Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using as a source of data three texts from different newspapers published on the same day looking at equivalent reca reports in the same news story or editorials , finding one text similar in topic as a basis for comparison . |
| 2 | She wondered how he would be , whether she 'd cope , what she would say , and had just decided to rehearse an opening line when , with a jolt deep in the pit of her stomach , she saw him , weaving through the clusters of people , coming towards her , looking , as always , more handsome than she remembered , dressed in dark , well-cut trousers and a crisp white shirt that revealed just a glimpse of his tanned chest , the strength of dark matted hair . |
| 3 | It was strange to be driving against the press of people leaving the Jerez track , but she was hardly aware of her surroundings any more ; soon she 'd be seeing Ace again , and , in spite of his bitter attack on her before the race , at least she had known deep down that he was n't ready to part from her . |
| 4 | I settled happily before the blazing fire , musing upon the stupidity of salmon fishing and certain of my friends . |
| 5 | Saatchi was the vendor of two important London scenes , Frank Auerbach 's dramatic nightscape of Mornington Crescent station ( lot 53 , est. £150,000–200,000 ) which was bought by an Israeli collector bidding in the room for £135,000 ( $202,500 ) , and Leon Kossoff 's swimming pool in Willesden ( lot 59 , est. £150,000–200,000 ) which sold to a private collector for £190,000 ( $285,000 ) . |
| 6 | The Town Hall clock struck three , and still it was warm , April sunlight lying across the pool , lacing over the backs of fish . |
| 7 | It 's er just what 's been happening to a lot of folk , sinus trouble . |
| 8 | Do you know if this was something that was happening to a lot of people , at that sort of time in nineteen thirties ? |
| 9 | Offences relating to the operation of aircraft , ships , and railways have not been prominent in the practice of English criminal law . |
| 10 | We have discussed one example relating to the sex of people . |
| 11 | In the documents relating to the purchase of works from the Hermitage , discussed between Colnaghi and Knoedler , no French rococo painting was singled out , only one Italian eighteenth-century painting was mentioned , and no seventeenth-century Italian or French pictures were discussed . |
| 12 | Bokassa was deposed by former President Dacko in 1979 , the country reverting to the status of republic . |
| 13 | We 're checking on the movements of people in this area last night , Mrs … ? ’ |
| 14 | The magazine is a team effort consisting of a core of people at Craigforth who ensure that the magazine is produced . |
| 15 | 1 You work in an estate agency and someone is looking for a property for £30,000 . |
| 16 | We will be looking for a lot of people to help distribute these in the community . |
| 17 | Then he would go in there , turn everything out of the cupboards , eat his fill , and leave the place looking like a herd of swine had trampled through it . |
| 18 | In 1866 he launched an ambitious plan to rebuild the college chapel and began fund-raising with a donation of £100 from the pope himself . |
| 19 | To stop splatter from spilling into the conversations of people using analogue phones , the digital frequencies require buffer zones of precious spectrum to separate them from analogue channels . |
| 20 | Three types of treatment are available for down-filled bags , ranging from the two-season at £17.25 to the four-season costing £31.50 . |
| 21 | Even so , as Nigel admits , the trip was financially unworthwhile , costing in the region of £10,000 all told but he does n't regret it . |
| 22 | Even so , as Nigel admits , the trip was financially unworthwhile , costing in the region of £10,000 all told but he does n't regret it . |
| 23 | A three day driving course at Red House Stables is around £150 , excluding food and accommodation , up to individual five days costing in the region of £450 . |
| 24 | The Appeal Fund had now reached £65,000 , of which £23,000 had been spent on the Gymnasium ; it was decided to continue the Appeal for a Hall costing in the region of £90,000 . |
| 25 | The offer probably saved Sony Corp , which was reportedly ready to rustle up some 50 machines and software , costing in the neighbourhood of $250,000 . |
| 26 | No , I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry , you 're not listening to the complaints of people , I am . |
| 27 | I lie in my sleeping bag , listening to the shuffling of reindeer hooves , and thinking this over . |
| 28 | For those of you who may not have herad anything yet , according to a poster on r.s.s . |
| 29 | Success will be measured according to the increase in sales of British meat throughout the Booker butchery outlets and results will be published in 1992 . |
| 30 | Below are the world 's major languages ranked according to the number of people who have each as their first language — their mother tongue . |