Example sentences of "[adj] and [v-ing] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable .
2 Goodwill arising on consolidation before 1st April 1985 and arising after 1st April 1990 is amortised through the profit and loss account over the directors ' estimate of its useful economic life .
3 His mouth , so hard and demanding at first , was softening , moving slowly over hers .
4 The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’
5 Many pupils may object that they find this kind of culture to be alien and puzzling at first since this is a non-exam course there is opportunity for pupils to mark time without any serious results but to achieve personal development gradually or late on in the course at an individual pace .
6 ‘ We are now 11th and aiming for sixth place . ’
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