Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three newspapers I took were sticking through my front door , which was at the side of the house . |
| 2 | The females evolve to be larger and brighter coloured than the males , and control harems of dull-coloured egg-sitters , competing for their domestic skills against other acquisitive and territorial females . |
| 3 | Horribly aware of her own dishevelled state , her tousled hair tumbling about her flushed cheeks , Rory pulled herself up to her full height , summoning up all the strength she possessed to glare regally back at him . |
| 4 | They settled with their drinks at the corner table and the young man shook hands with Patrick , apologising for his bad manners . |
| 5 | Strangely , for a man fighting for sport 's most brutal crown , Bowe finds himself apologising for his obvious lack of aggression in the countdown to his day of destiny . |
| 6 | The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom , and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children . |
| 7 | There was another couple of Chelsea fans I was singing about them all the fucking day were n't I ? |
| 8 | ‘ But I 'll argue until the day I die that we are singing about something serious . |
| 9 | They were getting well clear now , even allowing for its unnatural speed . |
| 10 | It will require a miracle for Bedford to retain their status , even allowing for their few plus points — a top New Zealand coach , the arrival of a useful looking New Zealand scrum-half , and the fact that if the three national divisions are expanded , as proposed , next season , only one team will be going down from the First Division . |
| 11 | Although there are only 15 contractors , they have between them 50-odd transmitters , each of which needs two copies of the commercial ( at least ) , so allowing for your own copies and back-up stock , you will need 115 or so bulks for a national campaign . |
| 12 | He was not sure which he wanted her to be and was still puzzling about it next day when she called to take him down . |
| 13 | It is worth seeing for its two marble medallions which show the Annunciation , with the angel on the left and the Virgin Mary on the right , the work of Agostino Busti . |
| 14 | Oh no I worked for another one but her name 's not Liz it 's Alison , but I do n't like working for her and that 's why I 've stopped , I said to Sandra I 'm not fucking scrubbing for somebody younger than me . |
| 15 | Most clergy have received some instruction in voice production and singing during their theological training . |
| 16 | ‘ There was something touching about his early fashion shots ; a warmth that other photographers failed to capture , ’ Harrison says . |
| 17 | She cradled Ari 's head in her lap as the girl gave in to the overwhelming sensations crashing through her nervous system . |
| 18 | There is always something delirious about language — the burgeoning , bubbling Remainder that has been left out of the dry official structure comes crashing through my best-formed sentences — so I can feel it speaking through me . |
| 19 | The rain had succeeded in filtering through her thin jacket to the blouse beneath , and in her present damp state she 'd probably finish up with pneumonia or some such ailment . |
| 20 | It was bordered by tall tree ferns , with sufficient moonlight to show the way filtering through their high , curved umbrella fronds . |
| 21 | ALL economists are blushing about their recent forecasting failures ( see page 91 ) , and the International Monetary Fund is no exception . |
| 22 | It was a chilling thought that the very circumstances she was using for her own purpose accorded only too well with the Empress 's schemes . |
| 23 | DEC already has the incomplete version 1 of the OSF operating system out on its MIPS line , and it 's this that customers are using for their own early development work . |
| 24 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 25 | You can also apply for financing for your first home , a mortgage for a holiday home and re-mortgaging facilities . |
| 26 | At the Versace emporium on London 's Bond Street , customers are clamouring for his suggestive leather look . |
| 27 | He 'll be fightin' for his European Plan as submitted ; including the UK element . ’ |
| 28 | In fact a recent readers ’ survey commissioned by the relatively diminutive Sunday Telegraph found that the average Telegraph reader spends 61 minutes skimming its 48 pages while the Sunday Times reader spends on average just 10 minutes more wading through its vast encyclopaedic bulk . |
| 29 | Without wading through it all and things are moving on |
| 30 | The answer to that question , in essence at least , was provided nearly thirty years ago , by a perceptive schizophrenic introspecting about our own psychotic experience . |