Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] 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 | I do welcome those who have travelled from York and Hull , perhaps seeing their new Cathedral for the first time . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Lady Thatcher will be honing her purple prose for the debate in the Lords . |
| 7 | 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 ! ’ ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 : |
| 13 | Headley took more than 50 wickets in two seasons at Middlesex after making his first-class debut for the county in 1991 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A smirking matador , with a pink satin bottom even tighter and more uppity than Angel 's , was lifting his jewelled sword for the kill . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Labour seemed happiest when proclaiming its undying support for the National Health Service and the state education system of the post-Beveridge era . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | 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 . |