Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tee off times ran according to plan , allowing players time for some quick refreshments at the 19th hole before dinner . |
| 2 | As inflammatory bowel disease occurs with approximately equal frequency in the HIV seropositive and control populations , it must be assumed that primary sclerosing cholangitis may also , and a clear distinction between AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis would not then be possible ; this has not yet been a diagnostic problem . |
| 3 | You can use Edit — the editor supplied with DOS 5 — to search through data produced using the TREE command |
| 4 | An autoimmune aetiology for AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis akin to that of primary sclerosing cholangitis is also possible . |
| 5 | It may not be coincidental that two of the long survivors with very low CD4 counts were also the oldest patients in the study , and it remains possible that the genetic background or immune changes responsible for AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis are , with increasing age , more likely to indicate a good prognosis independently of the CD4 count . |
| 6 | Some of these extra students will be people who are entering after several years in employment , or after years spent bringing up a family ; others will be coming straight from secondary education . |
| 7 | But getting a job after years spent bringing up a family is n't necessarily an end in itself For many women , it 's all part of changing their lives and pointing them in the direction they want to go in-of being in charge of their own destiny . |
| 8 | Frantic appeals for help kept going out to Rome — Rome was still the patron , the protector , the fortress , even when she was falling to pieces herself . |
| 9 | Er at Hatfield and of course reduced working Aerospace at Hemel Hempstead . |
| 10 | ‘ When leaving England in September to live in Paris I resolved to change my life style completely , which of course meant giving up Medau ! |
| 11 | United then began to pile men forward as they had to , Simpson causing problems down the left , Phillips again in mid-field winning a lot of ball , but of course United leaving a few gaps at the back , and just before the finish , four minutes before the finish , that man Gascoigne put the game beyond United 's reach , giving Spurs a four two victory . |
| 12 | And there was a bonny pantomime once when a couple of grouse went missing and Uncle and Sam got into trouble . |
| 13 | Soon after hundreds of prisoners began surrendering , many thought to have been driven out by smoke . |
| 14 | A number of cases arose following the collapse of savings and loans companies ( " thrifts " — see below ) . |
| 15 | Upper panel : Percentage of chloramphenicol acetylated following transfection of BHK-21 cells or HeLa cells with pBL 2 CAT vector ( V ) or the same vector with a single copy of the HPV 16 octamer and adjacent NF1 site ( 16 ) or the equivalent region of HPV6 ( 6 ) . |
| 16 | Our first stop was the Forge , where a bunch of Old-Timers sat drinking beer on the wooden porch . |
| 17 | ‘ I should think the amount of money spent subsidising the residents would have seemed rather odd to members as well . |
| 18 | The ever-present possibility of bombs made buying presents even jollier . |
| 19 | Boiling water hissed and heaved within dilapidated walls ; whence , also , the glare and roar of flames came issuing forth ; and mounds of ashes blocked up rights of way , and wholly changed the law and custom of the neighbourhood . |
| 20 | This would lead to a graph of illegalities graded according to moral turpitude . |
| 21 | Cold tremors of fear kept shaking his whole body . |
| 22 | Isabella and Mortimer began to plan an invasion of England in July 1326 and the Count of Hainault placed shipping and men at their disposal . |
| 23 | A white-haired little old lady pushing a pramful of quintuplets started crossing the road up ahead of us . |
| 24 | Sales up 47% to £75.8m generated interim profits of £6.9m , with the number of homes sold increasing by nearly 40% to 468 . |
| 25 | Prosecutor Andrew Chubb told Exeter Crown Court yesterday : ‘ Pieces of porcelain went flying 20ft . |
| 26 | Word got around and large numbers of lads started turning up . |
| 27 | The survey also found that while 58 per cent of drivers suggested fitting an " autocatalyst " to help reduce air pollution , only 2 per cent of those questioned had done so . |
| 28 | A convoy of cars stood awaiting her . |
| 29 | The key to direct analysis and systematic comparison of the very large amount of data collected using these methods is the concept of the linguistic variable . |
| 30 | As he watched , the first few flakes of snow came swirling down . |