Example sentences of "[v-ing] [Wh det] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without revealing what caused the original problem , they confiscated anything remotely kinky they could lay their hands on ( old Fifties fetish comics , a collection of fetish art by German artist Tom , Skin 2 videos and catalogues , piercing magazines ) . |
| 2 | It is , indeed , the dedication to eating which provides the lasting memory of this night , rather than the lacklustre game . |
| 3 | This seems to fit quite well with the detailed process of manoeuvring which characterized the early period of financial centralization . |
| 4 | We pitched tents in the dark and clambered into our sleeping bags not knowing what to expect the next day . |
| 5 | All that counts are the records , a rhythmically unusual Tex-Mex fusion of rock'n'roll and older western elements , pioneering what became the standard pop instrumentation of two guitars , bass and drums . |
| 6 | In Rulfo 's Pedro Páramo , likewise , the frustration that embitters the eponymous protagonist 's life and the dashing of illusions that is the pattern of existence as depicted in the novel , are symbolized by an episode in which young Pedro and his lover climb a hill and fly a kite in the shape of a bird , only to see the string break and the kite fall back to earth , and the novel as a whole is punctuated by recurrent images of rising and falling which reiterate the central theme of the thwarting of human hopes and aspirations . |
| 7 | Other applications of biotechnology which are relevant to environmental management include resource recycling , such as the use of organisms to scavenge useful materials from waste products , mineral extraction or biomining which involves the bacterial leaching of mineral ores , and energy production . |
| 8 | But it was the gruelling work schedule Kylie was now working which placed the greatest strain according to friends . |