Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved closer , into the dimness of the stall itself , and stood there beside her , his hand resting gently on the horse 's flank . |
| 2 | This switch was intended to enable Roshanara to retain her influence by stepping in as the child 's regent . |
| 3 | The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench . |
| 4 | I 'm driving on to the train 's roar beat , |
| 5 | I climbed a wall to drink at the beck , sitting for a while on its banks in the sun before walking on up the legionaries ' highway crossing the Burtersett road under Green Scar Mire and heading up towards Fleet Moss and Kidhow Gate . |
| 6 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 7 | Damage against this target is resolved with a strength of 5 representing the effect of the big heavy cauldron landing right on the victim 's head . |
| 8 | Her heart felt amazingly light , and she knew it was because of Tom and the way they were talking and laughing together over the morning 's task . |
| 9 | Walking together on the ship 's deck , Gloucester stumbles , and Clarence , in trying to steady him , is knocked overboard . |
| 10 | Very slowly , and keeping down below the seals ' horizon , I crept forward towards the sound of singing . |
| 11 | The 28-year-old woman was walking alone in the town 's Templehill area at around 12:30am when she was grabbed from behind outside a funeral parlour and indecently assaulted her before escaping on foot . |
| 12 | Pavlov , as Finance Minister , had unveiled at the end of November 1990 a new style " union budget " relating only to the centre 's spending and revenue , and leaving the republics free to set their own budgets after meeting contributions to the centre . |
| 13 | ‘ Now , I must go and read the children that story I promised them , and then I 'll have to pack my case , ’ he added , clearly considering the subject closed as he patted her hand before rising from the couch and walking away towards the twins ' bedroom . |
| 14 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 15 | SCARBOROUGH manager Ray McHale completed two key close season signings before jetting off for a week 's break in Greece yesterday . |
| 16 | Hence , the high-performing division has more power and autonomy than the less-performing division because ( at this stage ) it is contributing more to the firm 's goals . |
| 17 | In the commonplace crush of damp and steaming humanity returning home after a day 's work in the city , worries over Nadirpur and Clarion Call seemed grossly exaggerated . |
| 18 | In 1987 Mr Keyse was disabled in a road accident while returning home from a day 's work at Llanfair Caereinion station . |
| 19 | And they were not ‘ luxuries ’ but , in the higher standard of living , had become essentials for anyone with the modest ambition of keeping up with the Jones 's — wireless sets , gramophones , motor bikes , motor cars , vacuum cleaners , geysers , Oxford Bags , artificial silk stockings , tennis racquets and steel-shafted mashie niblicks . |
| 20 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 21 | He 'd think nothing of checking up on a fellow 's credentials . |
| 22 | ‘ They can be a devil , ’ Guido told her , climbing back into the driver 's seat . |
| 23 | It seems likely that a redefinition of the principal crimes of physical violation would cover most of these cases anyway , and the Criminal Law Revision Committee saw the need to supplement the general offences with only one special offence — administering to another , without his consent , any substance which D knows to be capable of interfering substantially with the other 's bodily functions . |
| 24 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 25 | Returning now to the dualist 's notion of invariant content and variable style , we can retain what is good in this distinction by refining it to allow for more than one level of stylistic variation . |
| 26 | But for each one so highlighted in this way there are many others just out of sight contributing equally to the Club 's welfare and success . |
| 27 | ‘ The pan-European campaigns for the R19 and Clio have given Renault a much-needed dose of personality and excitement , contributing strongly to the marque 's dramatic sales and image resurgence ’ |
| 28 | They split apart in the straight , one group swinging wide , the red and white of premiere spurting forward with the Youngs ' pair at his quarters and Upper Gumtree swerving dramatically through a gap to take the rails well ahead of pampering . |
| 29 | NIGEL MANSELL smashed the track record in yesterday 's first qualifying round for the Indycar grand prix in Surfers Paradise , Australia , and vowed to go even faster today . |
| 30 | An inspector approached , walking heavily between the clerks ' desks . |