Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened her eyes and saw a river , its surface shaking beneath the icy draught , the ducks bobbing slightly as they followed one another , seeking sanctuary . |
| 2 | With a sudden surge of defiance she tossed back her head , sending her long wheat-coloured mane rippling over her shoulders , her eyes flashing challengingly as she pulled the microphone free of its stand . |
| 3 | She made no attempt to conceal her surprise , her eyes widening slightly as she said , ‘ You mean you think he should remain a bachelor — all his life ? ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 5 | Indeed , you get the feeling that there 'd be more than a few pro-war songs knocking about if it shifted the units . |
| 6 | ( 5.2 ) unc ( claims all variables and private channels claimed by the , claims as input ( output ) channels all channels occurring only as inputs ( outputs ) among the . ) |
| 7 | Until August there remains no stamp duty on homes costing less than £250,000 either . |
| 8 | They 'll be replaced by new homes costing more than a million pounds . |
| 9 | as if to prove his point he drew one long finger over her cheek , trailing it over her bottom lip , his eyes glinting reprovingly when she tried to bite . |
| 10 | It 's cash only for all trips costing less than twenty-five pounds , of course . |
| 11 | ( Three authors publishing more than 100 papers each have been omitted from this graph ) . |
| 12 | ( Three authors publishing more than 100 papers each have been omitted from this graph ) . |
| 13 | Speed limiting devices to stop cars going faster than 70mph and lorries more than 60mph could be fitted to try to cut fuel consumption . |
| 14 | Under these a relief , similar to that given to prisoners for debt , was afforded on the same terms to traders owing less than £300 and to all other insolvents . |
| 15 | roofs of entries occupying more than three columns of dictionary text may be obtained within four hours . |
| 16 | proofs of entries occupying less than three columns of dictionary text may be obtained within ten minutes |
| 17 | Then the tiniest of smiles came to her lips , the muscles about her eyes relaxing slightly as she saw . |
| 18 | Wedged inside that drum he drowned , his little legs waggling pathetically as he gulped and squirmed and tried to get his arms into a position from which he could lever himself out . |
| 19 | The respite was not to last however for , just as she heard the guards wondering aloud if they had hit her , someone on one of the freighters pointed her out with a cry . |
| 20 | Words possessing more than one meaning or usage must be allocated multiple entries within the lexicon . |
| 21 | Parties polling less than 4 per cent of the vote would not gain representation through the county lists . |
| 22 | The NDP , although standing a distant third in the federal House of Commmons behind the ruling Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) and the Liberals , was now the ruling party in three provinces containing more than 50 per cent of Canada 's 26,000,000 population . |
| 23 | With increasing amounts of protein , higher order complexes containing more than one VT2X peptide were observed ( results not shown , but see Figure 5 ) . |
| 24 | A 37-year-old woman accused of mortgage frauds totalling more than £1 million yesterday collapsed twice in the dock as the case got under way . |
| 25 | However , if the strings of letters formed words then they were able to accurately report a number of short words containing more than three or four letters given the same exposure . |
| 26 | Ms Eagle said that wages council inspectors last year checked more than 33,000 establishments and found illegal wages at almost 6,000 of them , with arrears totalling more than £1.5m . |
| 27 | The two adits coming down as well the |
| 28 | She shook her head slowly , her eyes closing again as he bent towards her and covered her lips with his own . |
| 29 | They 'd sit in the kitchen with a pot of tea just after dawn , their very different labours finishing just as the rest of the city was going to work . |
| 30 | In other moves , the Chancellor increased by a fifth the duty charged on free fuel supplied to company car users for private use and abolished the 50 per cent discount on this for drivers doing more than 18,000 business miles a year . |