Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 2 | One of the reasons Loop fell to bits was because we lost control of what was going on and did too many stupid things . |
| 3 | If I did n't have that advantage , I might easily be extremely suspicious of what was going on and think that much of the sort of thing they 're used to especially at primary school was not maths at all but was playing around with bits of string and round cylinders and erm certainly nothing like I remember doing . |
| 4 | I have you know I 've been going round and testing how many miles per galleon you can get out of it |
| 5 | Since the 1970s competitive pressures , particularly from Japan , have been building up and like so many other American and European companies , Kodak has adopted Total Quality Management [ TQM ] processes which the Japanese themselves used to achieve their success . |
| 6 | The Army and Navy have moved significantly down the path towards contracting out and have very few contracts left to be put out for the first time . |
| 7 | all the things that 's like and ours , I say with ours they 're cutting back and cutting back all the time until I mean it 's under funded now , it 's under staffed already , thirty seven , thirty eight in the class , so what do they do now , they want to save seven million on education |
| 8 | Along with Sir James he found the US much more attractive , taking over and breaking up some fairly hefty US corporations . |
| 9 | I 'm so afraid of slipping up and saying too much . |
| 10 | The former Wimbledon striker said : ‘ We 've got to start digging in and dish out some of the rough stuff . |
| 11 | Keep the blue fondant tightly wrapped to prevent drying out and roll out half the red fondant ( about 225g/8oz ) to a long strip as wide as the height of the cake and as long as its circumference . |