Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 2 | Pippin , our four-year-old daughter , and Paul , two-and-a-half , were becoming a little cranky and tired of hanging on to the cockpit coamings . |
| 3 | From this angle , stepping down with the altar candles behind him , his high shoulder and the bulge behind it scarcely broke the symmetry of a body beautifully compact and admirably handled . |
| 4 | They were the sorts of contacts that you have when you 're signing on at the Employment Benefits Office , when you 're going to a job interview erm and often these are very negative because the experience of signing on is n't a very pleasant experience at all ; most job interviews , unfortunately , end with a rejection erm so a lot of these non-routine contacts were quite negatives ones for people . |
| 5 | Mr Abello was the fourth-ranking person in the Medellin cartel and the most important suspect arrested since Colombia began cracking down on the cocaine barons nearly two months ago , the department said . |
| 6 | Visiting locomotives are a main feature of the railway and during the Annual Vintage Day Rally on Sunday , October 11 , a scale replica of 0-4-0T ‘ Cadbury Number II ’ in maroon livery was steaming in to the record books . |
| 7 | Driving away into the city streets , she 'd never felt so alone or so friendless in her entire life . |
| 8 | The odds and the prize money here were considerably higher than at Bampton and as Seb was walking away from the race officials with his winnings , a voice in his ear said , ‘ Put that money somewhere safe , Seb . |
| 9 | They skirted the lawn , keeping close to the flower borders . |
| 10 | Los Angeles 11pm , Wednesday April 29 : Driving home past the movie studios that line Melrose Avenue , Chuck D 's angry rap bounces around my head : ‘ For all the years we looked like clowns . |
| 11 | But Mr Davies , who leaves behind a lower paid £85,000 at the commission , conceded he would have little difficulty in signing up for the business priorities agreed by the CBI 's governing council for the incoming government . |
| 12 | Slightly less obvious but essential to the winding up of the nerve endings is Michael Carr 's neglect of his wife . |
| 13 | They also believe that the safety of a husband 's life and his prosperity depends on their scrupulously following all pollution taboos and keeping strictly to the purity rules . |
| 14 | The water , flooding over the pastures in winter and oozing up through the summer marshes , held the key to these balanced systems . |
| 15 | Out of the window , she could see a huge pink moon , like the inside of a guava , climbing out of the gum trees . |
| 16 | Add a little coloured royal icing oozing out of the tube mouths for extra authenticity . |
| 17 | It is present throughout the universe , the flow of energy into and out of the body occurring particularly at the energy centres known as ‘ chakras ’ , at the base of the spine , the sex organs , solar plexus , heart , throat , brow , and the crown of the head . |
| 18 | He frightened train crews who saw him walking aimlessly on the railway tracks as if he were a real person . |
| 19 | Staff may wish to consider passing on to the library copies of any newsletters which they receive as part of society memberships . |
| 20 | Well , as usual it 's all there in the papers that Mr has prepared for us if anybody cares to read them , and you will notice , the national non-domestic rate , the business rate as it 's known , the contribution that the government are passing on from the business rates paid in Wiltshire , back to the people of Wiltshire is dropping by seven point nine million pounds , it 's being cut from a hundred and eighteen point six to a hundred and nine point three million pounds , and again this is pound for pound . |
| 21 | Meeting together at a disability arts event can also provide rare opportunities for disabled people to exchange ideas . |
| 22 | Imagine a model person living upstream of the model mountains . |
| 23 | Now I think in our experience so far we find that erm the accounts clerks in the back office are those who are most likely to be bashing away at the character terminals , those are the people who are bashing data into the system . |
| 24 | Joseph noticed that she avoided passing close to the iron grilles closing off the between-deck areas of the ship and when she reached the stern she gazed into the jungle for a moment , then closed her eyes and lifted her face to the gentle warmth of the morning sun . |
| 25 | Carrie was eager to tell her mother how business was picking up at the dining rooms but she was interrupted by footsteps on the stairs outside and a key being inserted in the lock . |
| 26 | Some time ago he had ordered that the front garden be flagged over , and now the weeds were pushing up between the paving slabs and the stones themselves had sunk in the ground at one end . |
| 27 | The man with the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat saw our rebel flag at the spreaders and let out an approving yell that sent two gulls squawking up from the garbage cans behind McIllvanney 's office . |
| 28 | Feeling pleased for them , I lowered the binoculars through which I 'd been able to see even the tears on Mrs Unwin 's cheeks , and there below me and in front of the grandstand was the man with the gaunt face looking up towards the Clubhouse windows . |
| 29 | Lewis stood on the front lawn , looking up at the bedroom windows . |
| 30 | ‘ I wonder where Barbs is ? ’ said Tim , stopping and looking up at the bedroom windows . |