Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our small friendly Hotel centrally located and overlooking the sea in Regency Square has recently been totally refurbished and offers superior accommodation with easy parking . |
| 2 | She ventured upon deck the first morning , and was approached by not one but three potential beaux , each with his hair curled and exuding a powerful odour of bergamot . |
| 3 | Suddenly his voice dropped and tapping the doctor 's arm , his face hardening , he said , ‘ D' you see what I see ? |
| 4 | After being discharged and spending a year at home he was again hospitalized because he spent his time listening to the radio rather than studying . |
| 5 | Such a division is purely a literary convenience and each of the topics must be seen as intertwined and forming a complex whole . |
| 6 | This consists of measuring or estimating financial factors such as cost or profit associated with the products being considered and drawing a histogram of money against product or element type . |
| 7 | This consists of measuring or estimating financial factors such as cost or profit associated with the products being considered and drawing a histogram of money against product or element type . |
| 8 | It is all a question of being organised and having a plan ; after all , it takes a minute to tell the gardeners to spray this or frame that … ’ |
| 9 | A conveyancer is just as much dependent upon being well organised and having a methodical mind as upon his or her knowledge of the law . |
| 10 | Under Ord 37 , r9 the defendant can make a written offer to the plaintiff tendering a sum in satisfaction of the plaintiff 's claim on the basis that he will not suffer the disease or deterioration claimed and identifying the disease or deterioration in question and agreeing to the court making an award of provisional damages . |
| 11 | Like destroying all the paintings one 's ever done and making a new start . |
| 12 | Even Raine 's critics acknowledge that , in doing what dirty work had to be done and attracting the odium that went with it , she has put her stepson in a strong position . |
| 13 | For sequential interviews you need all your wits about you , which means being thoroughly well prepared and getting a decent night 's sleep beforehand so your energy does not flag ! |
| 14 | Sometimes described as a pig or a horse , it was doubtless derived from the ancient custom of sacrificing an animal when a church was being built and burying the carcass in the foundations , in turn being a memory of pagan rituals . |
| 15 | The question is , of course , more easily asked than answered and finding a research methodology which would be valid and practical was the first of Petch 's problems . |
| 16 | At the top they emerged into the more inhabited regions , the mirrors at every corridor corner brightly polished and reflecting a pale light . |
| 17 | The advantage to the loser of not being misunderstood and expressing the animal equivalent of a white flag are obvious . |
| 18 | Bored soldiers were showing how various mechanisms operated and explaining the rate at which bullets could be discharged . |
| 19 | This is like taking for granted the will of the person to whom the request is made and leaving no room for him to say no — treating him as an instrument — whence the tone of excessive familiarity . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Evans has a chance to put things right by admitting a mistake was made and cancelling the increase . ’ |
| 21 | During their conference certain industry visits were arranged and following the opening of JM 's newest autocatalyst plant in South Africa , together with the investment interest the product invokes , a visit to our plant was considered highly appropriate . |
| 22 | The system uses a gas burner to heat the spraying sheet , thereby changing the way in which the drops are formed and producing a narrow drop-size spectrum , with few small particles . |
| 23 | However complex and sophisticated the process of mediation , however differentiated and fluctuating the reality of class stratification , Nizan is ultimately unequivocal on this particular point . |
| 24 | Some men might be able to present their own case : Sir John Harington described how he intended to bring forward a suit of his own by getting into the Privy Chamber before the breakfast covers were placed and waylaying the Queen when she came out of her bedchamber . |
| 25 | The death of Gay News provoked a considerable growth in out-of-London calls for information no longer available in that magazine 's supplement , while at the same time making it far more difficult for us to obtain the information the callers needed and throwing an internal emphasis on that side of our work . |
| 26 | The new hole can be made with a holesaw or by drilling several holes , removing the disc produced and filing the hole smooth . |
| 27 | Further along the line , Oakworth Station was closed and looking a little dishevelled owing to platform repairs ; a remarkable sight was the boiler of ‘ City of Wells ’ standing in splendid isolation in the sidings . |
| 28 | Xerox Corp is Mentat 's largest customer , having commissioned and using the Mentat XNS module . |
| 29 | Applications , stating the reasons why a grant is requested and giving a curriculum vitae and the names of two academic referees , must reach the Principal by 31 January 1992 . |
| 30 | Throughout this time the fourteen-year-old Mozart was writing and performing music , hearing other music performed and seeing the local sights . |