Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With my friend Ann , I go for walks across the hilly fields towards Viewpark or go playing on the coal byngs , and we make up stories , often vengeful episodes in which punishments are meted out to our enemies . |
| 2 | It says that slow growth will give an incoming government little scope either to cut taxes or increase spending over the life of the next Parliament . |
| 3 | Due to the fact that the sub-contractor when paid on a piecework basis achieves a relatively high hourly rate , most sub-contractors either negotiate an equivalent daywork rate per hour or resist working on daywork and agree rates or lump sums for the particular work involved . |
| 4 | The democratic aspiration in its classical form is doomed — an outcome which is viewed with either glee or regret according to the political orientation of the theorists concerned . |
| 5 | You can hire a boat or go fishing at Waterloo Lake |
| 6 | Dancers on stage must establish their relationship to each other and to those who enter and also the particular way they are to set the action or dance going by initiating the phrasing , style and expressiveness of the choreographic design to be unfolded . |
| 7 | any loss or damage arising during ( unless it be proved by the Policyholder that the loss or damage was not occasioned thereby ) or in consequence of riot or civil commotion |
| 8 | any liability , injury , loss or damage arising outside the United Kingdom unless notification has been given to General Accident and an International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) issued . |
| 9 | any liability , injury , loss or damage arising outside the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | loss or damage arising from delay or from confiscation or detention by custom or other official ; |
| 11 | The peril of theft includes loss or damage arising from burglary robbery and larceny . |
| 12 | It went on to exclude " all liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any seeds or plants supplied by us and for any consequential loss or damage arising out of such use … |
| 13 | Malicious acts and vandalism , except for loss or damage occurring in the circumstances detailed in * The Buildings Unoccupancy Clause in your Policy . |
| 14 | Escape of water from or frost damages to any washing machine dishwasher or plumbed-in domestic water or heating installation , except for loss or damage occurring in the circumstances detailed in *The Buildings Unoccupancy Clause in your Policy . |
| 15 | I told the others , ‘ we either write some new songs and start behaving like a proper band again or knock it on the head , this time for good ’ . |
| 16 | There is a quite hideous screaming and wailing coming from what seem to be endless depths within the Slough . |
| 17 | The next thing I recall is hearing Daniel 's screams and going looking for him . |
| 18 | When he saw Duclos striding back across the compound dragging a young Annamese boy behind him , he smiled quietly to himself , stepped back into his bedroom and began fumbling with the buttons of his silk shirt . |
| 19 | Space , however , was limited and Malc and I and the kids had to share one bedroom and keep praying for a council house of our own . |
| 20 | The child passengers gripped the broom while their arms pumped round in a rhythm , as their imaginary train gathered speed and went racing over the land . |
| 21 | Humanism considered the most powerful or most noble within society to be the best readers and directed writing at them not exclusively because writers looked to this class for generous rewards or for some snobbish appeal . |
| 22 | She put down her cup and took a tissue out of her trendy cardigan and started dabbing at her skirt . |
| 23 | The first Russian to mount the wall fell at once to a bullet from one of Thiercelin 's men , but now a slavonic deluge swamped the wall in a wave of green and grey , bayonets fixed , overran the Frenchmen on the terrace and began smashing at the door . |
| 24 | After ten paces , they seem to lose their nerve and start running down the street . |
| 25 | Fortunately , perfecting her roll was the breakthrough that gave Lesley the confidence to fight for her own to go on the top of the waves and start experimenting with hotdogging tricks . |
| 26 | I could not believe my own eyes and stood staring at him . |
| 27 | He had smiled at the frontier guards and kept walking with his rucksack slung over one shoulder … until the hand had clamped on his collar , and the boots had pitched him into a cell . |
| 28 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 29 | Confusion and muddle resulting from mislaid books and materials involve a waste of time for any pupil , but are even more of a nuisance for one who sees poorly . |
| 30 | I have the greatest sympathy for hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) , but there is a principle involved and it is about time that my right hon. and learned Friend stopped speaking as a lawyer and started acting as a politician . |