Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy secretary John Wakeham , who was responsible for seeing through the electricity privatisation last year , has pledged that legislation for the sell-off will appear in a new Tory government 's first term , with a commitment in the election manifesto . |
| 2 | He proposed that a departmental committee should be set up to advise the Commissioner of Works and , looking at the War Department first , should draw up a specification of their requirements , and a competition should be organized ‘ open to the architects of every country , in order that no means may be neglected of obtaining the best designs ’ . |
| 3 | She reaches over into the back and grabs a couple of cans from the crate lying on the back seat next to his peaked cap . |
| 4 | He was wearing the crumpled suit he had been wearing on the day Robert first saw him in the pub . |
| 5 | Univel Inc was down taking pictures for its scrapbook of the first editions of UnixWare coming off the production line last week . |
| 6 | You could hear the jingling , rattling sound coming from the equipment yard next door . |
| 7 | Dealing with the benefit side first , it is clear from chapters 3 , 4 and 5 that goods and services vary in their ‘ economic ’ characteristics and this leads to their different treatment . |
| 8 | Sid was sitting under the apple tree next to our slit trench as I approached . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I was sitting in the TV station next to a large man with glasses and beard and I felt I knew him . |