Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Sharpe , spokesman for Hills , who cut the second favourite , Double Dutch , from 7-1 to 6-1 and Royal Square from 16-1 to 10-1 yesterday , countered by saying : ‘ We have often been criticised for including in our ante-post lists horses that trainers later said were never intended runners . |
| 2 | It is worth seeing for its two marble medallions which show the Annunciation , with the angel on the left and the Virgin Mary on the right , the work of Agostino Busti . |
| 3 | You see when the erm legislation changes shortly , well the legislation is there but when it 's enacted erm they they will become responsible for repairing after their own hole digging and they have to provide us with guarantees . |
| 4 | But Ramsey had an alarming faculty for seeing through his own utterances . |
| 5 | She begged pardon at once for — being so free as to presume I will be read but then , ma'am , you must blame yourself for encouraging in me that letter-writing soul . |
| 6 | Erm now in general terms , this budget keeps within policy guidelines and I am grateful to Environment Committee for sticking to their lower level and help us out as mentioned yesterday . |
| 7 | You can also apply for financing for your first home , a mortgage for a holiday home and re-mortgaging facilities . |
| 8 | Rod Hull is famous for appearing with which feathered creature from Australia ? |
| 9 | Each , it is true , has her own perspective : for France , it is about cocking a snook at the Americans , for Germany about playing the leading role in a superstate , for Italy about compensating for her chronic democratic weaknesses ; for others it is to be able to benefit from German largesse . |
| 10 | Then , falling into each other 's arms , they tumbled about laughing at their own precocious English . |
| 11 | this joke is not about laughing at your own jokes |
| 12 | he 's suffering , it 's bad about laughing at your own jokes that , you do n't do that . |
| 13 | TV busybody Loyd Grossman says he would think twice about appearing on his own show Through The Keyhole . |
| 14 | This state of affairs may change and it would always be worth checking with your nearest educational authority . |
| 15 | Some improvements — such as replacing soft furnishings or general decorations — do n't qualify for tax relief , so it 's always worth checking with your local tax office . |
| 16 | I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ . |
| 17 | Human physiology and biochemistry are no less appropriate subjects for understanding in their own right and for university study and research because they have become the tools of the lucrative and utilitarian profession of medicine . |
| 18 | Oh , Leo ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly as she looked at him , a plea for understanding in her lovely eyes . |
| 19 | Then they wo n't be cross with us for interfering in their primitive rituals . ’ |
| 20 | The station was recaptured after about three hours by soldiers loyal to the government , after firing in which two soldiers were killed . |
| 21 | Adam also wrote the De Utensilibus ad Domum Regendam , a treatise composed after returning to his native village which he had left over eleven years before ; its use of quaint and archaic words was designed to show his knowledge of learned terminology in naming objects of everyday life . |
| 22 | The Whitby skipper was speaking after returning from his latest controversial adventure on the high seas . |
| 23 | Hours after swearing in his clean-up-the-mess government on April 29th , the new prime minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi lost four ministers : the three members of the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS ) — Italy 's ex-communists — and the leader of the Greens . |
| 24 | Jim Rodgers said a delegation of UUP councillors was still awaiting a meeting with the Security Minister after writing to him ten days ago . |
| 25 | After listening to my Sikh sisters ' accounts of their lives and relationships and the sensitive Izzat of their men I had the feeling that for Sikhs Izzat is not pride or honour — it is male ego , pure and simple . |
| 26 | NIGEL MANSELL was taken to the circuit medical centre at Interlagos suffering from shock and minor injuries after tangling with his old rival , Ayrton Senna , and crashing heavily in the last minute of an incident-filled final qualifying session for today 's Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 27 | After paying for her younger sister 's lavish wedding last autumn he had begun saving for the world cruise he had promised her mother for their thirtieth wedding anniversary . |
| 28 | LITTLE Laura Davies played happily at home yesterday morning after waking in her own bed for the first time in more than five months . |
| 29 | YORKSHIRE girl Jackie Dawson , 21 , who moved from Barnsley to Amsterdam with husband Andrew two years ago , gave birth to a son yesterday after rushing from her flat to help rescuers . |
| 30 | Jones has given talks about muon catalysed fusion all over the USA and in Europe , so it is ironic that it was after speaking at his new home institution , Brigham Young University , on 12 March 1986 that the seminal interaction occurred with Paul Palmer . |