Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a dull , snowy night , with heavy grey clouds hanging low in the sky , the kind of night when hopes are destroyed and love is lost . |
| 2 | Using SMED with the policies of ‘ Working Smarter not Harder ’ and ‘ Eliminating Waste , ’ the MIT launched itself into grade change-over time reduction with tremendous success . |
| 3 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 4 | In bringing Labour to the edge of victory , Mr Kinnock has performed a near-miracle . |
| 5 | This is simply because the second , or front , bed makes knit and purl knitting possible within the same row . |
| 6 | Howard sits tensely at his drawing-board , his mouth tight shut , his eyes gazing unseeing at the paper , rigid with anxiety to produce a good big handle . |
| 7 | The clouds were scudding low over the rooftops ; it was pouring with rain and the streets were flooded . |
| 8 | Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her , she ploughed her way out into the open air . |
| 9 | Rice paddies stretched away endlessly on either side of the ship , and they saw crowds of Annamese in cone-shaped hats of palm leaf already at work , sometimes wading waist-deep in the muddy water . |
| 10 | Stepping fearless through the night … ’ |
| 11 | They were old-fashioned in cut , waisted and full-skirted as the coat of a Regency buck , and with crested metal buttons fastening high to the side of the throat . |
| 12 | There 's no doubt that pilot racing is proving popular with the visitors ; what the locals make of it , is hard to tell . |
| 13 | The architect-designed classroom is proving popular with the four and five year olds who use it and it has provided more space for activities . |
| 14 | This fresh blow came just as Exxon felt it was struggling free from the morass of the Alaskan spill . |
| 15 | Now erm this is this is archetypical group behaviour , but whatever it is , it can not necessarily reflect erm that individual 's own erm peculiar self as it were using peculiar in the in the strict sense and proper to them , because as we 've seen what happens in a group is , is , is the individual . |
| 16 | Judiciously patting junior on the head when mum is watching may be a useful way of doing it . |
| 17 | Window displays were becoming controversial within the company ; Laura liked to see windows full of antiques and atmosphere , but increasingly found herself at loggerheads with more prosaic minds who wanted products and price-tags . |
| 18 | John Keats called it ‘ negative capability ’ and it is akin to Ernest Hemingway 's ‘ becoming strong in the broken places ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The purchaser hereby covenants with the vendor by way of indemnity only that the purchaser and the persons deriving title under him will henceforth and at all times duly pay all rents becoming due under the lease and observe and perform all covenants agreements and conditions therein contained on the part of the tenant or persons deriving title under it to be observed and performed and also will at all times keep the vendor its successors in title and assigns effectively indemnified against all proceedings costs claims expenses and liabilities in respect thereof . |
| 20 | When the subject of his father cropped up , which was not very often , Phil found that she could speak of him with true affection , keeping alive for the little boy his early memories of a loving father . |
| 21 | The PPD platform included keeping Spanish as the official language , maintaining a distinct national and cultural identity and separate representation in international sporting events . |
| 22 | Then with a splash she was plunging into the crystal-clear water , and , an instant later , bobbing unharmed to the surface . |
| 23 | The last of them , before becoming extinct between the Permian and Triassic periods , were extremely large members of the labyrinthodont group . |
| 24 | Note the environmental connotations of the idea of game becoming scarce as the result of human misconduct ; the notion that human transgressions can upset the overall balance of nature ( see Nelson , 1986 ) . |
| 25 | Matsutakes and chanterelles need undisturbed forest , something that is becoming scarce in the much-logged north-west . |
| 26 | Some plants and animals are becoming scarce in the intensely farmed parts of East Lothian but here is a chance to ensure that you will see them . |
| 27 | RIGHT Regular exercise off the leash will help to prevent a young dog from becoming destructive around the home . |
| 28 | When he got through and began to speak he cheered up as he laughed and talked away , before becoming depressed at the end of the call . |
| 29 | ‘ The second scandal will be the liquidators becoming rich on the victims ’ money while the Government stand by and watch … |
| 30 | In summary , single-mode inhomogeneously-broadened lasers have provided a rich corpus of both experimental and theoretical work : detailed quantitative comparison of the two is becoming possible with the development of unidirectional single-mode helium-xenon lasers by the Abraham group . |