Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And erm , it s it seems to be an entirely er rational position for any public politician , for instance , Mrs Thatcher before the seventy-nine election , denying that she had any plans to double V A T , or Mr Major denying some of the plans for raising taxes that we 've come up with , or indeed denying plans to privatise the forestry commission . |
2 | In those days before the National Health Service , one did not run off to the doctor except in real emergencies ; but , at this juncture , my mother , noticing that I showed unusual signs of debility , urged me to seek medical advice . |
3 | Wires announcing that he had some leave would be sent to the delightful telegraphic address of B.P. which was ‘ Bonzo ’ . |
4 | Revealing that they had cystic fibrosis at job interviews reduced likelihood of being employed for those with mild to moderate disease . |
5 | Duncan was n't too concerned because he soon realized that there was little difference in the policeman 's driving whether he used one hand or two . |
6 | We were still laughing when we took more food out to the others . |
7 | They made a good pair , both dark-haired , Simone animated and bubbly , laughing as he related amusing anecdotes about his travels . |
8 | Yet the reality has been so , so different , with the latest low occurring when he damaged medial knee ligaments while playing in a reserve match last Thursday . |
9 | English historians have sometimes lamented the retention of continental possessions by the English crown in the later Middle Ages , maintaining that they distracted English kings from their proper purpose : the reduction of the British Isles to obedience and the formation of an island nation state . |
10 | William of Jumièges , elaborated by William of Poitiers , reports that Edward set sail with forty ships , crossed to Southampton , defeated a large English force , and returned to Normandy after realising that he needed more men to obtain the kingdom . |
11 | This was no credit to her own piety — but what was the use of pretending that she had any piety left ? |
12 | American Ghosts and Old World Wonders [ Chatto ] is a collection of pieces she was writing when she died last year , but , with the exception of the opening story , I doubt this volume will secure her many new converts . ’ |
13 | And the swarm of people flowed down the path , stumbling on stones where a burn ran in winter or after thunderstorms , between the silvery wands of rowans with their clusters of blood-drops and the quivering tapestry of the alders , down into the Tay which ran from the west like molten iron , too flashing bright to look at , and over the Tay , wet to the waist ; the girls and boys who had not gone home were prancing and shrieking when they fell full length . |
14 | It is also , more generally , the essence of what the Barclay Report ( 1982 ) was seeking when it characterized social care planning as one of the core roles in which community social workers should be engaged . |
15 | trembling when he made that speech when he remember when he , remember when you , you were n't there , no you were n't there he was shaking like a leaf . |
16 | and they were say and then he and at the end they all sang , there was Joe Brown , Lonnie Donegan , Bert Weedon , all the old nineteen fifties stars , Hank Marvin and all that and they were all singing and he sang that song with bloody in it |
17 | South West Durham Health Authority chief executive David Ryan said there was clear evidence the people of the district were benefitting and he hoped further progress could be made . |
18 | No-one knows for certain where she was going or what happened that summer of 1983 . |
19 | The company called it the most significant announcement in its personal computer history , adding that it had two aims : firstly , to become the number one in personal systems in Europe ; second , to be the number one supplier and implementor of choice for client-server technology . |
20 | He climbed the stairs quickly , almost eagerly now , but near the top he slowed , calming himself , waiting until he had complete control . |
21 | Where she was going and what happened that summer of 1983 are still a mystery . |
22 | And erm I took it to the park with Jack and he kept pulling and I said bloody dog ! |
23 | The Dysons did n't have to exhaust themselves wondering if they loved each other , and what they should do about it if they did n't . |
24 | " There 's rules about who can ride up with the driver , " I said looking at John Russell and wondering if he had any ideas . |
25 | ‘ He was round to me at the office the other day , wondering if I had any letters . |
26 | Denis O'Neil was determined to keep going until he got that son ! |
27 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
28 | The basic business of looking after them felt so demanding and emotionally wearing that there seemed little rime left to introduce them to ‘ real living ’ . |
29 | If , on the other hand , it never occurred to the defendant that the victim was young or mentally abnormal , and he was not aware therefore that he was in a situation of potential risk , he should not be liable for rape providing that he took reasonable steps to ascertain that she did agree to vaginal penetration , for in such a case his conduct is reasonable in the light of the facts as he perceived them to be . |
30 | Marri Cheni Reddy resigned as the Congress ( I ) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Dec. 16 after stating that he accepted moral responsibility for the unrest in Hyderabad . |