Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ugly and irregular in their bodies as in their features , delineated in harsh thick outlines , these creatures are either static , frozenly waiting — as if for blows — or blackly and stiffly at work , or walking down roads with the clumsy , painful gait of arthritis sufferers . |
| 2 | Minoan wall frescoes showing youths leaping over bulls in the Cretan manner have been discovered in the Nile Delta . |
| 3 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy , had said on Aug. 30 that the Commission would consider opening up membership of the unified financial services market to members of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) ; he stressed , however , the need for reciprocal liberalization in those countries ( Switzerland and most of Scandinavia imposing tight limits on the extent of foreign shareholdings in their domestic companies ) . |
| 4 | FROM Graham White come more photographs of Tamiami Airport , taken during the expensive mopping up operation after the terrible night of August 24 . |
| 5 | His poster for this film shows Googie Withers gazing over fields at the distant figure of the neighbouring farmer she loves . |
| 6 | The government says local authorities can narrow the care gap by pushing down prices in the independent sector . |
| 7 | After such drawings became fashionable ( and thus more expensive ) in recent years , Bean had been concentrating on filling in gaps in the Metropolitan 's collection of nineteenth-century French drawings , purchasing sheets by the academic painters Henri Lehmann , Isadore Pils , Ferdinand Cormon and Hippolyte Flandrin . |
| 8 | Even picking up litter on a regular basis is a positive , life-affirming act . |
| 9 | Once it was finished we went outside and swept round the entire barrack block in an extended line , picking up litter from the damp grass . |
| 10 | In view of the fact that eye testing is important in picking up illness in the elderly and that we are in the business of preventive medicine rather than treating illnesses when they occur , will my hon. Friend keep an open mind ? |
| 11 | She thought she saw the Germans still working in the fields , and now they were picking up potatoes from the muddy ground . |
| 12 | The recession has clearly presented good buying opportunities to Prospect Industries though Philip Wilbraham denies he is a vulture purchaser who has been picking up bargains on the cheap . |
| 13 | The carrying of hand coils is only appropriate on snow arêtes ( as explained above ) , or on rock ridges of uneven difficulty , where party speed is increased by members picking up coils on the easy sections . |
| 14 | As the Oliver Sachs figure , he was awkward , introverted , Chaplinesque and observant , picking up clues on the mental state of his patients , which had been overlooked by worldlier colleagues . |
| 15 | Niki Lauda displayed courage beyond all recognition in 1976 when , six weeks after being given the Last Rites , he was back behind the wheel of his Ferrari picking up points in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza . |
| 16 | So if you 're picking up children from the Primary School in Lane Derby , there 's cable-laying going on in Street , Lane and Street . |
| 17 | His occupation , which was that of picking up men in a neighbouring public house , with which he had a working arrangement , during the evening hours , and bringing them back to the boat , was not particularly profitable . |
| 18 | Her eyes were too busy picking out faces amongst the other passengers . |
| 19 | The index is invaluable to the person who is merely seeking out information on a limited topic . |
| 20 | It was the point in the island where tended all those bold spirits who , fitting out schooners on the Australian coast , invaded the Malay Archipelago in search of money and adventure . |
| 21 | It is postulated , however , that the remedies may key into the body 's basic metabolism , possibly harmonizing immune reactions or smoothing out difficulties in the basic mechanisms controlling body function . |
| 22 | Fingers subconsciously searching out damage beneath the glossy surface , while he otherwise engages in conversation . |
| 23 | Within ten years it was turning over £20m at a gross profit margin of 50pc . |
| 24 | That was the Catholic name for it and it had always seemed very appropriate to Preston , conjuring up visions of an unctuous priest dripping oil and glib assurance . |
| 25 | Frustrated at this set-back Azhag headed south , where the horde wreaked havoc , destroying the town of Forstich before turning back east through the Great Forest and into Ostermark once more . |
| 26 | Erika following her , she bustled into Omi 's room and began rummaging in the dressing-table pulling out garments to a running commentary of , ‘ Are these clean ? |
| 27 | ‘ Let's have a drink first , then , ’ said Coffin , pouring out whisky with a generous hand . |
| 28 | A company is stepping up trials of a new drug aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS . |
| 29 | By a curious paradox , the nuclear lobby has a vested interest in ensuring maximum coal burn in UK power plant as an alternative to stepping up output from the new generation of gas-fired power plant . |
| 30 | It envisages sucking up 45% of the multi-user Intel market in the first 24 months of NT 's life . |