Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jockey Ron Treloggen 's only problem was seeing off the unwelcome attentions of a loose horse , Forest Ranger , who stuck to him like glue all the way from Becher 's Brook to the winning line . |
| 2 | Mr Lindsey said that , from 5 January , S&P were offering a variable Tessa paying an initial 7.5% , against the fixed rate version at 5.875% , which is slightly higher than the average that S&P , as a group , has been forecasting for the financial year beginning in April 1993 . |
| 3 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 4 | The northern fork , branching off the Royal Road , runs along the east front of the Bull 's Head Sanctuary . |
| 5 | Emily Grenfell clasped her hands together , sitting on the edge of her seat gazing through the small window of the coach as it rumbled along Mumbles Road in the fashionable area of Swansea . |
| 6 | Margaret shuddered , wide awake now , her heart racing , gazing through the shadowy darkness of her room , thoughts rushing through her mind . |
| 7 | As a result , although there is a section devoted to ‘ Images of Love ’ ( some of its most fascinating and impressive poems are by women , whom we 're used to seeing as the silent objects of love ) , it is only one among many . |
| 8 | The reason for this is that the sub-continent 's representatives will still be competing for a one-day pot in Sharjah until the 20th . |
| 9 | JOHN ROLFE and Adrian Breton will be competing for a British Olympic place at the weekend when the rapid fire pistol match in the World Cup Tournament in Los Angeles will be the decider for Barcelona , writes Leslie Howcroft . |
| 10 | Asif and Trevor Penney , the newly-qualified Zimbabwean , will be competing for a middle-order place , though the first chance is likely to go to Paul Smith if he has shaken off last year 's injury troubles . |
| 11 | As employers find themselves competing for a falling number of young workers , there is a real opportunity to change out-dated and discriminatory attitudes towards older people . |
| 12 | Obviously , the fewer carp competing for the available food the better the chance of reaching a worthwhile size . |
| 13 | Sheffield Steelers are sweeping the opposition aside in their bid to gain league entry , while Trafford Metros , Medway Bears and Streatham Redskins are competing for the other vacancy . |
| 14 | London will again fill one of the places with Glasgow , Manchester and Birmingham competing for the other spot . |
| 15 | For any given program there is an optimum or efficient memory usage for an environment in which many programs are competing for the limited available real memory . |
| 16 | ‘ Indeed , there is an increasing number of countries competing for the limited funds available for re-investment and will be glad to welcome new entrants . |
| 17 | For some icing work , it is possible to make a small disposable bag out of a cone of non-stick paper , snipping off the very tip for a tiny nozzle ( see page 22 for details ) . |
| 18 | One boy , Dai Knoyle , was caddying for the great rugby player Barry John and took him back to his house to change . |
| 19 | Willie had caught the bug , and his first top professional tournament duly arrived with a trip to Turnberry for the News of the World PGA Matchplay Championship , caddying for the legendary Scot Eric Brown . |
| 20 | Rattling through the broken no man 's land between the town and the dam , the dark windows of the train showed only our own reflections . |
| 21 | Now they were rattling between the massive oaks of Glenvinean . |
| 22 | He said there were three er , down there canvassing for the main parties and er , well quite a lot of people there and of course rich pickings for , providing they can get anybody to stop and talk to them do n't know , they 'd drive around |
| 23 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 24 | I encountered an old lady of a more awkward sort while canvassing for the Tory candidate in Crosby — a by-election subsequently won for the SDP by Shirley Williams . |
| 25 | Nathaniel Sherman stumbled slightly at the entrance of his hut , and his wife heard him cursing and fumbling for a long time with the flap fastenings . |
| 26 | We long ago ceased to enjoy hanging as a public spectacle . |
| 27 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 28 | POOR U.S. unemployment figures plus big falls by Wellcome and BAT sent shares tumbling for a dismal end to the week . |
| 29 | Close behind , speeding through the flickering violet light , were a large ominous-looking chest and a picture box that skittered along dangerously on its three legs . |
| 30 | The local police no longer stop him for speeding through the sleepy streets of his home town of Riolo Terme , they just pull him over for an autograph . |