Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunities for successfully re-using a structure to which it is necessary to make major modifications in order to suit it to its new task are small , even with ironwork of exceptionally good quality . |
| 2 | RICHARD ANTHONY , the Cross Keys lock forward , has been banned for 33 playing weeks for verbally abusing a referee . |
| 3 | Magistrate Felix Pizzarello attacked the police for secretly taping a conversation between Newall and his uncle and aunt in which he is said to have made certain admissions . |
| 4 | Thus , the maximum penalty for indecently assaulting a man was formerly ten years ' imprisonment , whereas for a woman it was two years , rising to five where she was under 13 . |
| 5 | Previous convictions : one , for indecently assaulting a girl aged 19 . |
| 6 | Bishop Peter Ball went into retirement after being cautioned by police for indecently assaulting a trainee monk . |
| 7 | Firms that have particular local difficulties , through perhaps having a plant that is environmentally unfriendly , may offer generous school industry links to boost the firm 's image in the community . |
| 8 | The great thing about only having a licence fee is that you do retain complete editorial control and all the rights . |
| 9 | The estimated cost of £22,000 provoked considerable discussion on how it should be financed , for many members felt increasingly perturbed about personally improving an investment which belonged to others , namely the bondholders . |
| 10 | Lydia did not castigate herself for so disliking a fellow-being , believing that it was sufficient merely to refrain from overt unkindness . |
| 11 | I am told you were recently criticised by a learned judge for wrongly sending a Romany for trial to the Assizes in Oxford ? ’ |
| 12 | Recently , nine members of Windscale Judo Club achieved a higher level in the sport after successfully completing an upgrading contest . |
| 13 | Archie got a surge of confidence after successfully negotiating a step or two . |
| 14 | After only playing a couple of games for the Anglo-Scots , due to injury , he made a successful impact in the ‘ B ’ game at Murrayfield , where the back row went well enough to be picked en block for the Reds , the junior side in the Scottish trial . |
| 15 | After carefully exploring a variety of different theoretical approaches to explaining government growth , the study looked at seven different policy areas — public assistance , elementary and secondary education , higher education , environment , unemployment , libraries and fire protection — and examined who or what was important in the process of governmental growth . |
| 16 | Aussie RL chiefs have done a U-turn after originally backing a plan for the Brisbane Broncos to take on John Monie 's Wigan for the World Club crown at Central Park on October 31 , a week after the World Cup final . |
| 17 | Colin Jackson hopes to turn the tables on his best friend , Olympic champion Mark McKoy , in their first meeting since the Canadian controversially won the world indoor sprint hurdles title after seemingly getting a flyer . |
| 18 | Richmondshire District Council 's development services committee dismissed the plans by 11 votes to seven after earlier rejecting a move to refer the issue to the full council . |
| 19 | Regretting the commercialism , Susan provides a dress bank for newcomers and stresses the amateur nature of her hobby : ‘ When you worry about not winning a medal , it 's time to give up . |
| 20 | She regularly boasted about not having a sense of humour . |
| 21 | Er and this particular time of the year , it was summer of course , you we you you were n't overly worried about not having a shelter , you see . |
| 22 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 23 | ‘ Nothing abnormal about not having a period for two years . |
| 24 | But , and I did n't know this until I read the book , if you stand next to something that is triangular shaped , like , say , a triangle , it will give you a great feeling of harmony , and you wo n't give a f— about not having a place to live . ’ |
| 25 | Er and the point about not offering a solution , C P R E clearly has in in erm taking to go on to talk about the subsequent parts of policy H one and H two , the County Council 's figures and then doing an analysis of those in relation to the new settlement , but I appreciate chairman that erm we 'll come back to that . |
| 26 | The young trendies of the soft right , like their Fascist counterparts of half a century earlier , bragged about not giving a damn . |
| 27 | Erm it maybe that in this alteration the erm it 's worth just spending a minute on whether B eight should just be kept out of the frame for the moment and it 's something that gets dealt with at a later time when more policies are in play . |
| 28 | The PLO itself published a communiqué in Tunis on June 8 attributing responsibility for the killing to the Israeli secret service , Mossad — a charge which was in turn dismissed by the Israeli authorities as not meriting a response . |
| 29 | Secondly , embarrassment may be a reason for not reporting a crime ; victims may want to hide an offence rather than report it . |
| 30 | However , Dr Clarke adds that the secretary of one defence body ‘ did qualify this by stating that doctors may be questioned very closely about their reasons for not taking a patient 's temperature and , taken with other factors , this may swing a decision for disciplinary proceedings against the doctor ’ . |