Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was the first stripping off of the so-called glamour that women of my age tend to cling to , not just actresses ’ . |
| 2 | Today , I think people would say that a lot of what we did in those early days has been influential in the general brightening up of the high streets in this country . |
| 3 | The winding up of the New Town Development Corporations began in the mid-1980s , and in December 1986 the Minister for Housing said that all of the New Town Development Corporations would have gone by 1992 . |
| 4 | Following the winding up of the Political Prisoners Release Committee , Caughey became secretary of a small group called Irish Union , which , in its personnel , provided a link between the NICCL and the later Wolfe Tone Societies and NICRA . |
| 5 | There are three basic considerations : ( 1 ) the need to avoid the consequences of a dissolution and winding up of the whole business ; ( 2 ) the need to define the circumstances in which leaving the partnership is permitted or made compulsory ; and ( 3 ) the need to anticipate the financial and administrative consequences of the departure of members of the firm . |
| 6 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
| 7 | A DEFENDANT on trial for a horrifying knife murder was on the run last night after walking out of the Old Bailey . |
| 8 | If mirth it was : she heard these sad wails and thought , I 'm laughing out of the wrong side of my mouth … |
| 9 | They drove back down to Florence , the Captain silent and thoughtful , the Substitute smoking , making the occasional rapid remark , watching the passing of the wet , ploughed soil between rows of vines and the tops of umbrella pines appearing out of the misty valley far below , smoking … |
| 10 | They saw the temple of the sun and the temple of the moon , driving out of the huge city past a tangle of ravines and yellow clifftops hung with shacks of corrugated iron and this and that . |
| 11 | climbing out of the middle window . |
| 12 | Doyle was just climbing out of the shattered window of the junk shop . |
| 13 | I was lying in the middle of a green lane clutching a bunch of dandelions , my fingers gummy with the pungent milk oozing out of the squashed stems . |
| 14 | Every now and then I can see it all so clearly ; a nice log fire and a little round table with a tablecloth , and hot toast with great slabs of butter , and crumpets with honey all oozing out of the little holes , and a china cup with steaming tea — ’ |
| 15 | ON Saturday 130 of Britain 's fastest kart racing drivers will take part in the Townparks Car Sales sponsored opening round of the British championships for gearbox driven machines . |
| 16 | DANNY MEDDINGS continued his run of form with a surprisingly easy victory over Welsh No 1 , Adrian Davies , in last night 's opening round of the Daily Express British Players ' Championship at Cheshunt , Hertfordshire , writes Elspeth Burnside . |
| 17 | They have been punished by being stripped of their ability to claim benefit and by the pushing down of the real value of their training allowance . |
| 18 | They spurn any subjective dressing up of the naked data . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | The third term represents the effects of random chance , both via ‘ unintended ’ bequests ( in an imperfect annuity market ) and via saving out of the uncertain element of lifetime income . |
| 21 | Joint-ill should be vigorously treated with a prolonged course of broad spectrum antibiotics and often flushing out of the affected joints with sterile saline , under deep sedation . |
| 22 | A passenger looking out of the right-hand window of the carriage after the train for Bishop 's Castle had clattered over the pointwork away from the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint line , to curve westwards into the Onny valley , would have seen a small timber platform marking the site of a temporary station that became a permanent feature . |
| 23 | He leaned sideways , looking out of the opened perspex canopy of the plane . |
| 24 | Soon I was in my old room , with its creaky Victorian furniture , looking out of the tall window at the Dublin traffic . |
| 25 | And another part was still looking out of the rear window of the taxi at the green hills receding behind the tiled roofs into the morning sunshine ; still standing in the corridor of the train as the flat terrain of southern England slid past and a great weight built up steadily in my chest . |
| 26 | Looking out of the tiny window , she was disappointed . |
| 27 | His only certain memory of his mother was of her looking out of the same kitchen window and calling to him as he played on the grass . |
| 28 | Thiercelin stood looking out of the french window at the end of the long narrow room that was Fedorov 's library . |
| 29 | In the back a woman was looking out of the open window , her chin propped on the heel of her hand . |
| 30 | Half listening , half occupied with looking out of the open window at a flock of rooks riding in circles on the breeze , Melissa was vaguely aware of a succession of faint bumping noises in the distance , followed by returning footsteps . |