Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This method has two marked advantages : the production of the dye produces no density change or displacement of the flow ; and the dye gradually reverts to its previous state , so the system can be run continuously without becoming filled with dye . |
| 2 | Another thing , while all this is goin' on , what about the danger of passin' traffic gettin' caught in crossfire ? ’ |
| 3 | The danger of the current developments is two-fold : that they are likely to lead to the curriculum becoming dominated by technique ; and that the techniques in question are imported from the outside world , and are imposed arbitrarily upon , and unconnected with , the curriculum . |
| 4 | One can understand a steam locomotive appearing wreathed in smoke and surplus steam to fascinate the unsuspecting person and seemingly so solid that one could reach out and touch it , but a Deltic ? |
| 5 | These reforms can be seen as more paternalistic , to protect people from accidentally becoming bound by contract . |
| 6 | Neither does it lose its sweetness by becoming diluted with rain water . |
| 7 | STEVE BRUCE yesterday warned about the dangers of Manchester United becoming gripped by title fever if they beat Aston Villa in the FA Premier League at Old Trafford tomorrow . |
| 8 | Her aim to play a leading role and become a radio show personality could lead to the station becoming known as Radio Krabbe , says Germany 's daily Bild newspaper . |
| 9 | Latin began to regain its status as the medium for elegant communication , science was being relegated to ‘ a small , odd , insignificant band of professionals ’ , while the Royal Society , abandoning the rather splendid hope that scientific language could provide a model for cultural discourse , was becoming influenced by dilettantism , and correspondingly less practical in its aims . |
| 10 | Within an hour or so of reaching the pond and becoming clasped in amplexus , females start to lay their eggs . |
| 11 | Similarly , the unemployed found the focus of their social circle also becoming centred on heroin . |
| 12 | Thousands of children are becoming hooked on computer games , according to a survey . |
| 13 | We spent two years there , becoming steeped in blood . |
| 14 | Sometimes elites succeed in confining the struggle ; sometimes , as in China after the death of Mao Zedong , the masses may play a role by becoming mobilized on behalf of this or that elite faction . |
| 15 | This model of mutual sensitivity and responsiveness becoming established between parent and child during the earliest months of life provides a background against which to examine the main issues of this section . |
| 16 | I think one of the problems is not taking out rate card , if you leave out , if you actually say this procedure does not cover full estimates and costs or costing based on rate cards . |
| 17 | Some hours of searching brought to light a few finds , these being small targets but nevertheless interesting ones . |
| 18 | While the influential critic F.R. Leavis adopted in some respects an intimate , conversational tone , writing influenced by Structuralism typically adopts a seemingly more dispassionate , " objective " scientific voice ( e.g. " at this level the inscribed machinery of fixed subject positions is threatened " ) . |
| 19 | It is more the return of the materiality of the body to the field of the visible , as that has been remade in the dominant regimes of looking created in cinema and recreated in television . |
| 20 | lying discarded over garden walls |
| 21 | Lungeing interspersed with riding progresses training and at the same time minimises the risk of strain . |
| 22 | ‘ It could be that it 's just something that Bob is allergic to , but it had better be investigated and some sample testing done in case we need to get on to the manufacturers . |
| 23 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 24 | ( See also going equipped in Chapter 15 . ) |
| 25 | His clothes , some of them old things of Theo 's which had been altered for him , were shabby , and were getting spattered with paint . |
| 26 | We 're always getting drilled on TV . |
| 27 | People were getting educated to endowment assurance you see . |
| 28 | ‘ You 've practically exiled yourself from your family and your home and your friends , you think you 've failed your finals but you say you 've no intention of sitting your re-sits even if you have ; you 've no money and you have n't even been looking for a job ; you 're getting done for shop-lifting and you 're acting like such a fucking dick-head you seem determined to get shot of the last few pals you do have left … and all you can do is make smart-ass remarks . ’ |
| 29 | Well , this was a turn-up , getting lectured on morality by a South London hood . |
| 30 | The change in auditory target pointing shown in Table 6 supports the hypothesis that adaptation is due to change in the proprioceptive sense in the arm , while the adaptation in the non-preferred hand in Table 7 supports the other hypothesis ; that visual perception is the key to adaptation . |