Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Few hats hanging on OSF/1 peg
2 So he 's retired into the kitchen , of all places , and we 're having to feed him people to meet one by one , like birds bringing back food for their young . ’
3 Timber sales generated an income for the FC of £84.8 million in 1991/92 , with other operations bringing in £21.7 million .
4 We spent hours mulling over maps and descriptions of countries .
5 LOCAL AUTHORITIES drawing up plans for the community care reforms will have to consult with the private and voluntary sector , the new Department of Health guidelines say .
6 I just do n't want to see similar signs appearing up mountains as hill-walking grows more popular Where would it all end ?
7 Paul Reece keeping out Bobby Barnes , with a little help from the cross-bar .
8 They hacked and sliced at one another till there was no meaning left , only a confusion of bloodthirsty syllables spelling out absurdity .
9 In the silence we hear a cow tearing up grass by the roots and chewing .
10 This was achieved partly through capitalist agriculture driving out family farms .
11 In 1868 a flood of unprecedented proportions washed away most of the caissons ( the strong cases keeping out water while the foundations are built ) while the Skerne 's trusses were found to be flawless .
12 See that car stepping out Chris ?
13 We have ten videos and ten bright pink Stepping Out bags as prizes in a 7 Days Plus competition .
14 One might rhetorically ask whether , if the United States or Britain assumes the role of international policeman from time to time , it is not an odd sense of police priorities to protect an oil sheikh from a military tyrant , but to ignore the plight of Sudanese children when military commanders forbid landing rights to aircraft bringing in food that could save their lives .
15 Earlier on you were talking about erm the dredger bringing up fish or you your father
16 They had also established contact with 40 men under Major Chisholm who were organising a base for patrols from Memo , but contact had not yet been made with Australia , the powerful radio stations on the mainland 's north coast drowning out signals from Timor .
17 I climbed through the Megger Stones and on to Great Coum looking down Dentdale and Deepdale .
18 The time of Snakes Wriggling Down Wimbledon High Street presumably .
19 A dissident intellectual passing out leaflets at a factory gate reminds him of a nervous child offering a sugar lump to a large horse .
20 — HOWARD Wilkinson yesterday turned on the pundits writing off Leeds United 's championship chances .
21 Not only do they tolerate the fast-food shops serving up nutriment that top breeders would n't recommend for Fido , they go as far as purchasing two expensive weeks in a gruesome timeshare apartment , and sit smoking all day on a balcony overlooking the A9 .
22 Family feuds have given Punjab a tradition of violence dating back centuries , and in today 's permissive atmosphere people use guns , not lawyers , to settle disputes .
23 Aunt Margaret was bird-like herself , in her hither-and-thither movements and a certain gesture she had of nodding her head like a sparrow picking up crumbs .
24 The harbour was filled with sleek , modern yachts berthed in front of countless restaurants serving up pizzas ( Italy is only 50 miles from Corsica 's east coast ) or fresh fish caught that morning .
25 They wheeled him rapidly into Resus. , Kathleen snapping out instructions right , left and centre , but as they peeled back the blanket to examine him , even Kathleen after all the years she had been working in A and E was shocked at the extent of his injuries .
26 For every evening wasted in the contemplation of Tubular Bells we spent no more than the time it takes to finish a vodka-and-lime soaking up Sugar Baby Love by the Rubettes .
27 With such an election , Newco 's expenditure on know-how should be eligible for 25% writing down allowances under s530 , and the proceeds of sale will usually be chargeable to tax in the hands of the vendor under Schedule D Case VI , though with a deduction under s31(5) for expenditure incurred in the acquisition or disposal of the know-how .
28 Expenditure incurred by Newco on " patent rights " is eligible for 25% writing down allowances under s520 TA 1988 .
29 It made no sound , and even seemed to absorb the sounds around it , like a sponge soaking up water .
30 Talent going down drain .
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