Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the inquiry , called by the stewards after Willie Carson had driven Iywaan home along the rail , Eddery explained that Alhamad had been hanging badly left throughout the last half-mile . |
| 2 | They heard a wide-ranging review of Courtaulds ' progress , in which Mr Huismans said the company was becoming highly respected in the chemical industry . |
| 3 | Stylistically it asks few questions , becoming quickly locked into a limited area of harmonic discourse . |
| 4 | Files New to PhotoFinish. but becoming more established in the professional graphics sphere , is JPEG compressed file formats . |
| 5 | She will run in another 5K road race in Carlsbad , California on Sunday : ‘ It should be a cracking race , judging by the field , ’ said Boyle , before returning home to prepare for the outdoor season . |
| 6 | Sound symbolism is not just a matter of a certain number of words containing certain sounds happening also to fall into the same semantic area . |
| 7 | I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary . |
| 8 | The individual suspends his critical judgement and involvement in external reality to becoming passively absorbed in an imaginary world . |
| 9 | ERNEST LEE faces a fine and possible suspension this weekend after becoming unwittingly enmeshed in the red tape which is also likely to bring punishment on Derby Rams . |
| 10 | An article published in the USA in 1867 under the title The Influence of Sewing Machines on Female Health warned against the inherent dangers of seamstresses becoming sexually aroused by the constant motion of the foot treadle , and advised the use of bromide to counteract any improper stimulation . |
| 11 | Outside the state apparatuses public opinion was becoming increasingly polarized over the contentious issue of greater state powers . |
| 12 | I use my PC for business and games , but I 'm becoming increasingly frustrated by the slow speed of some games . |
| 13 | Largely as a result of Wedd 's enthusiasm , I found myself becoming irresistibly attracted to the Scots pine — the solitary tree as well as the clump — not just as a potential ley mark point , but as something in its own right , I was not alone : legend seems to confirm the special nature of the pine . |
| 14 | They immediately decided to hand the child back until the matter was resolved to prevent their other two daughters becoming too attached to the new baby . |
| 15 | They included an ugly marble penstand presented by the retiring Prime Minister which George never used but displayed as proud evidence of the biggest mistake a civil servant can achieve : becoming too identified with a political figure . |
| 16 | The sound of a typewriter rattling away came from the little office and Gerald said : ‘ Gina — catching up on the correspondence . |
| 17 | We 'd be living together like in the old days . |
| 18 | The number of kin living together rose during the early industrial period ( up to the middle of the nineteenth century ) and remained fairly constant thereafter . |
| 19 | Pausing only to pull on the lightweight wrap that lay across the foot of the bunk , she grasped the torch more firmly and peered cautiously around the curtain . |
| 20 | The German fired Villa into a two goal lead slotting home passes from the menacing Tony Daley in the first and 39th minutes . |
| 21 | Coming out of the loo , she found Drew , looking equally ravishing in a blue striped shirt rolled up to show very brown arms . |
| 22 | Back on the recovery ship , they opened the hatch and there was Ham with his arms crossed , looking gloriously bored by the whole episode , so they gave him an apple ! |
| 23 | Refusing even to mix with the amateur plebs in the Olympic Village , the Dream Team 's Charles Barkley explained : ‘ Custer did n't eat with the Indians . ’ |
| 24 | Nor , presumably , would you go swimming fully dressed with a small weekend bag slung over your shoulder . ’ |
| 25 | There have been isolated reports indicating that spontaneous contractions unrelated to swallowing occasionally occur in the human oesophagus , particularly during phases 2 and 3 of the migrating motor complex . |
| 26 | Physicians should be aware that the diagnosis of CO poisoning still depends on a high degree of clinical suspicion and direct measurement of CO . |
| 27 | He crouched like a skier and took off , shooting down the ice field and zooming off into space , turning leisurely somersaults in the great fall , bouncing off rocks like a dummy in an adventure film . |
| 28 | ‘ Normal ’ life was not lived there , but it continued to exist in surroundings which were less elegant , while remaining better suited to the everyday needs of the city 's inhabitants . |
| 29 | But er everybody thinks oh you 're going away stay in a nice hotel . |
| 30 | If going to bed , eating and hairwashing always happen in the same way , she accepts them with little or no fuss . |