Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had one engineer on duty , so he went out and spent about hour drafting a whole bunch of Z-sections made out of steel . |
| 2 | The observation about knitting having a bias is well shown in the picture at the top right of page 28 in the manual . |
| 3 | Very , very confusing this is , the world is going upside down and he do n't know what 's going to happen next you see , for instance looking a year ago , two years ago the wall , the Berlin Wall was standing and the Russian empire was feared , all over the world , and now this day , it just fell on its face |
| 4 | He had a curious mixture of enthusiasm and impracticability in his approach to some everyday things , as for instance studying a most complicated recipe from one of his cookery books ( they included Mrs Beeton and Elizabeth David ) , then going out to buy not only the ingredients but equipment too . |
| 5 | Each Club is set in spacious grounds with an adjacent sandy beach and all offer outstanding value for money proving a popular choice with our clients over a number of years . |
| 6 | Labour MP Alan Milburn has called for action following a siege in Lyonette Road , Darlington , when 21-year-old Leanne Rees was held at gunpoint for 47 hours . |
| 7 | CALLS for action following a serious accident may mean the introduction of speed restrictions on a County Durham road . |
| 8 | Her organisation is preparing a complaint about a Boots advertisement for Ostermilk featuring a bra with two Ostermilk tins inside , which claims : ‘ Any closer to breast milk and we would have to change the packaging . ’ |
| 9 | In terms of laser energy required to control symptoms ( excluding initial recanalisation ( Table III ) ) there was also a dramatic reduction in the figures per month required before and after radiotherapy indicating a corresponding reduction in the regrowth rate of intraluminal tumour bulk ( <0.001 ) . |
| 10 | Well er ha you know I found myself after Budgie managing a singer called Leo and that led to a lot of interesting business and getting involved an , and I sort of forgot Adam Faith for ten years and just got diverted really . |
| 11 | Although coral is a calcium carbonate , it has an open porosity which allows bone to grow into it after implantation promoting a mechanical fixation with the natural bone . |
| 12 | But just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow … so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ Just as a business can not go on year after year ignoring a fall in cash flow caused by a downturn in the economy , so too the Government can not keep on running up debt in the hope that recovery will solve our problems . ’ |
| 14 | A four-year-old boy nearly bled to death after karate kicking a glass door as he mimicked the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles . |
| 15 | Bernie 's nose section has seen much publicity in the past , and has recently ‘ starred ’ in a well-known TV advert for lager featuring a new interpretation of the Dam Busters raid ! |
| 16 | of people in the office to do , to offer me one day for work shadowing a |
| 17 | When baking in combination with the hot air mode , the touch of a button releases an instant cloud of moisture giving a smooth and glazed surface , and ensuring that the dough rises evenly . |
| 18 | The game could also provide links to the new topic by various levels of play providing a variety of challenges . |
| 19 | At home , the sombre and all-too-present reality of capitalism sinking deeper and deeper into crisis ; on the horizon , the gleaming and distant image of communism constructing a new world , a new man , a new life . |
| 20 | These buildings were of a later date than the Manor house , being built of brick surrounding a large quadrangle . |
| 21 | The lessons to be learned from Ichthus are manifold : they have a very clear philosophy of ministry involving a threefold emphasis on mission , fellowship and training . |
| 22 | As a result of adolescence becoming a ‘ social fact ’ , a specificity was bestowed on boy labour which gave the whole subject of juvenile employment an enhanced status in part derived from its scientific description , and in part from its social relevance . |
| 23 | Erm the problem for the state in using violence in this limited way is first of all of course creating a capability to achieve by threat or use of violence limited objectives . |
| 24 | Child was of course accepting a degree of relativism which was usually an anathema to philosophers . |
| 25 | And of course having a good time . |
| 26 | He had a day 's growth of beard covering a weak chin . |
| 27 | This was the situation outlined by that astute political fixer , Lord Milton , in a letter to the Earl of Ilay suggesting a suitable candidate for a vacant post . |
| 28 | The effect of parallel transporting a local vector round a closed path on a cylinder is shown in Fig. 3.9 . |
| 29 | Aspersion is a method of frost-protection involving a water-sprinkling system ( BELOW ) which automatically switches on whenever the temperature drops below freezing . |
| 30 | Gerry , who had three hours to go , was below deck making a cup of tea . |