Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROY 'S DREAM returned to the winners ' enclosure at Kelso 11 days ago with blood oozing from one of the several whip marks on him . |
| 2 | ‘ But we proved against Ipswich that we can be as good as anybody on our day and we will be looking for more of the same tomorrow night . ’ |
| 3 | Welcoming the deal , general manager said : ‘ This is our first programme in aircraft seats and we 're looking for more of the same sort of business . |
| 4 | ‘ The amateurs do things you 'd never see in the commercial stuff , ’ I was told by one connoisseur of raunch , an unemployed factory worker named Jesse who I found sitting on the floor of a porn shop in Manhattan 's Times Square , diligently sifting through dozens of the more hardcore amateur tapes . |
| 5 | Most of the other mourners were listening to this with the same rapt attention they might have accorded a vaguely accurate account of Donald 's life . |
| 6 | DOROTHY Hayes explains ornamenting to one of the many Japanese visitors who watched her demonstrations at stores throughout the Osaka region . |
| 7 | In 1956 , of course , the Conservative party was heading for one of the few post-war political events unequivocally more damaging to it than the current poll-tax furore — the Suez crisis . |
| 8 | But then I 've got sons , and there 's never seemed much point in going for more of the same ! |
| 9 | In a temperature of nearly ninety degrees , Lindsey was glad she had thought to bring a hat with her as they strolled along the palm-strewn promenade , stopping at one of the many bars to drink a refreshingly cold iced lemonade . |
| 10 | We are talking about one of the most upscale markets in the country . |
| 11 | That was better than the OECD ( Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ) European average of 106 falling to 89 over the same period . |
| 12 | The other day , as a small example , I met a young trainee manager working for one of the few substantial Northern Ireland engineering firms . |
| 13 | The black walls of an enormous sprawling house rose menacingly from the rank weeds and thorns and , as Cleo had noticed , a thin reed of smoke was seeping from one of the many narrow chimneys . |
| 14 | Fashion designers are banking on more of the same |
| 15 | If I run after the goals which I see everyone around me running after , I reduce them to no more than means to the well-being of feeling at one with the many . |