Example sentences of "[adj] and [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was described as being about 30 and wearing a diamond patterned jumper . |
| 2 | Haymo receiving news of this and hearing the commotion sent word to the Archbishop for further news , but found that the worthy Primate had left with his attendants and was well on the road to Kent . |
| 3 | Located immediately above this and resembling a length of millet ( as bought for budgerigars ) are the male flowers . |
| 4 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 5 | The apparent aim was to strengthen the Sunday Telegraph , which with a circulation of 667,000 was nearly half a million copies behind the daily and facing a fight for its life . |
| 6 | He had gone to great trouble to ascertain ways in which my knowledge of Italy and especially Libya might be put to use : As I was once again unemployed and earning no money , I needed to obtain some work . |
| 7 | That is not to say that we can ignore people who are unemployed and seeking a way of earning a living . |
| 8 | Like most British national trails , many continental distance routes assume that walkers are travelling light and seeking a roof over their heads each night . |
| 9 | Archaeologists , anthropologists and psychologists are all guilty of shovelling up a multitude of references to the feminine and labelling the heap as the ‘ Great Mother ’ . |
| 10 | Colouring a few faces brown and celebrating a couple of extra festivals does not constitute multicultural education . |
| 11 | ‘ Without a replacement , the plant could have been out of action for months , reducing Torness 's productive capacity by half and costing the company a fortune in lost revenue . |
| 12 | The two largest of these were especially fine — one representing the Patron Saint as a Roman Soldier on horseback , cutting his cloak in half and giving a half to a beggar . |
| 13 | Over the years there have been a number of fatal towplane accidents caused by gliders getting too high and jerking the towplane into a steep dive . |
| 14 | Eventually they saw ahead of them the bridge standing high and spanning the valley ; red crumbling brick it stood , carrying a farm road and seldom used by anyone else . |
| 15 | Avtar , who arrived in England aged 12 and speaking no English , spent two years working with community radio in Los Angeles . |
| 16 | It 's just that , as a nome who is probably seven years old and feeling a bit creaky , I 've got to admit I 'd find it sort of comforting to have a few of the good old signs around the place . |
| 17 | When Geoffrey de Preuilly caught up with Fulk le Réchin 's men to obtain a hearing for his plea , he found the count sitting on a table , his steward standing before him , his huntsman below , mounted and carrying the count 's falcon . |
| 18 | Taking out some and reducing the number of pests is one thing , but reliable eradication can hardly be expected or hoped for , and much as it may displease those purists who do not like the idea of using poisonous chemicals in the garden , they have to be our main line of defence and protection of our roses . |
| 19 | She says : ‘ Maybe men need something that looks like ‘ a proper drink ’ but , as a woman , there is no stigma attached to being sensible and having an orange juice . ’ |
| 20 | Members of the senior management team who will be responsible for guiding and shaping the Board to meet the many challenges and opportunities of the future are … |
| 21 | Just imagine a single garment that can be mixed and matched a million times to look different and devastating every time . |
| 22 | It is something different and playing the game these days when everything is so fast , anything slightly different and unorthodox is good . ’ |
| 23 | Relating manpower requirements to production forecasts can be costly and inconvenient and using a microcomputer will assist personnel departments in the decision process . |
| 24 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 25 | There would be little point in having these different norms ( which are arbitrary in linguistic terms ) if they did not carry social meaning , distinguishing between one community and another and carrying a sense of community identity for speakers . |
| 26 | Yeah the the graphs it 's just a question of doing a few and getting the feel of it and then we 'll . |
| 27 | Whereas the bulk of America has been slow to latch on to new British acts , the more European attitudes of New York welcomed anything English and wielding a guitar . |
| 28 | The chapels mentioned are masterpieces of their period , entirely English and representing the climax of craftsmanship and design in the Gothic style , achieving a harmonious balance of mass and form . |
| 29 | However distasteful and frightening an act of incest may have been , the earlier fantasies of wanting the parent for the self may leave a trail of connected guilt . |
| 30 | On 8 November they would continue to sing for their suppers by reading out newspapers to the less literate and explaining the significance of the Third International . |