Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun prp] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They played throughout the second half in peeved mood , allowing Blackburn to assume the dictating role with Gordon Cowans prompting from midfield and Speedie in predatory form up front . |
| 2 | The UN Security Council on June 17 unanimously adopted Resolution 699 ordering Iraq to bear the full cost of the destruction of weapons proscribed under Resolution 687 [ see pp. 38164-65 ] . |
| 3 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 4 | A 9,000 crowd had the satisfaction of seeing Tendulkar make the highest score in 22 years of Sunday League games against Lancashire . |
| 5 | So it can be seen that the Wolverton Royal Train , with this modern programme , will move into the 21 st century , giving Wolverton Works the unique role of conveyors of Royalty through three centuries . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you saying Nicola made the whole thing up ? ’ |
| 7 | Hearing U2 interrupt the relentless flow of smoothly shaped pop bullets and the marble-in-throat inanity of the big hearted DJ , the true extent of their indigenous task becomes clearer . |
| 8 | In the House of Lords , on Friday , 15th May , 1857 , the Duke of Somerset , who as Lord Seymour had been the Commissioner of Works responsible for appointing Pennethorne to design the Public Record Office in 1850 ; now queried the competence of the present Office of Works . |
| 9 | College staff were invited to take an active part in helping SCOTVEC to develop the new operating procedures — a proactive role for colleges is seen as essential to the introduction of efficient , easy to use systems . |
| 10 | Robins has jumped to the head of Stuttgart 's hit list after helping Norwich top the Premier League following his summer move from Manchester United for £800,000 . |
| 11 | Oil and gas : Saudi cash is helping AAC revive the commercial airship |
| 12 | ‘ We 're home ! ’ shouted Susan , and went through to the kitchen leaving Maggie to close the front door . |
| 13 | OPPOSITE : A centurion orders Ascaris to kill the Doctor … … but the Doctor proves not that easy to kill … … leaving Vicki to administer the crowning glory . |
| 14 | Long before Buckmaster 's eyes had turned to politics and he 'd become the youngest MP in the Commons , leaving Morgan to run the largest security organization in the world . |
| 15 | Jiang Zemin , Chinese Communist Party secretary , is visiting Japan to mark the 20th anniversary of normalising Sino-Japanese relations . |
| 16 | Following Buvina came the Trogir-born sculptor Radovan , whose most famous work is the Romanesque doorway of the cathedral at Trogir . |
| 17 | However , he refused to grant an order preventing BNFL starting the 10-week testing period before the outcome of the legal action is known , saying he had been " very considerably influenced " by evidence from BNFL that a delay in the start of testing would cost the company up to £2 million a week and put 700 jobs at risk . |