Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The salesperson 's voice may be competing for the buyers ' attention with the flashing lights and noise of the equipment . |
| 2 | Without England skipper Will Carling , resting after the Barbarians ' match against Australia , scrum-half Rob Glenister led the way with a hat-trick of tries and full-back Stuart Thresher added six conversions . |
| 3 | The PCAS has accused UCCA of poaching after the universities ' system approached polytechnics and told them it would delay the deadline for its 1993 handbook by two weeks to allow them to join . |
| 4 | For Ryedale York tomorrow it will be like walking into the lions ' den . |
| 5 | Public outcry followed the revelation that Ben Silcock , who was mauled after climbing into the lions ' compound at London Zoo , was severely mentally ill and was not getting adequate treatment . |
| 6 | Where had she gone after appearing in the Julians ' drive on Friday night ? |
| 7 | Maureen had met her returning from the photographers ' room , discovered the keys and taken them . |
| 8 | He had already begun contributing to the Gardeners ' Chronicle . |
| 9 | The youth team , all drawn from non-rugby playing schools , improved greatly after half-time and spent long periods pressing on the schools ' line . |
| 10 | With the blue and white Nicaraguan flag fluttering amid the Sandinistas ' red and black banners , a jeep-borne President Daniel Ortega led an anarchic procession to the accompaniment of bands , singers , dancers , and the alarmed squeals of a tethered pig . |
| 11 | With the blue and white Nicaraguan flag fluttering amid the Sandinistas ' red and black banners , a jeep-borne President Daniel Ortega led an anarchic procession to the accompaniment of bands , singers , dancers , and the alarmed squeals of a tethered pig . |
| 12 | It is a symptom of sociology 's low status as a scientific discipline that so many researchers still seem to be seeking for the philosophers ' stone , or seeking status by attempting to theorize beyond their means . |
| 13 | By a notice of appeal dated 18 February 1991 the second defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that the judge erred ( 1 ) in concluding that the first defendant was not acting as the plaintiffs ' agent when he procured the signature of the second defendant to the legal charge dated 3 July 1987 ; and ( 2 ) in not finding that the execution of the charge was procured by the undue influence and material misrepresentation of the first defendant and thereby in not setting aside the charge . |
| 14 | It was a particularly testing time at British Steel as we were still engaged in the major retrenchment exercise and we also had the very difficult task of keeping the steel mills operating during the miners ' strike . |
| 15 | If you assumed this public culture reflected political actuality you would be living in a fools ' paradise , the reverse side of Thatcherland . |
| 16 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 17 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 18 | The spring entertainment of looking round the developers ' show houses might even translate into more sales — the combination of better weather and a better economic climate is a formidable friend for the salesman . |
| 19 | Individual partes have offered their backing to a wide variety of regimes , ranging from the Peruvians ' support for Velasco , the Panamanians ' generally favourable stand towards Torrijos and the Argentine Communists ' ( critical ) support for the 1976 military coup led by General Videla . |
| 20 | One day a member of staff found a man smoking in the girls ' dining room . |
| 21 | After escaping from the lions ' den , kids and their parents can try water rides and giant toboggans . |
| 22 | Time given to listening to the parents ' point of view at an early stage and to reducing their anxieties by giving well-founded information can be helpful in arranging a placement which satisfies them . |
| 23 | Now , she lay panting by the fire , warming her flanks and apparently listening to the humans ' conversation . |
| 24 | Andy remembers Paul Heaton ringing him to pester him into listening to The Housemartins ' demo , telling him , ‘ You 've got ta sign us , we 're brilliant . ’ |
| 25 | Roskill J said that B was in breach of an implied duty in : ( a ) not communicating to the plaintiffs ' board the information which he received from the patent agents and in taking no steps to protect the plaintiffs against possible consequences of the existence of the patent ; and ( b ) using information regarding the patent for his own benefit . |
| 26 | Homework should be differentiated according to the learners ' ability . |
| 27 | According to the Clarkes ' evidence in the Old Bailey court , Atra signed a contract with Virgin in September 1975 , under which Virgin were to directly handle certain Atra recordings . |
| 28 | According to the boys ' version of the evening , no drugs had been present . |
| 29 | According to the Broadcasters ' Audience Research Board , it had an average of 7.8 million viewers across the week . |
| 30 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |