Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the '70s many elements were fusing together making change in the way schools were run inevitable . |
| 2 | We sit together eating pan and singing . |
| 3 | It is called ‘ safer ’ rather than ‘ safe ’ as it involves greatly reducing risk , rather than completely eliminating it . |
| 4 | Madden has been used in short bursts during the Bombers ' opening games and the ruckman has complained that he has not been given enough playing time and that this is affecting his play . |
| 5 | The results so far make somewhat bemusing reading . |
| 6 | Statistical analysis also developed apace making use of statistical theories which had their origins earlier in the century in the work of Pearson especially . |
| 7 | To a first approximation it is also possible to write thereby allowing use of the data from either type of measurement to characterize the sample . |
| 8 | The selected mail message(s) have been deleted successfully using index 6.4.0 — Delete Mail . |
| 9 | able to establish good rapport with pupils ; 2. has charisma ; 3. is good at organizing ; 4. is a survivor ; 5. keeps in touch with what 's happening in other subjects and in pupils ' backgrounds ; 6. has a quality of openness ; 7. has long teaching experience ; 8. has good qualifications in the subject ; 9. has strong religious faith ; 10. has enthusiasm for the subject ; 11. has a sense of humour . |
| 10 | These are the qualities which will guarantee long lasting success . |
| 11 | The other characters were a sold-out leftie academic ( who drew much knowing laughter from the first-night audience ) , a right-wing academic , a military automaton , and an Amstrad word-processor which enigmatically took the floor in a central scene . |
| 12 | And if the Bosnian Croats , dependent on Croatia for support , are now being caught ethnically cleansing Mostar of Muslims , then many people , not just the Serbs , may want to know why there are sanctions on Serbia and not on Croatia . |
| 13 | Demand for health care is clearly not ‘ infinite ’ , but it is difficult to meet rapidly rising demand in an affluent society . |
| 14 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 15 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 16 | Noise , severance , domination — transport fastest growing source of greenhouse gases . |
| 17 | On each side , a full length opening door/window assembly pivots upwards enabling pilot and passengers to step straight into the cockpit or rear seats . |
| 18 | The purpose of this research project is to obtain presently lacking information on the way of life , social structure and ideology of a Bantu-speaking people called Lungu who live around the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in East-Central Africa . |
| 19 | Herd life extended beyond the office out to the organization man 's natural habitat , the suburban community , where he found even watching television was a group activity . |
| 20 | As you , Sir , will know , in two successive years , I have raised the question of access for Members , which is most important , because it allows us to exercise our right to come here carrying information , messages and representations on behalf of the people whom we represent . |
| 21 | One ‘ just stands there washing plate after plate ’ , or ‘ it just tires one out ’ . |
| 22 | Back at the hotel , after finally conceding that there was no way out of her financial dilemma other than to go to work for G.W. Fashions , Lisa had demanded , as Vass had sat there drinking coffee , oblivious of the callous blow he had inflicted , ‘ So , how long is this arrangement supposed to last ? |
| 23 | I says she says I 'll do sandwiches you 'll go up and get ready cos we 're sat there telling tale |
| 24 | and we 're gon na be sat there having lunch when they walk in |
| 25 | Four children , including a 16year-old babysitter , were trapped upstairs watching television in a back bedroom . |
| 26 | The samples were added to tubes which had been chilled previously containing disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate ( EDTA ) ( 5 mM , final concentration ) for cyclic nucleotide assay , and EDTA and aprotinine ( 500 KIU/ml ) for atrial natriuretic peptide and glucagon assays . |
| 27 | The writer well remembers the surge of power as the cars moved forward leaving motor vehicles well behind ; similar to that of an American PCC car , which the equipment was designed to emulate . |
| 28 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 29 | The larval stages occur in the gastric glands and can only be seen microscopically following processing of the gastric mucosa . |
| 30 | I have seen better looking hunting dogs . |