Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stood almost touching each other for a full minute . |
| 2 | Fifteen horses were competing that year for a first prize in the Derby of £6450 . |
| 3 | Indeed , I have found that students and businessmen who are using this technique for the first time tend to get confused between the two axes . |
| 4 | A sleeve as used for the Aramid lines , Spectra and Dyneema would help , but do n't think of using this material for the flying line ! |
| 5 | A board beside it bore a specification of the car and an outline of the services offered by Hazards Limited , who were sponsoring this prize for the first player to ace the hole . |
| 6 | My initial impression , on seeing this guitar for the first time , was that Rockwood have tried very hard to steer away from total Strat clone , whilst keeping all the essential ingredients pretty much to the fore . |
| 7 | We stood eyeing each other for a few minutes and then to my amazement a jeep came up ; the farmer saw my problem and not only gave me a lift past the bull but took me right to the main road where the bike was . |
| 8 | They stood then for a moment in mutual silence and surprise , rather as Sophia and Rupert had stood on Ianthe 's doorstep , or like two strange cats meeting each other for the first time . |
| 9 | States must also be defined if the model is replacing another model for the same class , type and subtype to define all those states defined by the old model . |
| 10 | Marco van Basten , the European Footballer of the Year , gave European champions Milan a timely boost by returning to the squad for training this week for the first time since a cartilage operation on 1 September . |
| 11 | In fact they were clearly entranced by Hannah — which , it has to be said , is par for the course with everyone meeting this lady for the first time . |
| 12 | They 're quite expensive at the outset because what we 've got to do is pay the lecturers to put a lot of work in on those lectures — it 's not a simple thing writing this lecture for a thirteen year old and we also pay the school teachers for coming along and helping the lecturers . |
| 13 | XYZ Foods are well-known for their pioneering work in the field of slimming foods and they have been researching this pack for the last year . |
| 14 | ‘ It jolted me into making the decision to quit , but I 'd been moving that way for a long time . |
| 15 | It is true that Morris contains no disapproval or qualification of Lawrence , but , in my view , the main statements of principle in these cases can not possibly be reconciled and the later case therefore must not be regarded as providing any support for the earlier . |
| 16 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 17 | Cos we 're doing this project for the Norwegian thing . |
| 18 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 19 | Reinforcing this quest for the extraordinary , which by definition should bring them quickly to the margins of deviance , is the fact … that one of the frequent rewards of achievement is an immunity to many of the sanctions that constrain and punish the less successful . |
| 20 | One of the lads is proud of the fact that he has managed to avoid doing any writing for the past year or so ! |
| 21 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 22 | twelve months ago you sorry twelve months ago you possibility that the falling out of the capital and accounts profits might be replaced by er taking some credit for the obvious major turnaround of B-Sky-B and I wonder whether you could elucidate on the prospects of that ? |
| 23 | Listen to his way with Chopin 's instruction la melodia tenuta e legata in the E minor , Op. 25 No. 5 , or the urgency ( rather than mere proficiency ) with which the notorious thirds of Op. 25 No. 6 are propelled , and you may well feel that you are hearing this music for the first time . |
| 24 | Minimizing the cost of producing any output for a given level of effort E , subject to the production function , will yield a cost function C ( y , E ) . |
| 25 | The person whose stammer is caused through lack of confidence or chronic anxiety is breathing this way for the greater part of the time . |
| 26 | At this time , some ozone-depleted air may drift out from the hole , passing over Australia and New Zealand and exposing that continent for a short period to increased ultraviolet radiation penetrating through the thinned ozone layer . |
| 27 | She then departs that day for a 15-night Mediterranean cruise , returning to the Mersey on September 29 and leaving that day for a 14-night Canaries and North Africa cruise which terminates at Southampton on October 13 . |
| 28 | Bound by family ties and always capable of influencing each other for the worse , they prowled the hotel bars of Britain as the Blues Brothers , dressed in single — breasted suits , presenting their manager with a wealth of disciplinary problems . |
| 29 | They would rather continue earning this money for a few years with the hope of becoming financially independent , thus broadening their options and opportunities . |
| 30 | I expect to see us dominating this event for the next few years . ’ |