Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was that inner voice that made me cringe as I lay sleepless on my lumpy mattress listening to the pogoing of the bedstead against the wall next door , where my co-tenants were pursuing their nightly quest for the elusive grail of Trish 's orgasm . |
| 2 | Six weeks later a great demonstration in the Royal Albert Hall demanded the establishment of a Merchant Seamen 's League to put the boycott into effect and " to assist them in maintaining their benevolent institutions for the aged and infirm " A short time ago , he declared in 1918 , he had received a document from four leading German trade unionists attempting to justify the U-boat campaign by arguing that " only a campaign of frightfulness against the British and neutral vessels trading to ports in the United Kingdom and the starving of the people of the British Isles would bring the war to a speedy close " . |
| 3 | I do welcome those who have travelled from York and Hull , perhaps seeing their new Cathedral for the first time . |
| 4 | Indeed , for the local authorities ( many of whom were angry that the Government were treating nationalisation merely as a book-keeping transaction within the public sector and thus paying them little compensation for the takeover ) , the maintenance of uneconomically low prices was one way of getting their own back for the local ratepayers ( who were also usually electricity consumers ) . |
| 5 | A similar position was adopted by Bill Vander Zalm , the Premier of British Columbia , who had suggested on June 22 that his province was reconsidering its initial support for the Accord . |
| 6 | Similarly , in Engineers ' and Managers ' Association v. ACAS ( 1980 ) the House of Lords by a majority held that ACAS had not acted unreasonably in postponing its statutory enquiries for the time being because another union was also seeking recognition and the plaintiff Association was also suing the Trades Union Congress . |
| 7 | It was a celebration of all that is ugly and pointless about pop culture ; flaccid , unimaginative , shallow , a lifestyle celebration for people without a lifestyle , a mundane parade of talentless cretins performing their laughable music for the amusement of the most appalling heap of detritus I 've ever seen assembled in one place . |
| 8 | Lady Thatcher will be honing her purple prose for the debate in the Lords . |
| 9 | The journalist Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd , continuing his indefatigable quest for the ancien régime , identified a clutch of MPs who owned country houses , including Paul Channon and Mark Lennox-Boyd of the Guinness dynasty ( the story goes that when Channon was selected for his seat in Southend , which had been represented by the family since 1912 , local advertising hoardings were proclaiming ‘ Have Another Guinness ! ’ ) . |
| 10 | Koch had hoped to remove Conner from the final trials , which begin on Saturday , so he could spend the next 25 days honing his chosen boat for the America 's Cup match against one of the two challengers — New Zealand or Il Moro de Venecia — which starts on May 9 . |
| 11 | Though Jean 's resignation will be officially recognised at the next Annual General Meeting , we would like to be first in recording our grateful thanks for the tremendous amount of hard work and time which she has given to the Society during her years in office . |
| 12 | All around her men 's eyes are avidly forsaking their embarrassed girlfriends for the fantasy they have paid the go-go dancer to concoct of herself ; the room contains a crowd of men united in desire and fear of possession of women who are separated from each other by bars . |
| 13 | As England manager Geoff Cooke was naming his 30-strong squad for the five-day excursion to fitness-testing agony , the oblivious Ojomoh was packing for a Christmas holiday with his family in Nigeria . |
| 14 | A celebrated writer of fairy stories , Perrault was also a collaborator of Colbert 's , and the man who prevented Bernini from realising his projected façade for the Louvre . |
| 15 | A year later , and Nirvana will headline the 1992 Reading Festival , their staggering rise , post-Reading '91 , making them obvious contenders for the prestigious Sunday night slot . |
| 16 | In general , though , it was notable that Labour , as in 195 1 , fought a negative and backward-looking contest , offering no new initiatives , and reiterating its well-known support for the National Health Service , public education , and fuller employment . |
| 17 | By March 1944 Hickson , as Secretary to the Cambridge Board which was then reviewing its future organisation for the post-war period , was sufficiently assured to write of the Rural Areas Committee : |
| 18 | Headley took more than 50 wickets in two seasons at Middlesex after making his first-class debut for the county in 1991 . |
| 19 | Neither goalkeeper was seriously threatened in the first half , with the exception of a speculative 25-yard drive in the 15th minute by Love , who was making his first-team debut for the Edinburgh club . |
| 20 | A smirking matador , with a pink satin bottom even tighter and more uppity than Angel 's , was lifting his jewelled sword for the kill . |
| 21 | As Joe and Biddy became a little more cheerful , discussing my possible plans for the future , I became more miserable . |
| 22 | In discussing its Strategic Plan for the decade from 1978 , NETRHA set down a number of unachievable objectives , as it was required to do by the DHSS . |
| 23 | Hearing from that individual , to his great concern , of the impending calamity , Captain Cuttle , in his delicacy , sheered off again confounded ; merely handing in the nosegay as a small mark of his solicitude , and leaving his respectful compliments for the family in general , which he accompanied with an expression of his hope that they would lay their heads well to the wind under existing circumstances , and a friendly intimation that he would " look up again " tomorrow(2) . |
| 24 | We had a row with Lucas there because they had fitted fuel injection to Jimmy Clark 's Lotus , despite promising us exclusive use for the season if we persevered with it . |
| 25 | You should be using your magical powers for the good of mankind . ’ |
| 26 | Labour seemed happiest when proclaiming its undying support for the National Health Service and the state education system of the post-Beveridge era . |
| 27 | Japanese banks were all-powerful in the 1980s but have been reducing their international involvement for the past 18 months in order to focus on their domestic problems . |
| 28 | Bill the and John started holding hands about a year ago and it 's already resulted in their engagement and it 's clear that they 're planning their big day for the summer of next year ! |
| 29 | Mike Rayer will take over the No 15 jersey from Clement and will face the tourists for the second time this season following his recent appearance for the Wales B team . |
| 30 | And it could be that he will be battling his old team-mates for the big prize come the New Year . |