Example sentences of "the [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It has the longest lasting poster life in the Underground and the original will last forever . ’ |
2 | Recently he had had to have a catheter fitted for some medical problem and because of his absconding behaviour , the nurses had hit on a really original wheeze — to force him to carry the slowly filling urine bag in one of those four-milk crates one sometimes sees on doorsteps . |
3 | Furthermore , many studies have shown that the naturally occurring relapse rate of duodenal ulcers is considerably reduced after eradication . |
4 | A newer , less conventional treatment is Ketsugo , a spray-on lotion containing Isolutrol , the naturally occurring detergent property of shark 's bile . |
5 | Sucking in a deep lungful of smoke , he looked back at the fiercely blazing funeral pyre for the first time . |
6 | It is probable that the " melon " , the bulging dome on the front of a dolphin 's head , looking — pleasing coincidence — like the weirdly bulging radar dome of a Nimrod " advance-warning " surveillance aircraft , has something to do with beaming the sonar signals forwards , but its exact workings are not understood . |
7 | The solemnly ticking grandfather clock by the door said two minutes to the half hour when Charles heard the Bishop approaching . |
8 | Statistical accounts of those whose benefits have been cut under the Actively Seeking Work legislation to date were provided . |