Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | With this foothold , and after further controversial sackings , he took control , eventually bringing in John Freeman , the eminently respectable journalist and ex-Ambassador to the USA , as chairman . |
2 | The civil servant on Plowden 's team in charge of the power station construction programme was F. W. ( ‘ Bomber ’ ) Smith , who had made his name in the War by successfully stepping up aircraft production in Beaverbrook 's celebrated Ministry . |
3 | I know it 's daft , she said should 've gone Christmas week and I said I 'm not going down Christmas week so I went the week before . |
4 | She 's just going completely bonkers woman ! |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Where tropical forest grew only a few years ago , a vast desert is now rapidly engulfing inland Brazil spreading at a rate of several miles a year . |
7 | At Hampton Ferry the Saturday match was cancelled but with a milder day the Sunday event was still going ahead Saturday night . |
8 | Graham Bell and Ronald Duncan were two seconds off the pace , about 60 yards , and Martin Bell , still working up snow time after his knee operation , three seconds . |
9 | He says nowadays shopkeepers are really asking please city government can you get our street or our part of the city centre car-free because it creates … such a better way of doing shops and walking and you can really enjoy the city centre much more . |
10 | There was n't any violence between prisoners in the dining hall — it was mainly smashing up prison property — but there was some violence towards the officers . |
11 | And it was entirely likely she 'd produce documented evidence that Crevecoeur had signed a contract with her , effectively handing over hir body for however long the contract stipulated . |
12 | He went to the podium , reportedly pushing aside deputy general secretary Volodymyr Ivashko who tried to restrain him , after hearing fierce criticism , including a speech by Russian Federation Communist Party ( CP ) leader Ivan Polozkov accusing him of " abandoning the party " and criticizing the lack of harsh measures to restore order . |
13 | Simply putting up speed limit signs , then , is known not to work . |
14 | Manufacturers are hurriedly bringing out Gulf war model kits and war games to satisfy the armchair generals who want to fight it out for themselves . |
15 | Big business interests have been quietly buying up Latvia match tickets to ensure seats for their clients at the Republic game . |
16 | The accused allegedly deceived federal regulators by fraudulently taking over Independence Bank of Encino , California , using Pharaon as a front . |
17 | I am therefore setting up Exe Directory . |