Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her flesh was vibrantly alert , too sensitive , her heart thudding like a runner 's , wild hot panic flooding her reactivated mind . |
| 2 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 3 | More handsome than ever in his morning suit , his black hair gleaming with a brilliant sheen , and his eyes , his once dark and brooding eyes , now alight with the glow of love in them , Marc came swiftly to her side . |
| 4 | Later it could develop into music groups consisting of a variety of instruments and voices , bands , instrumental ensembles or dance groups . |
| 5 | For Hopkins , " an old crony of Wilson 's and a newcomer , a volunteer " sky pilot " who clad himself in semi-clerical , semi-nautical garb consisting of a discreet black habit with a seaman 's jersey and a gold crucifix " , he evidently had nothing but contempt . |
| 6 | She saw the old man who had accosted her on her walk that afternoon proceeding at the head of a little posse consisting of a neatly dressed man , a woman with untidy hair and a couple of children . |
| 7 | ‘ This controversy has been tainted by racism parading as a concern for the adolescents ’ welfare , ’ says Boudjema . |
| 8 | Over more than ten years there have been negotiations between Kent County Council ( which originally intended to retain West Malling as a general aviation aerodrome ) and the local planning authority that intended to build all over it . |
| 9 | In its original form the Bill made provision for a single ballot , the decision resting on a simple majority of those voting . |
| 10 | He flew into an anti-aircraft shell with the precise catastrophe of a drunken driver speeding into a wall . |
| 11 | To get onto the glacier you first traverse the top of the mountain , then sideslip into a gully hanging onto a thick rope . |
| 12 | Continuing through the scattered little climatic resort the road leads to the Heiligenschwendi Klinik , a large hospital originally treating respiratory diseases but in more recent times catering for a wide variety of patients . |
| 13 | The project will comprise three parts , the first preliminary part consisting of a strengthening of the Power Plant Data Base in a number of key areas . |
| 14 | Income deriving from a UK source is , however , normally liable for UK tax . |
| 15 | Even the payment of players was regulated in such a way as to prevent clubs competing in a free market for talent . |
| 16 | Sleek , with skin gleaming like a rich satin — |
| 17 | These seem to have the curious property that , although they can move fairly freely within a hadron , it appears to be impossible to obtain just one quark on its own ; they always come either in groups of three ( like the proton or neutron ) or in pairs consisting of a quark and antiquark ( like the pi meson ) . |
| 18 | An inter-university course consisting of a programme of lecture , tutorial sessions and laboratory work , followed by a project on an experimental or theoretical topic . |
| 19 | As part of the process of writing from the very beginning , and writing in small steps , from the first day you should write down , and keep available , notes consisting of a few sentences on each of the following : ( a ) the essay 's hypothesis ( the claim it is interested in exploring ) ; ( b ) the evidence or data you are going to use ( the facts , quotes , parallel cases from other texts , etc. , that you are in the process of collecting ) ; ( c ) brief statements of your ideas so far ; ( d ) in the case of a longer dissertation , the preliminary results of a " literature search " ( a survey of bibliographies to find things to read ) . |
| 20 | Half an hour later he came back , his yellow teeth flashing in a confident cockney smile . |
| 21 | From that experience , he derived an ideal of stage unity stemming from a close collaboration ‘ regardless as far as possible of individual prestige and personality ’ , which was reinforced by working in the Group Theatre of the thirties with Auden , Isherwood , Spender , Britten and others . |
| 22 | But we still have to train people to be able to cook under any conditions — a young soldier can often find himself on his own in the field cooking for a given number of people . |
| 23 | It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables . |
| 24 | And you do n't have to spend hours struggling with a awkward pins while you get hot over the collar . |
| 25 | His hands lingered for a moment , his fingers hinting at a strength that made her throat tighten . |
| 26 | Following on from his recent installations , the Argentinean artist has been working on moveable objects consisting of a wooden surface , on which he draws in graphite or coloured pastels , and a superimposed sheet of lead some distance from the base . |
| 27 | Perhaps the Private Eye story hinting at a takeover of Barts by a private concern is not as farfetched as Tony Delamothe suggests . |
| 28 | He estimates that an executive sous-chef working in a top London restaurant or hotel would be earning between £25,000 and £27,000 , whereas a head chef in contract catering at a director 's dining room , for example , would be doing very well to earn £20,000 . |
| 29 | Colonel Gordon Wilkinson confirmed that the Army had gone into contract catering in a ‘ substantial way ’ , having let contracts to a variety of both large and small companies , including Gardner Merchant , Compass and Sutcliffe . |
| 30 | To look at the matter differently , one could say that the members of the economically defined working class in Britain are divided between the ‘ working class ’ and ‘ middle class ’ collectivities , with this division depending on a range of factors including place within the division of labour by strata , parentage , education , home-ownership , and income . |