Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore even in a fused profession , the barristers in chambers in the Inns of Court and elsewhere would undoubtedly enter into partnership as specialist trial advocates and do agency work for other solicitors , whose own staff were unable to act as advocates in every case or where the complexity of the case justified bringing in a specialist advocate . |
| 2 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 3 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |
| 4 | Knocker suddenly stopped mopping down the bar and looked at Yanto . |
| 5 | These included speeding up the confinement of government troops and agreeing to an election timetable . |
| 6 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 7 | In the pauses , I tried totting up the words Vern had spoken since we 'd arrived . |
| 8 | Now as he comes out of the roundabout he starts overtaking down the offside of those vehicles . |
| 9 | DRIVER Ian Sharpe reported knocking over a girl and was told by police : ‘ That 's a ghoul . ’ |
| 10 | This involved costing up the advantages and disadvantages of each of the proposed courses of action and selecting the preferred option on the basis of the balance of each calculation . |
| 11 | This involved looking up the ailments common to exotic animals in order to be prepared for any searching questions by the proprietor . |
| 12 | After that , you can expect Leeds mail to come surging down the wires to your computer every day of the week , and aim to join in the talk whenever you can . |
| 13 | erm , I mean people who spend their entire Saturday doing something that they , I mean , I do n't enjoy going out every Saturday ! |
| 14 | Well if you rung you could always say oh I 'll have to go cos somebody at the door if she starts going on a bit long . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway , ’ Yanto continued , ‘ Selwyn starts pulling out the bucket from under me . |
| 16 | As I recall , I had conveyed a plea to Miss Kenton for assistance — via a messenger , naturally — and had left M. Dupont sitting in the billiard room awaiting his nurse , when the first footman had come hurrying down the staircase in some distress to inform me that my father had been taken ill upstairs . |
| 17 | From the customer 's point of view , buying now on credit does save any increase in price that would take place between now and ( say ) whenever he finishes paying off the loan . |
| 18 | Before I left the Lock and I was on nights the sirens went one night and this was before they stopped going down the shelter we went down the air raid shelter that is , now , is the cellar to the club at Bloxwich Lock 's club ! |
| 19 | Erm that 's good but there 's an awful lot there , it needs breaking down a bit . |
| 20 | But Charlton said : ‘ I ca n't consider watering down the team for Lithuania in anticipation of Spain . |
| 21 | The sand area will need stirring up every time you do a water change , so that it does n't get compacted and sour the tank . |
| 22 | It has been self-consciously policy-oriented and has fed directly into the political debate with a series of prescriptions which involve cutting back the activities of the state and changing the nature of democracy in Britain . |
| 23 | January 30 : Cannabis worth £100,000 uncovered on a fruit lorry stopped coming off a ferry at Larne . |
| 24 | After a while she became more accustomed to the extreme dark and quite enjoyed blowing out the light and being swallowed up by the billowing darkness . |
| 25 | The Emperor is supposed to have considered giving up the Province , and Seneca , who , as one of his advisers was well informed , is said to have been calling in his , or the Imperial , loans . |
| 26 | He sat still and his words seemed to come crawling up the sunlight , over the grass . |
| 27 | The EC would then consider taking over the WEU 's functions in 1996-97 ( i.e. before the WEU 's 50-year Brussels Treaty expired in 1998 ) . |
| 28 | This will be very unsatisfactory , so is there anyone nearer to Horndean who would consider taking on the task ? ’ |
| 29 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |
| 30 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |