Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 2 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 3 | Graham grinned looking over at the two Art School girls , who were now sitting on the floor on the other side of the room , talking to each other . |
| 4 | The most famous teaming up of the two brothers was in 1973 , with the chart single Frankenstein , a testimony to Johnny 's ability to adapt to a variety of different styles , an ability , in fact , which he insists was born out of necessity … |
| 5 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |
| 6 | He turned his head , looking back at the six T'ang standing amongst the pillars , watching him . |
| 7 | Looking back on the twenty-five years of fostering children , is there any one memory that stands out for you ? |
| 8 | Looking back over the two games we made it extremely difficult for ourselves in Moscow . |
| 9 | After dinner we would sit looking out over the three arms of the lake and talk until , drowsy with sun , swimming , food and wine , we went off to bed . |
| 10 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 11 | Both processes are going on in the two locales , sometimes with a single agency carrying out both simultaneously . |
| 12 | Well those that are right next to the the ones growing up between the two bedrooms . |
| 13 | It will also examine the response of fans to structural and cultural changes in Scottish soccer , following the Taylor report on safety , and leading up to the 1994 World Cup Finals . |
| 14 | There is a certain irony about the events leading up to the 1954 Convention . |
| 15 | Over the next few years leading up to the 1995 World Cup there 'll be plenty of time to slot in replacements as they are needed — particularly to the front-five where Jason Leonard will probably be the only one available for the next tournament . |
| 16 | Overall , the swing in our panel over the year leading up to the 1987 election was 5 per cent , but among persistent readers of Tory tabloids it was 12 per cent , and among persistent readers of Labour tabloids only 1 per cent . |
| 17 | However , scrutiny of the events leading up to the 9 July announcement suggests that this decision was a result not so much of Soviet ‘ opportunism ’ as of the policies of the Eisenhower administration and the brinkmanship of Fidel Castro . |
| 18 | Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness . |
| 19 | Since , as has been argued here , international forces are a factor in all the structural changes in the UK economy , we shall also focus on the international side of the economy in the years leading up to the 1970s/1980s crossroads . |
| 20 | Much of what we saw related discouragingly to familiar bad habits , a thought that occurred , not for the first time , to George Cohen , who for the benefit of younger readers made a notable contribution to the history of English football when turning out in the 1966 World Cup final . |
| 21 | Going back to the six months one erm where you 've fifteen thousand |
| 22 | But going back to the 1944 triptych , you called it a base for the Crucifixion . |
| 23 | Apparently people are even going back to the fifties contraceptives ! |
| 24 | Then , turning back to the two boys , she added . |
| 25 | Unable to accept again the superstitions he had discarded , nevertheless with time and misfortune he found himself turning back to the three deities who had guided his early life , and helped him through his harsh apprenticeship as a scribe : the reasonable Thoth , ibis-headed , god of the scribes ; Horus , son of Osiris ; and the protector of the hearth , Bes — the little god of his childhood . |
| 26 | The shift , if that 's what it is , mirrors the way shipments have been shaping up during the three months since they started . |
| 27 | It 's all to do with GCSE coursework and see how we 're getting on during the two weeks and we get experience for us when we leave school and go to work . |
| 28 | of getting on with the five years plans they 've put too much effort into producing war machines ! |
| 29 | Without a specific perpetuity period of at least the length of the term ( if the term exceeds 21 years ) plus a few additional years to cover holding over under the 1954 Act , there would be no right to use pipes placed under the premises during the 23rd year of the term . |
| 30 | City fans are still livid over the clash with Bull that led to skipper Steve Walsh 's sending off in the 3-0 defeat at Molineux three weeks ago . |