Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 2 | I spent three months knitting you a pair of bed-socks . |
| 3 | Each new member of staff receives a five page letter from Mr Nitschke explaining what the hotel is about and he still attends the induction programme each Monday morning . |
| 4 | It was a great pleasure meeting you a few months ago and I should like to feel our paths might cross again some time . |
| 5 | There had been secrets , fears , dangers and delusions filling her every thought . |
| 6 | Charlie 's hearing was fully restored a week later and a smile appeared on his lips for the first time when he saw Grace standing by his side pouring him a cup of tea . |
| 7 | I , however was lost in a daydream wondering what the Queen would be like . |
| 8 | Annie left him , and then , pregnant , offered herself in order to saddle him with someone else 's child — and this when he had just received a telegram awarding him a scholarship to Oxford . |
| 9 | This is magical , and gives the rider of any horse wearing it a +20 bonus to all Ride tests . |
| 10 | Firstly , it was accepted by all Scots that the coronation of their king was valid only if carried out upon the Stone of Destiny , and in spite of the Christian ceremony accompanying it the right to place the crown on the new monarch 's head belonged irrevocably to the Earl of Fife , premier layman of the realm . |
| 11 | With journalists stalking their every move , Baker flipped . |
| 12 | A rebel army of political dissidents calling itself the National Patriotic Forces of Liberia ( NPFL ) , believed by the United States State Department to be supported by Libya , and led by Charles Taylor , had staged a rebellion in December 1989 [ p. 37174 ] ; by April , however , the uprising appeared to be at least partly a reaction by local people to the behaviour of the armed forces , accused of brutality in their actions to suppress the rebellion earlier in the year . |
| 13 | United got off to a flyer with Richard Hill giving them a lead after just eight minutes . |
| 14 | Tolonen was getting to his feet , one of the guards giving him a hand . |
| 15 | ‘ Is that right ? ’ he asked , one eyebrow lifted , the intense blue of those eyes asking her a different question entirely . |
| 16 | In contrast , the gigantic photographic images depicting what the curator Jeffrey Deitch has called our Strange Developments act to bludgeon what is assumed to be our jaded sensibilities , but more obviously demonstrate the burn out of a certain faction of the mid Atlantic artworld , curators and buyers . |
| 17 | Some of these patriarchs grow magnificent beards and moustaches , the whole effect giving them the appearance of an Old Testament prophet . |
| 18 | Thankfully the recent revival has generated a new enthusiasm for the use of LM potencies giving us a feeling that , at last , their time has come . |
| 19 | The problem with framing the duty to act in the company 's interests in terms of subjective intentions , however , is that in practice determining what the directors ' true objectives are will often be beyond the court 's capabilities . |
| 20 | Keeping her eyes on Robert as he began to talk to Dawn , she waited to see a change of expression on Dawn 's face , then , suddenly , her view was blotted out by a tall figure handing her a glass of wine . |
| 21 | write to him as well disgusting , as if you do n't , you do n't need that sort of aggravation from a teacher stirring up trouble like that making the kids making him a laughing stock , he does not need that , its just not on is it ? , and as he says I 'm sure she does it on purpose . |
| 22 | At the end of each section there is a summary of the main events of each of the legs showing us the different problems of all 23 entries . |
| 23 | Section 1 covers all forms of spying making it an offence if any person , for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the state : ( a ) approaches , inspects … enters any prohibited place ; or ( b ) makes any sketch , plan , model or note which … might be useful to the enemy : or ( c ) obtains or communicates to any other person any information … calculated or intended to be , or which might be useful to the enemy . |
| 24 | They 're asked to make two still images showing what the townspeople might be feeling at this moment — first , about their success in getting the railway to the town , and secondly , about what they have done to the old man , who is now homeless . |
| 25 | As on his visit to Peking in May , the Soviet President this weekend risks finding himself an unwilling player in a domestic political drama which eclipses the notional reason for his presence . |
| 26 | The commission arrangement should n't leave either side resenting what the other is getting . |
| 27 | They landed at Inverkeithing and made their way up the cliffs , the summer sun warming their backs , past Aberdour onto Kinghorn Ness , Corbett showing them the place King Alexander III allegedly fell , before going down the path to the royal manor . |
| 28 | We can assume that his scepticism extended to his belief in the efficacy of non-violence because he notes that reading Tolstoy influenced him greatly and cured him of his scepticism making him a believer again in ahi sā . |
| 29 | ‘ In the 1950s and 1960s I served my apprenticeship watching what the good caddies did — old Tip Anderson , Tip 's dad , and Little Mac , Dai Rees ' caddie . |
| 30 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |