Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half an hour spent in his wife 's elegant and comfortable drawing room was usually more productive and a great deal more entertaining than hours spent beavering through official files . |
| 2 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Palmer & Pearson ? ’ she queried , and discounted that at once because until things started moving on that contract there were no problems . |
| 4 | If children approached schooling in this manner schools would have no wish to ‘ lose ’ their pupils , the throughflow of children with genuine adjustment problems in units would be assured and the ‘ moral order ’ re-established . |
| 5 | Vertical markets comprise professional accounting — although the small accountancy practices to which the group sells have been hard-hit by recession , it has managed to maintain stable revenues by selling upgrades of existing accountancy software ranges ; retail — while Radius started selling to this sector only about two years ago , it ‘ performed above expectations ’ , having won a new £500,000 contract from Dixons Group Plc , a £400,000 contract from Southern Electric Plc and a £25,000 contract from Ing C Olivetti SpA ; the public sector — the company has built on its traditional strength in local government to move into health and central government ; fuel distribution — another new area of activity which Bland said is ‘ growing ’ , although he could provide no figures ; and finally , the printing industry — while Radius has in the past concentrated on big customers such as Bowater and Smurfitt , it has now released a ‘ stripped-down ’ version of its management software to attract smaller users . |
| 6 | When Kylie went shopping for more additions to her by now Imelda Marcos scale wardrobe in one of London 's stores , the result was inevitable . |
| 7 | When CNP started trading in 1981 , it was initially planned to set up 12 downstream units using CNP 's cracked products , but in the event only one , EPSI , was created . |
| 8 | He remembered the intense heat , the sunlight dancing off sword and dagger points , the roar of battle , the blood which pumped like a thousand fountains as men fell screaming from horrible wounds in head , body or thigh . |
| 9 | As Olazabal stood watching in virtual disbelief , South Africa 's David Frost made his seven-footer for the birdie and a one-shot victory over the Spanish star for the $1 million first prize , Frost 's second straight triumph in the event . |