Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Griffiths , of Thurlby Road , Redcar , who had been staying in Kentish Town , admitted criminally damaging the telephone booth . |
| 2 | In the home computer market speech synthesis is generally used to enhance games ; scores are read out and warnings of enemy attack can be given verbally leaving the player free to concentrate on the tactics of the game . |
| 3 | Still , I decided , there was n't much fear of Mrs Chapman accepting so insulting an offer . |
| 4 | IN : The new Commons stage will be graced by the actress , Miss Glenda Jackson , 55 , who produced sufficiently convincing a performance in her debut as an active Labour politician to stir Hampstead and Highgate . |
| 5 | If anything , he was a little nervous about his ability to sustain so demanding a role for fifty-two weeks . |
| 6 | All the children were in , and their Irish ancestry made loud arguing the norm . |
| 7 | This will occur if for example the buyer has had some use of the goods and subsequently they perished thereby frustrating the contract . |
| 8 | As this was precisely the aspect of him which Lydia found most annoying the discussion lapsed . |
| 9 | The experiment involved secretly filming a group of children , ranged in age groups of ten to thirteen , watching a never-before-seen episode of a science fiction serial . |
| 10 | He did not enjoy relentlessly repeating the set during practices . |
| 11 | Communicators in Africa 's Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries now have unprecedented opportunities to work together following the creation of a six-country network , with plans for joint activities including a regular information bulletin entitled Communication for Development . |
| 12 | Events moved swiftly following the death of King Edward . |
| 13 | The trust 's assets , which consist of shareholdings in other companies , are then liquidated thus releasing the capital needed by the acquiring corporation . |
| 14 | The other birds fly away leaving the warner with a temporary monopoly of the food . |
| 15 | Situated a 5 minute walk from the centre of Fuschl , the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens and stands directly facing the lake . |
| 16 | In 1962 he was driving home following a drinking session to ease the tensions of recording a TV play , Hedda Gabler , when he crashed into some roadworks . |
| 17 | If each firm believes the other 's threat to minimax forever following a defection , its best response is not to defect . |
| 18 | The procedure seems to work well providing a balance between finality of decision making and the interests of justice in allowing the re-opening of certain decisions . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I felt unfortunate to lose that tournament but it told me I was good enough to win a major and I 've come here hitting the ball as well as I ever have . ’ |
| 20 | There is also a constant westward drift in surface waters immediately surrounding the continent , and an eastward drift under the influence of westerly winds beyond the Antarctic Divergence , that spread species longitudinally and ensure circumpolar distributions . |
| 21 | Gastric secretions were then aspirated continuously using a suction pump , with suction applied for 50 out of each 60 seconds and secretions collected in 15 minute aliquots . |
| 22 | Urged on by Verhoeven , Phil Tippett and his team pushed rear projection to its limits and almost beyond , having the puppet move towards the camera and even once step right over it , a process that involved partially dismantling the leg . |
| 23 | Both say simply writing the book has helped them come to terms with the experience and it 's a story that 's still gripping many people . |
| 24 | These included the famous Rob Lowe video ( ‘ When the light 's poor , you ca n't see the million dollar dick ! ’ ) and a film of the Go-Gos drunkenly deriding a groupie jerking off backstage ( ‘ Microphone placement is very important . |
| 25 | His heart thumped painfully and his hands began to shake again causing the light from the beat lamp to flicker wildly over the gravestones . |
| 26 | As stated earlier these strategies are defined as ‘ activating forces within the system to alter the system ’ , and they involve either improving the problem-solving capabilities of the system , or releasing and fostering growth in the persons who make up the system to be changed . |
| 27 | Albert leapt onto the footplate , missed his footing and grabbed the regulator to stop himself falling ; the train moved forward dragging the nanny and child under the wheels . |
| 28 | It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody . |
| 29 | This involved either burning the skin over the tendon , or inserting red hot iron pins into the tendon itself . |
| 30 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |