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 . |