Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN WOODCOCK , a Daily Mail reporter , was praised by police yesterday for tackling a shotgun raider single-handed . |
| 2 | TEN firemen were in hospital with a mystery illness last night — just two days after tackling a death blast at a chemical plant . |
| 3 | ‘ The referee at the time said Southall was denying a goalscoring opportunity . |
| 4 | A COW plummeted 10ft on to a car bonnet yesterday after leaping a guard rail while escaping from an auction . |
| 5 | Having ensured that a sterile first half ended goalless by making a tremendous reaction save to thwart Olney , Grobbelaar , who has been walking a selection tightrope all season , then allowed a far from ferocious low shot by Daley at the end of a thrilling 50-yard burst to slip under him and into the net . |
| 6 | The not unfamiliar childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker caused her great anguish . |
| 7 | In its Report , the working group strongly recommended the setting-up of a credit transfer agency and , at the time of writing almost three years later , the DES has announced its intention of launching a pilot scheme in the south-west of England , to be known as the Education Counselling and Credit Transfer Information Service , or ECCTIS . |
| 8 | GMPTE is now launching a pilot project in Bolton for a smartcard based fare scheme which is designed to be expanded as an ‘ electronic — purse ’ so that the cards can also be used for telephones , car parks , taxis and leisure facilities . |
| 9 | Dorling Kindersley , publisher of sparkling non-fiction guides to dinosaur , is launching a Dinosaur Club to cater for the large number of junior dinosaur fanatics . |
| 10 | R23 had a gun turret on the top of the envelope ( for which Barnes Wallis carried out tests ) and was used for experiments in launching a Sopwith Camel fighter slung below it . |
| 11 | After all , he spoiled the Independent 's early success by foolishly launching a Sunday edition just as recession hit Britain . |
| 12 | Realizing that he was the better fighter , I decided to gain the upper hand by launching a surprise attack . |
| 13 | Characteristically he seized the initiative himself , launching a surprise attack on Puy-St-Front , the Count of Périgord 's fortress at Périgueux , on 11 April 1182 . |
| 14 | TELEVISION personality Jonathan Dimbleby marked taking over the presidency of the Council for the Protection of Rural England by launching a £500,000 appeal to fund ‘ the battle to protect the English countryside . ’ |
| 15 | Page 26 James Neill sold : MMG Patricof , the fund manager , successfully took over the Sheffield engineering company James Neill after launching a £78m cash bid . |
| 16 | Republicans accused the Democrats of launching a smear campaign . |
| 17 | The same publisher is now launching a companion work , The Container Gardener by Rupert Golby ( April , £16.99 , 0 7472 0571 X ) , to cover the use of containers made of other kinds of material . |
| 18 | BILLINGHAM landlords are launching a pubwatch scheme in connection with police this week . |
| 19 | Performing this piece was as complicated as launching a space shuttle , involving synchronised computer systems , traditional orchestral instruments , African drums and as many technicians as trained musicians . |
| 20 | A NURSE who suffered two miscarriages is launching a support group to help others who have gone through the same tragedy . |
| 21 | A NURSE who suffered two miscarriages is launching a support group for others who have gone through the same tragedy . |
| 22 | CHAMPIONS of the disabled are launching a £30,000 appeal to help fund a new shop mobility scheme in Birkenhead . |
| 23 | THE Metropolitan Police are launching a recruitment campaign among blacks and Asians next year following criticism by MPs yesterday of low recruitment figures and a disturbingly high wastage rate among the ethnic minorities . |
| 24 | The SNP is also launching a recruitment drive but its attacks on Labour seem likely to cause most controversy . |
| 25 | US oil company , Pennzoil , has been ordered by the courts to produce documents before Christmas to prove it does not intend launching a takeover bid for its bigger rival , Chevron . |
| 26 | This month the Suzy Lamplugh Trust is launching a training scheme for companies so that staff can learn how to deal with potentially dangerous situations . |
| 27 | Greenpeace have joined with the World Wide Fund for Nature in launching a petition campaign for a complete ban on mineral exploitation in Antarctica . |
| 28 | Launching a sugar plantation took a great deal of capital and the planters were always short of money ; many of them had bought estates at the high land prices of the boom , and most of them felt they owed it to themselves to live in a gentlemanly way that ignored debts . |
| 29 | The first of SERA 's seminars for 1993 is planned for April at Napier University as an important step in launching a research network ( see below ) The Gender in Education Network currently being established hopes to draw on a wide range of expertise from a variety of institutions . |
| 30 | Gender and Education Launching a Research Network |