Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newspaper quoted unnamed friends ruling that out as a result of new revelations in the latest edition of Andrew Morton 's book , Diana Her True Story . |
| 2 | Burton 's local fame grew in contradicting this up to a point — but only up to a point . |
| 3 | You 'd gain if you avoided putting that down as a score draw , especially of course if it did n't turn out to be a score draw . |
| 4 | Carolyn sat on her bed and swallowed the sleeping tablets , washing each down with a mouthful of water . |
| 5 | Reports at the Second Annual Congress for Hybridoma Research in Philadelphia suggested ways to ‘ sanitise ’ the antibodies ' manufacture , making this more like a bench process with a reduced need to involve live animals — or even live humans . |
| 6 | Shaking this off with a gasp and a struggle , I uplifted myself upon the pillows , and , peering earnestly within the intense darkness of the chamber , hearkened — I know not why , except that an instinctive spirit prompted me — to certain low and indefinite sounds which came , through the pauses of the storm , at long intervals , I knew not whence . |
| 7 | And I 'm not setting that up as a record to be broken or a |