Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far easier to imagine Ms or Mr Trim tucking into a low-fat meal , perhaps featuring fish or chicken accompanied by vegetables . |
| 2 | Then in their wake , a stately schooner under full sail — Sister Cooney bobbing like a fretful tug in attendance — she hove in sight , a strongly-timbered woman , solid and soundly ballasted . |
| 3 | In 1811 he won the competition for a complex of buildings in Plymouth consisting of a hotel , assembly rooms , and theatre ; and , his success with this important commission establishing his local reputation , he moved to Plymouth and remained for twenty-five years the leading architect of the neighbourhood . |
| 4 | What is the point of having Van Goch hanging in a public building if people with disabilities are not provided with proper access facilities . |
| 5 | WASIM AKRAM grabbed six wickets to send Surrey crashing to a 96-run defeat at The Oval to set Lancashire up for their Benson and Hedges Cup semi-final at Leicestershire today . |
| 6 | Bunny was going home on a twenty-four-hour pass and Meredith returning from a week 's leave in Hoylake . |
| 7 | They occupied a pew in the body of the kirk , with Georgina shepherding in a row of dark-haired young women who might be Margaret Heatherton 's daughters or her husband 's . |
| 8 | More intriguingly , the features may not be Doppler in origin , but due to up- and down-shifted frequencies by Raman scattering in a dense plasma . |
| 9 | The impact is often profound , with the MIS acting as a catalyst for developing a milieu in which the quantitative and qualitative aspects of approaches to systematic review can be balanced and integrated . |
| 10 | All the same , he found it pleasant to watch Hari reviving like a thirsty plant which has just been watered . |
| 11 | Database technology , interoperability and network integration and open systems and industry standards are the key technological issues facing HP Unix and MPE users in the US , Canada and Mexico according to a survey of MIS managers by Interex , the International Association of Hewlett-Packard Computer Users , based upon 820 replies . |
| 12 | Basically it was the songs and a sort of mime play with Jack , Lindsay and David leading into a set piece with Lindsay as the old woman feeding the birds , which is a wonderful one , where the bird grows and grows to a monstrous size and finally devours the old lady . |
| 13 | But then again , to fudge around it and simply cut to Rex lying on a bed wearing a big smile would be a severe cop-out . |
| 14 | Watch out for Cuntona moving to a London club . |
| 15 | * The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has launched a report in Brussels calling for a radical overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 16 | What was Dana doing on a catwalk ? ’ |
| 17 | I remember the minister 's housekeeper , Miss Lumb , calling to see if she could do anything to help , and the four-year-old Ann saying in a plaintive voice , ‘ There is n't any room for Miss Lump in this bed ! ’ |
| 18 | Commercial breaks were replaced with old clips of Aoun ranting from a balcony to adoring crowds , just like a Nuremberg rally . |
| 19 | Contrary to prediction , we find Ruritania embarking on a hopeless war with a much stronger neighbour . |
| 20 | She expects to find Minna and Becky sitting in a huff in the coffee lounge , keeping as great a distance as they can manage from their ridiculously costumed sisters and brother-in-law . |
| 21 | Some time later I heard a chink of glass and looked up to find Dennis sitting at a nearby table with a half-empty bottle of chilled rosé . |
| 22 | David Spence , a 23-year-old from Natal studying for a diploma in social science , said : ‘ Oxford is seen as one of the very top universities in the world , and it is a dream come true just to be here . |
| 23 | Lucian Freud embarking on a mammoth artistic task which occupied several months of early morning work . |
| 24 | I WAS surprised that the exposure of Thomas Courtney practising as a Harley Street gynaecologist without specialist qualifications caused such outrage . |
| 25 | I know this after a dispiriting tour of San Francisco looking for a place to eat at 10 pm . |
| 26 | That sent England crashing from a promising 182 for three to 207 all out and provided more ammunition for the snipers who claim Pakistan ‘ doctor ’ the ball . |
| 27 | Winter Bacchus reclining on a leopard . |
| 28 | The Englishmen 's winning goal also came from a penalty corner , Will Champness pouncing on a rebound off Thompson . |
| 29 | MERSEYSIDE Hockey clubs had another bad day yesterday in the National League , Neston losing 4-2 to Firebrands and second division bottom club Warrington crashing to a 6-1 defeat at Guildford . |
| 30 | Naturally it results in acrobatics , with Frank driving through a tent — in which two people are sleeping — and speeding through a hay loft , leaping fifty feet through the air , crashing into a pond , then driving out of the water after being submerged . |