Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Like to come wiv me next week ? ’ offered Rose , the bus slowly bringing them nearer home with each plodding step . |
| 2 | The UK Environment Secretary , Michael Howard , announced on April 30 that the target for stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels had been brought forward from 2005 to 2000 , thereby bringing it into line with the EC position . |
| 3 | For several weeks now he had been chipping away at this problem of finding Elsie , slowly nagging it into submission . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been slowly starving us to death , ’ they said . |
| 5 | Mike Benton 's ideas are reminiscent of those of Tony Swain and Gillian Cooper-Driver who proposed that dinosaurs became extinct through their dietary requirements They suggested that the development of alkaloidal synthesis of cyanogenic glycoside precursors in the early angiosperms made them unpalatable to the dinosaurs , effectively starving them into extinction . |
| 6 | Finally Ayatollah Khomeini had reclaimed his mantle as the most radical of the Imams by proclaiming a fatwa against Rushdie in February 1989 , effectively condemning him to death . |
| 7 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 8 | The traffic queue into London stretched back miles , for a sewer had collapsed in the centre of Wandsworth and gangs of workmen were tearing up the shattered road , apparently rebuilding it from scratch . |
| 9 | ‘ Ah , but that was when I was only pumping you for information , not giving it to you . |
| 10 | The elder was behaving as if parties of white women were constantly presenting him with gunpowder . |
| 11 | Another suggestion one tends to hear is that animals should live on our farms but not be killed , only providing us with milk , wool and manure . |
| 12 | There was a cousin Dilwyn from whom he became inseparable ( they even shared a pair of roller skates ) and to whom he gave the greatest tribute of affection by constantly getting him into trouble . |
| 13 | For instance , a canned food processor would not normally consider selling through mail order unless the company was providing a very specialist type of food or perhaps providing it as part of a hamper pack . |
| 14 | Another technique involves placing an elastic band on your wrist and gently twanging it in response to worrying irrational thoughts . |
| 15 | But taking our morality from the Bible does not necessarily mean merely taking it on trust and authority , and abandoning all thought of moral knowledge . |
| 16 | The mortgage company had acted with forbearance , only taking them to court as a last resort . |
| 17 | So putting them in balance , I still want to hope that the light will overcome the darkness . " |
| 18 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 19 | ‘ Our policy has always been to look after our customers , not alone supplying them with greeting cards , but also providing them with the back-up services , such as merchandising , advertising material and general advice on how to lay out an effective display , ’ he added . |
| 20 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 21 | In another study George Bokert increased the degree of thirst in his subjects by not only depriving them of water for twenty-four hours , but also giving them a salty meal before going to bed . |
| 22 | In order to copy existing artwork onto film , cut some drafting film to size ( allowing plenty of room as a border ) and place it over the artwork to be copied , perhaps Sellotaping it in place over the page . |
| 23 | The Open Software Foundation and Unix International as well as Sun Microsystems Inc are already using it as base technology . |
| 24 | The cichlids just seeing them as part of the overall decor would move them out of their way , often causing them to come apart making them useless . |
| 25 | Lucky Langdon , who is not normally a cautious person , believes this is unlikely , given the current opinion poll rating , and that the best bet wold be the Conservatives winning the most seats , but without an overall majority — thus returning them to power as a minority government . |
| 26 | A lot more than just fitting it with leather , walnut and air conditioning . |
| 27 | It 's just getting them with access that 's the problem . |
| 28 | And let's not forget that Waqar shot out the first four England batsmen in the second innings at The Oval with a new ball — and he was scarcely getting it off line . |
| 29 | This permits you to design the copper track layout on paper at leisure , changing it around at will before finally committing it to etching . |
| 30 | This is just asking us for permission for them to apply for planning permission . |