Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that they 've had a three man gang picking up peoples rubbish for the last seven years . |
| 2 | FOR SOMEONE who wrote so little and whose chief recreation — picking up men -involved a high degree of furtiveness , J R Ackerley 's life is surprisingly well-documented . |
| 3 | Kenya has about one million flamingos living around lakes Nakuru and Bogoria , a major tourist attraction , and the species ' survival is not said to be threatened by the epidemic , which is expected to die down in about a month . |
| 4 | She 's just going completely bonkers woman ! |
| 5 | It 's such a waste of time when they could be tracking down criminals amount of time . |
| 6 | Years when you are at home and getting home responsibilities protection will not be counted , but years when you are unemployed or working part-time will , and will bring down the average , so you will end up with a lower pension . |
| 7 | So it was looked at tying up police time . |
| 8 | Men were bellowing fortissimo women screaming in order to be heard but Charity 's voice was cutting through the uproar effortlessly . |
| 9 | Er and therefore erm I think we 'd like to some degree wait and see a bit still because er I think that you know economic circumstances of this particular moment mean that we may just have to consider that further of seeing how things progress really between now and October . |
| 10 | ( 4 ) Where the portfolio or account is not specifically established for the purpose of carrying on derivatives business , a statement , if relevant , that the firm may enter into transactions which may result in the customer having a short position . |
| 11 | Anything directed at rolling up narcotics distribution networks in the United States was politically neutral and therefore acceptable . |
| 12 | I do n't want to start setting up patterns lust yet . ’ |