Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of discussion at the talks centred on Kuwait 's attempts to continue building up production as Gulf war damage to its oilfields was repaired . |
| 2 | The main stumbling block was a demand by Kuwait to be given freedom to continue building up production to cover a $50 billion bill for the Gulf war and subsequent reconstruction costs . |
| 3 | I had imagined that friendship meant giving up privacy , and closeness meant complete submersion in the other person . |
| 4 | Even when I 'm on days I have n't the cash to go gallivanting up West every night . ’ |
| 5 | Nurtured from their East End up bringing under the patronage of Punk revolutionary Jimmy Pursey , producer of their debut ‘ Flares & Slippers ’ EP , they fast became the sort of blokes you 'd avoid in the kebab shop come chucking out time . |
| 6 | Nurtured from their East End up bringing under the patronage of Punk revolutionary Jimmy Pursey , producer of their debut ‘ Flares & Slippers ’ EP , they fast became the sort of blokes you 'd avoid in the kebab shop come chucking out time . |
| 7 | A lot of people started handing in pellet guns and antique muzzle-loaders they 've been keeping for years without a licence . |
| 8 | Daisy started forking up celeriac . |
| 9 | ‘ Three names kept cropping up time and time again , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 10 | But , er , other people start bringing up sort of problems with the French tax situation on such and such a structure of company or whatever , which is not anything we want to get involved with . |
| 11 | ‘ When leaving England in September to live in Paris I resolved to change my life style completely , which of course meant giving up Medau ! |
| 12 | The Government beat putting up interest rates by the skin of its teeth . |
| 13 | Rainwater can be collected in different-sized containers , raindrops observed going down window panes , etc . |
| 14 | In practice , the philosophy of racial health involved laying down expert injunctions to the working-class and to women on the importance of preserving imperial stamina and physique . |
| 15 | Certain students enjoy finding out information for themselves ; other students prefer being spoon-fed . |
| 16 | TOWN GETS IT OWN EATING OUT GUIDE |
| 17 | At first it had affected Mr Cosmo very little , but when the little screen began putting out quality material , the Cosmo ( then under the control of George 's son Ronald Singleton ) was no longer viable and the family sold it , with great reluctance , to the Scottish Film Council . |