Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fist fights at the team 's base camp at Dunblane Hydro , a bender in Perth where two players were caught pissing up a close next to the town 's ‘ Shanghai Takeaway ’ , a euphoric send-off at Hampden Park , followed by defeat against Peru , a disgraceful match with Iran , a drug scandal and a piece of eleventh-hour magic which nearly overwhelmed the beaten finalists Holland . |
| 2 | The session was short , the smile fading from the face of the accused as Mrs Balanchine described in detail how the car had come storming around a blind corner and swung in close to the wall where they were waiting to cross . |
| 3 | POLICE have appealed for information in a bid to identify an elderly woman found wandering along a busy road . |
| 4 | Children may enjoy spreading out a large selection of junk materials on the floor , and exploring and experimenting with them with the teacher 's active participation and help . |
| 5 | Kayley Desmond , 14 months , had suffered three respiratory attacks where she suddenly stopped breathing over a few hours , Nurse Maxine Motley told Nottingham Crown Court . |
| 6 | Alternatively , if you expect to be in a high earning bracket , you might consider setting up a limited company , even if you are the only salaried employee , rather than launching the same business as a self-employed individual . |
| 7 | Successive government reports since the late 1930s had recommended setting up a national film bank , but it was only in the wake of the 1948 production crisis that the government seriously contemplated making funds available to the industry . |
| 8 | If you have ever considered setting up a photographic studio then you will know that there is an awful lot to think about . |
| 9 | The proposal for National Parks , however , received further support in the Dower report , published in 1945 , and that of the Hobhouse committee , which proposed setting up a National Parks Commission paid for out of public funds . |
| 10 | Budgetary time scale to encourage planning over a multi-year time horizon . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean serving up a one-legged chicken in front of all those guests . |
| 12 | The Syndicat also envisages setting up a central register to record the date of founding , the name of the artist , the title of the work , its size and weight . |
| 13 | This simply involves marking out a small area , collecting and marking all the dogwhelks within it , releasing them again into the same area . |
| 14 | Suddenly he said , ‘ Would you mind putting off a general inspection of the animals till tomorrow ? |
| 15 | This includes setting up a select committee to which ministers and civil servants could be summoned for questioning , and phasing out the present system by which legislation on Ulster is passed by unamendable Orders of Council . |
| 16 | This indirectly inspired the Victoria and Albert dockers to discuss setting up a rival organization to Tillett 's and led to a united campaign against the employers later in the month . |
| 17 | Mares in stalls make mucking out a large number easier . |
| 18 | I remember picking up a discarded newspaper and reading about a vicious gang attack on two young men , one of whom managed to escape . |
| 19 | In May 1978 the County Council began carrying out a technical feasibility study on a section of state forest in the Boggeragh Mountains between Rylane and Nadd , in the townland of Annagannihy . |
| 20 | We like putting on a good show . |
| 21 | The government and the banks are considering setting up a national data system of business angels , it would probably have to be government funded . |
| 22 | US representatives suggested imposing a lengthy , binding moratorium on all mining activity , while the UK favoured drawing up a revised convention governing conditions under which mining would be permitted . |
| 23 | A couple of big years followed but then owner Al Davis started bringing in a whole series of running backs handed star billing . |
| 24 | A couple of big years followed but then owner Al Davis started bringing in a whole series of running backs handed star billing . |
| 25 | I felt like I 'd been kicked by a camel but I still needed food , so I polished off the eclair , belched with all the decorum I could , and started eyeing up a Danish pastry . |
| 26 | The start of the game , with Scotland camped in Malta 's half , appeared to imply that the night would be spent wearing down a Maltese defence which used Buttigieg as a sweeper behind four other bodies . |
| 27 | Van Morrison , arguably the second most difficult white performer in rock history , wandered on in a suit to start improvising round a punchy version of the old Weavers hit , Good Night Irene . |
| 28 | Equipped with a new wardrobe and address book , Luna can not resist taking on a whole new identity and she soon finds that bad behaviour can be fun ! |
| 29 | In the light of growing evidence that the duty to report chartered accountants for breaches of regulations and other misdemeanours is putting Institute members off seeking help from other chartered accountants , the Institute is to consider setting up a confidential advisory scheme , possibly at district society level , which would be run along lines similar to the ‘ confessional ’ . |
| 30 | Although the output reductions are a worry in themselves , they do at least suggest that the industry is not about to start laying down a large supply of surplus whisky that could upset prices in the future . |