Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Bowen admitted , it had been ‘ like the Alamo ’ for Norwich and bastions was on the lips of every Millwall supporter as they headed home complaining of an iniquitous defeat , their moans contrasting the broadcasted cries of consummation . |
| 2 | Furthermore , in many more isolated and smaller settlements a wife may be unable to work regularly owing to a lack of jobs or transport ; therefore the total mortgage that a would-be home buyer can obtain will be based on a multiple of the husband 's income alone . |
| 3 | You do n't really I mean I think I do n't know maybe working for a char firm of chartered surveyors you have I mean it 's the same system is n't working as a dogsbody and then maybe |
| 4 | I did n't know specifically asking for a sleeping tablet . |
| 5 | Curtis was standing beside one of the unmarked Homicide cars parked outside the Eldorado apartment block , absent mindedly toying with a clear plastic production bag . |
| 6 | To cap a highly successful conclusion to the season — in which the Berkshire side first out-matched defending champions David Lloyd , Heston and then , in the Grand Finals , beat the top seeds Ilkley — the club No. 1 Gary Drake was named the special Grand Finals ‘ Player-of-the-Tournament ’ by Wimbledon referee Alan Mills , and drove away smiling in a brand new £15,000 Vauxhall Astra convertible . |
| 7 | It seemed to him that Vincent came home spoiling for a fight . |
| 8 | Coming out of the loo , she found Drew , looking equally ravishing in a blue striped shirt rolled up to show very brown arms . |
| 9 | Imagine yourself drifting on a tranquil lake one warm summer evening while the setting sun bathes an Alpine meadow ; imagine walking leisurely among scented pine woods and looking up wonderously at jagged peaks ; imagine simply strolling through a picturesque medieval town , admiring lovely gardens and sampling a range of regional gastronomic treats . |
| 10 | The Tsar presides over an assembly made up predominantly of landowners , seen here standing at a respectful distance , and leading members of the Church 's hierarchy , seated at the front |
| 11 | He had written twice asking for a meeting , and he had received no reply . |
| 12 | As the child became more demanding in a more unpleasant manner the mother would respond negatively until a long sequence of shouting and hitting would develop . |
| 13 | My lady looks pale nigh unto death and you stand there gabbling like a half-wit . ’ |
| 14 | We were set different tasks to do eg getting across an area of grass which had poison on it . |
| 15 | She wants to do bareback ridin' in a circus and show 'er legs like all them circus girls do . |
| 16 | I remember once dealing with a particularly brutal river scheme , and seeing hanging in the engineers ' porta-cabin , which overlooked the now canalized river , a calendar showing The Haywain . |
| 17 | I remember once talking with a woman who replied to my first question , ‘ No , I find it hard to believe . ’ |
| 18 | I remember once praying with a couple upon whom the Holy Spirit was powerfully moving . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got enough to do now coping with an exacting career and tidying up after Barney without adding to my workload ! ’ |
| 20 | Allen climbed a tree but although he climbed to a high bough and hung there swaying like a squirrel they were in a low-lying bowl of forest and he could see neither the Smoke nor the last rays of the westering sun but only leaves . |
| 21 | And I felt like I remember sometimes feeling as a child when I was doing something a bit difficult , a bit daring . |
| 22 | We had almost half an hour of this , then brown , wet walls of rock closed us in , the sound of the engine grinding upwards reverberating in a deep cut , the foglights accentuating the macabre theatricality of our struggle up the path through which Pizarro and his four hundred armoured hidalgoes had climbed to destroy the Inca Empire half a millennium ago . |
| 23 | But it is not adequate for many of the tasks of the modern capitalist state which has to intervene increasingly according to a ‘ substantive ’ rather than ‘ formal ’ rationality ( Therborn 1978 : 54 , 89 ) based on highly specialized forms of expertise ( e.g. Dunleavy 1982 : 196–205 ) — for example , in production itself . |
| 24 | In one instance , the Book of Cerne , a prayer is found ultimately deriving from a work in the corpus found at Nag Hammadi . |
| 25 | Walking through the lobby of Hotel Vancouver one day I happened to see Shelly talking to a smart looking young lady and when I joined them he introduced his assistant , Hellen Semmens . |
| 26 | The nature of this will vary greatly depending on a rose 's ancestry , while its appreciation is a very personal matter . |
| 27 | Such groups may cohere together according to a wide variety of principles , e.g. by identification with a particular locality , a particular herd of livestock , a particular parcel of seed ( annually replaced ) , a particular lineage name transmitted from parent to child , and 50 on . |
| 28 | What I what I thought was , well let's have erm , Woodrow Wilson , okay , as you said at the beginning of the book , Freud admits that he did n't like Wilson , and that he felt betrayed by Wilson , like a lot of people in Central Europe did I suppose , because you know , Wilson came over erm , with fourteen points as the saviour of the world , and went away leaving with a piece of . |
| 29 | the game is on monday … broadcasted live over here in europe by SkySport. which means that halvard will leave home heading for a pub with SkySport and probably a pint or five ( depends on the result ) … |
| 30 | You can perform relaxation exercises lying down but we would prefer if you try initially sitting in a comfortable armchair . |