Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And one is encouraging them all of the time to be able to look at their own work as a group , as well as an individual , and make assessments of it themselves . |
| 2 | The mast quivered and bowed as Trent dived for the main and jib sheets , whipping them clear of the cam cleats . |
| 3 | The wind was already driving them clear of the shore as he raised the sails . |
| 4 | A dune had encroached onto the road and he was slicing away its tip , tossing it clear of the tarmac behind him . |
| 5 | In 1299 he reached an agreement with the king , granting him some of the Northamptonshire lands he had acquired in return for a remission of all the king 's financial claims against him . |
| 6 | Ratagan was leaning across the table and pouring him some of the dark , malty beer , but he could make no sense out of the big man 's words . |
| 7 | Informing us that of the lot — |
| 8 | The brewers have until November to free up thousands of pubs by selling them or leasing them free of the tie . |
| 9 | Keep the children amused while you 're cooking by giving them one of the books from the new Safeway Superbooks range . |
| 10 | ‘ Here , ’ she said , giving him one of the parcels . |
| 11 | He set it down on one of the small tables , then handed her a paper napkin , a spoon and a fork before giving her one of the bowls . |
| 12 | ‘ Try giving her some of the water , ’ I said . |
| 13 | Much of the general comment has been that quality improvement is just common sense and that we have been doing it all of the time anyway . |
| 14 | So what we were doing of course is we were moving in taking her half of the stuff and moving it out . |
| 15 | McAllister or Strach would feed it out to Sharp ( who was absolutely brill — see below ) who would either wait for the overlap from Dorigo or take on Breacker ( skinning him most of the time ) . |
| 16 | Handing her one of the mugs , his eyes on her apprehensive face , he slowly sipped his own coffee . |
| 17 | Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way . |
| 18 | In partnership with Graham Bradstreet , Bevan and Radclyffe have , as a company and individually , produced a wide range of successful film and TV dramas and documentaries , making them one of the UK 's most creative and innovative independent film and television partnerships . |
| 19 | What is needed as far as language teachers are concerned is some way of making them aware of the problem as it relates to their professional work and of providing the means whereby they might arrive at interpretations appropriate to themselves . |
| 20 | It 's not her dying while he 's there that panics him , I reckon ; it 's the thought of something messy or perhaps her dipping into another decade and making him one of the period characters . |
| 21 | I had taken Miss Senga into Hyde Park with the intention of showing her some of the winter birds , and the park is so beautiful at this time of the year , what with the snow piled up . " |
| 22 | The aria ‘ He was despised ’ can be quite a drag in the wrong hands , but she succeeds in making it one of the highpoints of the Oratorio , even though she appears to be under attack from a boa constrictor half way through . |
| 23 | The expansion will more than double the plant 's manufacturing capabilities , making it one of the world 's largest silicone plants . |
| 24 | From nose-tip to tail the plane is packed with scientific instruments making it one of the world 's most sophisticated flying laboratories . |
| 25 | A smoothly manipulative svengali- ish figure when it comes to business , he gives the ‘ Karl treatment ’ to new models and muses , as well as to fashion labels , making us aware of the possibilities only he has seen beneath the exterior . |
| 26 | Prizes will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me either of the films for which Maggie won an Oscar . |
| 27 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 28 | Charged particles from outer space ( cosmic rays ) are bombarding us all of the time and occasionally cause the electronics in the sophisticated detector circuits to misfire . |
| 29 | The University Staff Art Exhibition in May was in a class of its own , reminding us all of the talent there is on campus . |