Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 19 | He climbed the stairs quickly , almost eagerly now , but near the top he slowed , calming himself , waiting until he had complete control . |
| 20 | And erm I took it to the park with Jack and he kept pulling and I said bloody dog ! |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | " There 's rules about who can ride up with the driver , " I said looking at John Russell and wondering if he had any ideas . |
| 23 | ‘ He was round to me at the office the other day , wondering if I had any letters . |
| 24 | Denis O'Neil was determined to keep going until he got that son ! |
| 25 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | We 'd been in the same form for two terms without really speaking because we had separate friends and in any case at St Edward 's you were seated according to your exam results at the end of the previous term , so it was n't likely we 'd be close . |
| 29 | ‘ Were n't you heeding when we skragged that chapel ? ’ |
| 30 | WHATEVER Chris Boardman was riding when he won Olympic gold in the cycling pursuit , it certainly was n't a bike . |