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 .
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