Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It started as a funnelling current the size of a sea horse , then lengthened , sucking in a core of air . |
| 2 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 3 | In the cases that followed ( ie the disposal of the whole of the matrimonial home to the wife ( Chapter 3 ) ; a conveyance of the husband 's interest in the matrimonial home to the wife ( Chapter 4 ) ; and the conveyance of the husband 's interest in the matrimonial home to a third party ( Chapter 5 ) ) , once the husband had disposed of his interest no further tax considerations applied so far as the husband was concerned ( unless there was an element of gift involved in the conveyance not at arm 's length and the husband died within seven years , thus bringing in a charge to inheritance tax ) . |
| 4 | Shilton , winner of a record 125 caps and a star of three World Cup campaigns , received the red card for slicing down an opponent in front of just 4,194 fans at humble Hull . |
| 5 | Once these young people became achievers , both in keeping down a job for part of the week , and by acquiring skills relevant to the work , their self-esteem would be enhanced . |
| 6 | ‘ Why ? ’ said Albert , knocking over a toothglass of Kirsch with his other boot as he tried to scrape the gelantine off the left heel with his right toe . |
| 7 | It was essential to be able to put a hand out for something in the dark without knocking over a jug of water , or sending a pee-bottle flying . |
| 8 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 9 | This account of normalisation focuses on opening up a range of life-style opportunities which are available to the rest of the population but which have tended to be closed to people with learning difficulties . |
| 10 | Anyway , we pulled ourselves together and pretended to be pleased to see him , and then he drove us back to London like a maniac , keeping up a stream of gibberish which after a while I stopped listening to . |
| 11 | Because it is autumn again , and the frosts have arrived , they are knocking up a spot of cider . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been busy mopping up a crowd of drug smugglers . ’ |
| 13 | Idiosyncratic gestures , such as an individual 's habit of tossing back a strand of hair , are more likely to be signals of personal character or state of mind which are transmitted unintentionally and unconsciously . |
| 14 | He was knocking back a bottle of vodka each morning while he was making The Devil 's Brigade . |
| 15 | If you do seem to be walking around a lot during meal preparations try to count the number of times you walk to various work areas and even the number of steps you take . |
| 16 | Walking around a group of A-level students , Robin Child talks , looks , encourages , admires , and asks questions . |
| 17 | My objection to the royal symbol is that it is dead ; it is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay . |
| 18 | A later development was the combination of track circuiting , in which an electrical circuit is completed by the wheels of a train passing over a section of track , with ‘ lock and block ’ so that the electric-block instruments were controlled by the trains themselves and thus safety was doubly assured . |
| 19 | When he is not looking over a sea of grain , is overlooking the sea ! |
| 20 | A further accident — stumbling over a coffer of government funds in his care — fatally scatters temptation before him . |
| 21 | Deflation in the United Kingdom began with the ‘ July measures ’ of 1966 aimed at staving off a devaluation of sterling . |
| 22 | ‘ Something will have to be sorted out — and quickly , ’ Adam muttered , whisking up a pile of paperwork from a tray on the polished surface of a desk . |
| 23 | Picking up a sheet of paper , she casually unfolded it , and then gave an exclamation . |
| 24 | He crouched , and picking up a handful of soil , rubbed it through his fingers . |
| 25 | PINCH TEST : This involves picking up a fold of skin ( on the horse 's neck ) between your forefinger and thumb , lifting it away from the neck , and then releasing it . |
| 26 | ‘ This is what we need , ’ Bryce said , picking up a carafe of water from the top of a chest of drawers . |
| 27 | And if there 's no money in it for me I 'm not gon na give priority to going picking up a piece of wood for a customer . |
| 28 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
| 29 | Heather , from Stoke-on-Trent , says he was tricked into picking up a package of heroin by some Westerners he met in Bangkok . |
| 30 | Shields recorded their first win of the season on a greasy pitch after soaking up a lot of pressure . |