Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate will centre on alternative clauses : one outlawing all experiments on embryos from the moment of conception , the other ( the Warnock majority 's view ) allowing them for the first 14 days . |
| 2 | There are amoebae which gather sandgrains of particular sizes — a process clearly requiring a selection procedure , an instinctive ability to make decisions — using them as a protective outer layer . |
| 3 | Willie pulls himself up the stairs reminding me of an elderly praying mantis . |
| 4 | If the algorithms for correction of the above four types of spelling errors were to be applied to our system , it is unlikely that applying them to the highest-rated allowable string ( if there are any allowable strings ) is going to find the intended word . |
| 5 | A 39-year-old man admitted kidnapping two 13-year-old schoolgirls , raping one and indecently assaulting the other , before stabbing them with a three-foot-long ceremonial sword and leaving them for dead in the forest . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm sure I 'm keeping you from a million other appointments . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That is , of course , if I 'm not keeping you from a million other engagements . ’ |
| 9 | When the Zombie had finished his walk , a more permanent method of protecting her for the next four months would have to be found . |
| 10 | With Forster supporting his legs , Delaney used the forward motion of the boat to haul Nell from the water , finally landing her like a slippery black sea creature . |
| 11 | Since launching it in the late 1980s , Microsoft has sold over 25m copies . |
| 12 | We have developed a procedure for quantifying a specific mRNA purifying it with a selected biotinylated oligonucleotide ( sbODN ) and measuring its absorbance by free solution Capillary Electrophoresis ( CE ) . |
| 13 | The expression on his face had grown hard and grim as he 'd scanned the paper in his hands , before angrily crunching it up into a ball and hurling it into a nearby waste-paper basket . |
| 14 | This relationship is indicated by equating it with the first m of the oral plate is the second area . |
| 15 | But again , it is up to each manager to make the final decision , basing it on the best available advice . |
| 16 | I recently bought a Series IIA ex-military Land Rover with the intention of completely rebuilding it over the next few years ending up with a vehicle that will last for years to come . |
| 17 | The guard scanned the colour photograph on the pass more carefully , checking it against the listed physical description and the man himself . |
| 18 | Advocates of a return to gold still remain , and at times there have been proposals to consider reinstating it as the key reserve asset in the international monetary system . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll like this one , ’ they leer , before showering me with a few priceless gems from the treasury of homophobic humour . |
| 20 | Both men also received annuities of 1,000 marks , which went some considerable way towards endowing them at a level appropriate to their rank . |
| 21 | If the compounds are toxic , though , the off-gases may have to be collected and treated , probably by passing them through a granular activated carbon absorber . |
| 22 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |
| 23 | I have you and all at your magazine to thank for your support , but listening to the troubles of fishkeepers on the telephone and when meeting them over the last twelve months I am left in no doubt that there is a vast array of undetectable contaminants in our tapwater , apart from just chlorine , which consistently depress fish condition and render them less able to resist stress and infection . |
| 24 | Ca n't imagine you meeting me with a nice cooked dinner and a a cake made by yo your own fair |
| 25 | This must be done with the object of replacing them with a single rational religion compatible with human needs and unrelated to blind and futile faith in unproven ‘ gods ‘ . |
| 26 | Mr Pizzi is replacing them with a main circular space with a two storey-colonnaded façade . |
| 27 | There was a little crowd underneath him , beseeching him with the heavy solemn common-sense of drunks to ‘ come down and not be a fool ’ . |
| 28 | The honey-sweet warmth that had smouldered deep inside her exploded , filling her with a shimmering liquid heat . |
| 29 | It is Sergeant Eddie Grant at the RMP Control Room , warning him of a possible major problem in the Soviet Sector . |
| 30 | Dada came in ; Hunt evening coat , waistcoat fitting him with the same exact pinch as waistcoats had when he was twenty . |