Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physically , it can cause hangovers , disturbed sleep , vitamin deficiencies and inflammation of the gastro intestinal tract and , more seriously , severe liver damage eventually resulting in death . |
| 2 | ‘ Subject as above , ’ — and subsection ( 1 ) deals with the fact that certain provisions extend to Northern Ireland — ‘ and to any provision expressly relating to companies incorporated elsewhere than in Great Britain , nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland or applies to or in relation to companies registered or incorporated in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
| 4 | He looked steadily at her and Jenna moved back obediently , her heart suddenly pounding with anxiety because she had no idea what Alain was talking about . |
| 5 | He 's er a financial whiz kid now is n't he as well Adam Faith so talking to Dennis this afternoon on Afternoon Special . |
| 6 | It took her some time to get used to that but she got the knack of it in the end , and they spent hours together shooting at marks , or at rabbits on the Down or pigeons in the high trees at the forest edge . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents . |
| 8 | ) This being Operation Bowery , conducted with HMS Eagle 60 of 64 aircraft successfully landing on Malta — KE ) |
| 9 | Wounded during the robbery , Roth ( Mr Orange ) actually spends most of the movie slowly bleeding to death , while Harvey Keitel ( the sentimental old-time thief Mr White ) , Steve Buscemi ( the motormouth obsessive Mr Pink ) and Michael Madsen ( the quietly psychopathic Mr Blonde ) bicker and brawl about who sold them out . |
| 10 | ‘ The consciousness secretly indwelling in matter , the occult inhabitant , is able to make its way upward from the lower to the higher gradations , taking up what it was into what it is and preparing to take up both into what it will be . |
| 11 | With legs slowly turning to jelly , I skied down hard , icy snow , followed by spring snow , then slush . |
| 12 | The metric in this region may be taken to be of the form ( 6.20 ) , but with the metric functions U , V , W and M all depending on u only . |
| 13 | The DIY business has been fiercely competitive with Do-It-All , B&Q and Texas all battling for supremacy through price cuts and heavy advertising . |
| 14 | Her eyes suddenly filling with tears , she shook her head . |
| 15 | A kiss before parting , she thought , and lifted her face , her golden-brown eyes suddenly sparkling with tears . |
| 16 | Another consequence of reorganization apparently detracting from job satisfaction has been a depersonalization of relationships within the organization . |
| 17 | Did she imagine a faint degree of tension suddenly evaporating from Guy Sterne 's cool , enigmatic expression ? |
| 18 | The new method involves candidates literally wrestling for power in a knockout tournament . |
| 19 | Again , the liability depends upon the money or property in question being received in the ordinary course of the receiving partner 's activities within the firm and not upon any authority vested in himsee Willett v Chambers ( 1778 ) Cowp 814 ( misapplication of moneys received from a client for investment on mortgage , the client being billed in the name of the firm ) , Rhodes v Moules [ 1895 ] 1 Ch 236 ( partner absconding with bearer share warrants proffered by client as collateral security for a mortgage loan , where the firm was in the habit of receiving such securities from its clients ) and Blair v Bromley ( 1847 ) 12 Ph 354 ( misapplication of money by a partner who paid interest on it to the client , the fraud only coming to light on the partner 's bankruptcy . |
| 20 | The overlaps between the Cretan script and other scripts , such as the hieroglyphic scripts of Cyprus and the Hittite lands of Anatolia , may suggest an alternative possibility , that they all evolved from a common ancestor , a now-lost script perhaps originating in Syria . |
| 21 | Continue along the coast soon keeping to left of lighthouse buildings at St Abb 's Head ; briefly join lighthouse road , but it is best almost immediately to divert off it to rejoin cliff-top for sea views . |
| 22 | ‘ He was looking at me with his eyes just flickering with fear . |
| 23 | I shouted , my legs still shaking with fright . |
| 24 | The hills are wrapped in a shawl of pink light gradually fading into dusk . |
| 25 | As Dexter staggered out of the door , he saw the superintendent still pondering over Nicola 's letter , her face bathed in the light of her desk lamp . |
| 26 | For the thousands of fans still listening to Stones records today , it 's enough to know Brian Jones ' music . |
| 27 | He took in the blood still dripping from Alexei 's sword , and then his eyes went to the blowpipe in Jehana 's hand . |
| 28 | There were so many loose ends , so many clients still waiting for attention , and she could not let them down . |
| 29 | Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again . |
| 30 | For a while Sheila Williams sat quite motionless , her large , brown eyes gradually moistening like pavements in a sudden shower . |