrew Roche ( Liverpool Mercury-Townsend ) shot to the top of the table by retaining his title for the second successive season and now has 17 points . |
| 16 | They really run this hospital , and they 'll be running your life for the next few years . ’ |
| 17 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 18 | Her frozen surprise made him pause at the door , a gleam of amusement touching his eyes for the first time . |
| 19 | He spent the interval just sitting in his dressing room , gathering his strength for the next act . |
| 20 | Indeed , none of the candidates sitting their referral for the first time passed . |
| 21 | Sheldukher stared down at her suddenly , as if registering her presence for the first time . |
| 22 | Then he shook his feet free of the stirrups and , lifting his horse for the last time , sent it rearing into the enemy mass to crash and sink amongst them . |
| 23 | The TV presenter looked across at the sergeant , as though registering his presence for the first time . |
| 24 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 25 | Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time . |
| 26 | With Stamm acting as chief engineer , the San Jose , California start-up has been readying its line for the last two years financed by a $3.5m first-round investment from venture capitalists Institutional Venture Partners , Matrix Partners and Menlo Ventures . |
| 27 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 28 | The almost wordless scene in which Ma Joad , packing her belongings for the last time , comes across a pair of old earrings and tries them on , recalling some long forgotten happiness , is as touching as anything he ever directed . |
| 29 | After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay . |
| 30 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |