Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several states had passed restrictive laws since the Supreme Court 's 1989 ruling allowing them greater opportunity to limit the availability of abortion ( in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services — see pp. 36809-10 ) . |
| 2 | One nanny was sacked on the spot when Diana 's mother discovered that her employee was lacing her elder daughters ' food with laxatives as a punishment . |
| 3 | John 's involvement with the designing of Honoré 's Ritual Night was undertaken out of friendship , keeping their earlier pact to regard each other as brother and sister . |
| 4 | In turn , prisoners survived by exploiting and brutalizing their weaker fellows , thereby reinforcing all the anti-social tendencies which had driven them there . |
| 5 | Appalled , she pushed back , but the movement only succeeded in pressing her lower body more closely to fitzAlan 's hard thighs . |
| 6 | Maclean also concentrated on getting the ball past the talented Umar and denying him further chances to hit crisp drives into the nicks and towards difficult angles . |
| 7 | You are becoming your Higher Self . |
| 8 | Fishes ' ’ songs ' , one should note , do not seem to be nearly so complex as those of birds , perhaps reflecting their lower position on the scale of consciousness and intelligence . |
| 9 | A quarter of lone fathers are over 50 , reflecting their greater likelihood of being widowers . |
| 10 | After cooking her watery stew one night and seeing her younger daughter into bed she went to the public library and looked up ‘ Death ’ in a concordance . |
| 11 | They report that 21% withdrew before completing their higher education course , but only 12.5% withdrew because of failure in assessed work . |
| 12 | Rather , many contemporaries were impressed by the growing capacity of some at least of the working class to practice self- and mutual-help and they sought ways of encouraging its further development . |
| 13 | That book portrayed her as an insecure child , who had overcome her unhappiness at the time of her mother 's elopement by zealously nursing her younger brother . |
| 14 | ‘ But I would n't — I did n't — ’ Polly cried , then broke off , fastening her lower lip between her teeth to stop herself venting her frustration and growing fear on the man opposite . |
| 15 | These large fish are called ferox , a distinct species of brown trout that make their living by eating their smaller brethren . |
| 16 | The fall is real enough ( remembering my earlier distinction between real and literal , p. 36 ) , and to take out the story of Adam and Eve is to make a terrible hole in the gospel . |
| 17 | One of them turned on Holly-Tallis and she fled up the path to the gate , passing a woman she knew well , remembering her earlier shock at this unexpected encounter . |
| 18 | Rather like rousing a sleeping wolf , she thought fancifully , remembering her earlier comparison . |
| 19 | With the sun warm on her face , she continued to sit there , a feeling of contentment replacing her earlier distress . |
| 20 | However , the provision was concentrated mainly in Phase 1 schools , and in the later stages of PNP even these schools claimed to be encountering increased difficulty in sustaining their earlier staffing commitments in this area . |
| 21 | The mother feels her older children must be exonerated from the allegations of abusing their younger siblings and calls for written apologies from all those involved in the affair . |
| 22 | Mounce stared at her absently , pushing his lower lip up . |
| 23 | Then he went over to the window , and gazed down into Hand and Ball Court for several minutes , frowning and pushing his lower lip up alternately . |
| 24 | In a ruling on Nov. 10 the federal judge threatened to hold the navy in contempt for refusing his earlier order to reinstate Meinhold , who was formally sworn back into service on Nov. 12 . |
| 25 | Maurice was sitting sideways behind his desk , feet up on the radiator beneath the window , one hand flexing his lower lip while the other trailed across the blotter . |
| 26 | Inner journeys also provide one way of accessing our higher consciousness , and our unseen friends . |
| 27 | Suddenly she was regretting her earlier estimate . |
| 28 | No , she was presenting her Genestealer semblance for his inspection . |
| 29 | I was glad to see that the weather was presenting its sunnier face today , although a breeze was scurrying through the tops of the trees . |
| 30 | In a driving snowstorm , the German 77th Brigade crossed the flooded Meuse at Brabant and Champneuville , redeeming its earlier failure . |