Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |
| 2 | And Jackson , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa . |
| 3 | And the singer , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa ‘ to make amends ’ . |
| 4 | He was very normal , you could see him walking down to the bank Monday to Friday , but he 's got this completely eccentric side to him . ’ |
| 5 | By 1737 he had begun to acquire over 200 acres of what was regarded as desolate heath-land sloping down to the River Mole near Cobham in Surrey , and he turned it into an ornamental park , Painshill Park . |
| 6 | And they indicate there that there are excellent opportunities opening up in the United Kingdom bottled water market across the full range of available products commonly consumed and specifically identified friendly product ranges . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not surprised ! ’ the other girl agreed sympathetically , having just heard from Laura the full story of her traumatic outing , which had culminated in her being arrested and ending up in the New York police station . |
| 8 | The economic outlook is likely to be a heavy influence , one thing concerning a lot of people is the winding up of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation . |
| 9 | To avoid it , it meant climbing up from the Glen Lyon side and attacking the Ben via the three westerly Munros that share its ridge . |
| 10 | Jansher , who was already on probation after being fined £200 for walking out of the Kuala Lumpur World Open dinner in October , has clearly reached a point of no return with his conduct . |
| 11 | Once , on a day of snow and melting slush , he was walking back to the Marylebone Road when the Asshe carriage passed by , with Johnny at the reins . |
| 12 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 13 | THE honours were shared at todays opening round of the Ulster Motocross championships at Desertmartin were Philip Neill and David White collected maximum points in the opening races . |
| 14 | ‘ Innes Place had been vacant ground for a long number of years , and the planning people insisted that there never had been houses fronting on to the Donegall Road , ’ Mr Smyth explained . |
| 15 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 16 | He could easily have been a character in a Thomas Mann novel — the great remote maestro venturing down from The Magic Mountain to talk to a visiting writer . |
| 17 | THE drive to save energy is picking up in the United States — and helping to boost demand for a Courtaulds product . |
| 18 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 19 | He 's dressing up as the Lincoln Imp ; the original imp is a carving in Lincoln cathedral . |
| 20 | And the mile-high fuel club topping up over the North Sea . |
| 21 | I mean , we 've had him here all week , training up in the St Edwards School with Barry and erm we 've put him through his paces , he 's incredibly strong . |
| 22 | In all the time that he 'd been living out on the Step Pete had seen only one stranger go by , and that was a hiker who 'd stopped to ask the way because he 'd been lost . |
| 23 | Looking out across the headland Rickards said : ‘ He 's out there somewhere , watching , waiting . |
| 24 | The windows were tall and mullioned , looking out onto the courtyard Harry had crossed earlier , with the top panels stained purple and gold to match the colours of the school . |
| 25 | Without looking round from the window Hilary Robarts said : ‘ Christine Baldwin . |
| 26 | Well like what are the band doing after practice , are they doing anything , they 're probably all going on to the Cutty Sark at Greenwich or something . |
| 27 | Philip who lives in Darlington , and attended the town 's Longfield Comprehensive school before going on to the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College , has already represented his country at under 15 and under 16 levels . |
| 28 | I thought this must be the end for all three of us but in fact all the policeman wanted to do was to stop any traffic going on to the Via Emilia as a big convoy was on its way south towards Parma . |
| 29 | Work is going on in the Beaufort Sea on the West Coast and also off the East Coast where a significant discovery — Hibernia — has led to disagreement and a legal dispute between the federal government and the province of Newfoundland concerning sovereignty over offshore fuels . |
| 30 | A slight alteration to the course this year — work going on around the River Mersey means that the runners now have the luxury of running through the elegant Marina Complex , which should speed up the proceedings . |