Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably at home , I got bollocksed for having them last night as well . |
| 2 | A DECISION was being taken today on whether the 92-year-old Queen Mother , newly released from hospital , can immediately get back to work by attending her first official engagement , scheduled for tomorrow . |
| 3 | Members of the 69th Doncaster Pack relax after holding their first Coffee Evening . |
| 4 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
| 5 | I would n't mind being shot , but I 'm sure Raimundo would insist on raping me first . |
| 6 | Then Furlong was just wide with a shot-on-the-turn from 12 yards and Coventry 's supporters were justified in expecting their first win in five games — and only the third of Don Howe 's reign . |
| 7 | ‘ The whole of this club is rooting for him and wishing him well , ’ added the comparatively young Liverpool chairman , who admitted to finding his first year in office ‘ a difficult baptism ’ . |
| 8 | Generals are often derided for fighting their last war all over again . |
| 9 | Perinatal statistics were equally lamentable : out of every 1,000 live births in 1840 , 154 infants died before attaining their first year . |
| 10 | JAPAN 'S young women , like their sisters in other rich countries before them , are now marrying later , putting off having their first child longer and then choosing to have fewer children in all . |
| 11 | Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division . |
| 12 | Moreover , many of the more able pupils were leaking out of the system : even of the most able 10 per cent , two out of five had left before attaining their sixteenth birthday . |
| 13 | We 're thinking of extending it next year to cover secondary . |
| 14 | Help with choosing your first camcorder |
| 15 | Senna 's rivals in will have to look much more convincing than they did in Phoenix if the Brazilian is to be kept from winning his third title , reports Maurice Hamilton |
| 16 | But he has nothing like Lewis ' big-time experience , is much lighter and was floored before winning his last fight against Australian Craig Petersen in Antwerp a month ago . |
| 17 | Twoflower had insisted on paying his first four days ' wages in advance . |
| 18 | Phil Whelan has returned from winning his second England under-21 cap in Turkey on Tuesday and looks likely to deputise once again at left-back . |
| 19 | Phil Whelan has returned from winning his second England under-21 cap in Turkey on Tuesday and looks likely to deputise once again at left-back . |