Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
| 2 | It is beginning to be recognised that proficiency in more than one language often carries with it the need to be what one might term ‘ crosslingual ’ , that is , able to generate connections across languages rather than only using them independently of each other . |
| 3 | None of these writers produced research evidence to back up their claims , basing them exclusively on clinical practice and theoretical projections . |
| 4 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 5 | Dozens of journalists blocked his path , almost knocking him over at one stage , and firing non-stop questions at him . |
| 6 | Despite earlier statements , both public and private , by members of the new right-leaning administration in France that they had no intention of making any immediate change in France Telecom 's status , the government told the telephone operator 's board of directors meeting last week to consider spinning off its mobile telecommunications business and opening it up to international investment . |
| 7 | Only an organisation of this kind was capable of doing justice to the cause of the deaf and dumb and of representing it properly at national level . |
| 8 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
| 9 | We are applying it not to everyday life , but to that aspect of the performance mode that is , at least incipiently , present in dramatic playing . |
| 10 | By that they mean that multiplying them together in either order would have to give the same result . |
| 11 | I even used numbers instead of writing them out in full verse . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you could stop picking me up in that van . |
| 13 | Mr Broadhurst was by now in the habit of picking me up from Varndean Grammar on Wednesday afternoons , accompanying me to Pool Valley , and then on home by bus . |
| 14 | Of course she knew the eyes had already assessed , swiftly categorising her purely on this evening 's evidence : a silly , empty-headed girl who did n't know any better . |
| 15 | He paused , looking her over with swift assessment . |
| 16 | I have often reflected that if the founders , Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst , had behaved like any other rural landowners , living it up through judicious stock-market investments , no one would have raised an eyebrow . |
| 17 | The duty of care , provided under Section 34 of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act , makes all businesses responsible for ensuring that their waste is disposed of properly , by passing it on to authorized waste collectors . |
| 18 | A child was writing a poem in Bengali and passing it on to another boy to translate for him . |
| 19 | Making making it , all I know sort of saving it , saving it perhaps to American news . |
| 20 | No amount of dressing it up in fancy language or elegant commentating will alter that . |
| 21 | When she takes him into the living-room there is a kind of roar , and a man emerges from the background of people and easy chairs , and advances upon Howard , his arms outstretched , his deep , dark eyes raking back and forth over Howard 's face , soaking it in with eager amazement . |
| 22 | Finish drying with the diffuser , pushing it on to each section of hair so it almost touches the scalp . |
| 23 | As I turned , my shoulder struck the pole , pushing it sharply to one side and knocking him off-balance . |
| 24 | Look forward to seeing you over in head office sometime . |
| 25 | Therefore , they will be predisposed to choose applicants from those social classes , thereby reinforcing their examination success and leading them on to greater success than ever . |
| 26 | Can now , can we actually move on a bit because , that has been very valuable what you said , but in fairness to Mr Maxwell it also has to be said does n't it that up until he stole these assets er this process of throwing organisations , peoples monies into a spin dryer and pulling them out of different sort of sequences was something he regularly did and we 've had witnesses to say how well he did manage the funds and how they grew , whether when they should sell stock and when they should n't sell stock and so on . |
| 27 | He sat silent for a moment , glancing with a look of displeasure at the cars jamming them in on either side . |
| 28 | But when they reached his room Leonora wriggled out of his arms and stood on the bedside rug , hands behind her back , guilt flooding her now in full force at the look in his eyes . |
| 29 | In the ensuing pandemonium the young musicians played on , but Matron came and took Anna away , scolding her gently for bad behaviour which would not be tolerated once she was settled in . |
| 30 | Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip , pulling him back to comparative safety . |