Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 On the job : Long serving worker Lavinia Vale has won an unfair dismissal case against Warrington firm Stubs Welding Limited after 28 years service .
2 Centre forward Alan Wegg , keeper Brian Dale and long serving defender Dave Calland have all said they will play .
3 Exactly how much could be gained from the support of a saintly patron can best be seen by turning to the position of Gregory at Tours , in particular to the events leading up to his trial , for purportedly slandering queen Fredegund , at Berny-Rivière .
4 He 's been fined three hundred pounds and banned from the dugout for a year for verbally abusing referee Sandy Roy during a recent match .
5 Depending on which gossip column you read he 's either planning to wed his long-term live-in girlfriend , Toukie Smith , sister of the late fashion designer Willie Smith , or he 's secretly dating model Naomi Campbell .
6 Best selling author Lena Kennedy did n't start writing her books about the old days in the East End of London until she was in her 60s , and painter Beryl Cooke also found fame in later life .
7 Others backing the new project include barrister Helena Kennedy , QC , publisher Carmen Callil , image consultant Barbara Follett , wife of best selling novelist Ken Follett , and authoress Victoria Glendinning .
8 The indirect free-kick was positioned on the six-yard line with the referee physically forcing goalkeeper Tim Flowers and his fellow defenders to remain on the goal-line .
9 Irish Olympic rider Peter Charles won the Homepride Flour international yesterday on Impulse , easily outpacing Dutchman Sven Harmsen on Soviet Look in a seven horse jump-off .
10 When she came to think of it , the only thing she and Jerome had ever agreed about was what a difficult , trying and utterly maddening creature Nora was .
11 Yesterday Acting Detective Inspector Colin Gibson , of Darlington CID , said the teenager suffered a slight cut to his face after trying to struggle away from the two .
12 ‘ Zat is Angel , ’ said Alejandro with a shrug , ‘ still fighting zee Falklands War . ’
13 After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys .
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16 Here manufacturing engineer Cahal Devlin tells their story :
17 DEATH chase police hit 120mph in conditions that that even racing champion Nigel Mansell could n't have handled safely , a court was told yesterday .
18 Gary Sams , 20 , of Kirkstone Place , Newton Aycliffe , is charged with unlawfully killing mother-of-four Joanne Robinson at the same address on November 26 last year .
19 ‘ I used to hate even visiting South Wales , because the idea of going back always seemed like an admission of defeat to me .
20 The total volume of trade between the two countries reached US$5,800 million in 1991 , and was expected to exceed $10,000 million in 1992 , thereby making South Korea China 's fourth largest trading partner ( after Hong Kong , the USA and Japan ) .
21 But then acting captain Richard Harden and Graham Rose ran riot with a record-breaking third-wicket stand in Sunday cricket against Yorkshire of 167 in only 24 overs .
22 Kelly saved United minutes before the interval stopping an Anderton shot and then foiling defender Colin Calderwood .
23 Although Donald seems to have made no attack on northern England ( the usual means by which a new king rewarded his followers ) , William II set about destabilizing his rule , first recognizing Edgar [ q.v. ] , the oldest surviving son of Malcolm III , as king-in-exile , then sending north Edgar Atheling to put Edgar on the throne ( 1097 ) .
24 Since meeting at a Roy Ayres gig at Ronnie Scotts , hard blowing jazzer Matt Wienevski and rapper/DJ D-Zine have developed a partnership that will see them hailed as the Phil Spectors of London funk .
25 After twice contesting South Somerset in the Conservative interest in 1910 , he won in the ‘ coupon ’ election of 1911 and remained an MP for the rest of his life , for South Somerset until 1918 , and then for Yeovil .
26 She 'd drunk chilled champagne , eaten delectable local cheese , crusty bread , fresh prawns and quiche closely resembling quiche Lorraine , followed by honey and sesame cakes , and small , juicy Maltese strawberries .
27 GUNS N' ROSES ' bass player Duff McKagan has been hit with a $20 million dollar suit after allegedly assaulting financier Rodolfo Curbelo .
28 It 's nice having Radio Leeds here in manc …
29 If this is the case the economy will move with great speed from point A to point C , completely bypassing point B. At no stage in the rapid transition from A to C has any criterion of the rational expectations hypothesis been violated .
30 It looks like ‘ it ’ was reading someone elses mail , and got my post about how ABSOLUTELY PISSING CRAP Sheff Utd were , and HOW ONLY COMPLETE MORONS would ever begin to support them .
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