Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this square building was excavated in 1925–6 , it was found to have been much reduced by stone robbing and only the south-west corner of masonry had survived . |
| 2 | Magistrates at Devizes , Wilts , cleared him of acting illegally as a bookmaker at Crown Bookmakers at Ermine Street , Swindon , and acting while not a licence holder . |
| 3 | What were they using if not the stuff Johnson intended for babies ' bums ? |
| 4 | The fall in population did not , however , mean a general decline in economic activity ; rising wages may have served to increase consumption and give some stimulus to production , and it is worth noting that even the magnate class , which was more likely to suffer from the changed balance of power between land and labour through declining rent rolls and higher payments of wages was still able to invest considerable sums in new building during Richard II 's reign . |
| 5 | When we moved here I was surround by sheep now I find I am surrounded by a sunday market , a bulldog bash , drag racing and now a pop festival . ’ |
| 6 | The time is fast approaching where both the stock market and Eurotunnel 's bankers require something a little more concrete than vague reassurances that it will be all right on the night . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm saying that officially the WS organization is now run by Buckmaster 's wife , Leonora . |
| 8 | He deliberately locked the french windows and stayed inside the room , knowing that eventually the night visitors , whoever they were , would have to make a move . |
| 9 | ‘ Now we can keep an eye on her here knowing that usually the blood pressure will soon settle . ’ |
| 10 | But Malebranche rejected various parts of Descartes 's proof , concluding that theoretically the material world was no more than a possibility , and could be accepted only on the basis of faith . |
| 11 | Autoclaves are functioning but neither the pressure gauge , thermometer , nor the timer are working . |
| 12 | No catalogue of Dyson 's library is known , apart from six notebooks ( All Souls College , Oxford , MS 117 ) listing in order of date of publication those books ‘ touching as well the State Ecclesiasticall as Temporall of the Realme of England ’ : in 1631 these alone totalled nearly 1,100 . |
| 13 | An apparently dangerous criminal may be hospitalised with a restriction stipulating that only the Home secretary can authorise his release . |