Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physically , it can cause hangovers , disturbed sleep , vitamin deficiencies and inflammation of the gastro intestinal tract and , more seriously , severe liver damage eventually resulting in death . |
| 2 | He looked steadily at her and Jenna moved back obediently , her heart suddenly pounding with anxiety because she had no idea what Alain was talking about . |
| 3 | Wounded during the robbery , Roth ( Mr Orange ) actually spends most of the movie slowly bleeding to death , while Harvey Keitel ( the sentimental old-time thief Mr White ) , Steve Buscemi ( the motormouth obsessive Mr Pink ) and Michael Madsen ( the quietly psychopathic Mr Blonde ) bicker and brawl about who sold them out . |
| 4 | ‘ The consciousness secretly indwelling in matter , the occult inhabitant , is able to make its way upward from the lower to the higher gradations , taking up what it was into what it is and preparing to take up both into what it will be . |
| 5 | Another consequence of reorganization apparently detracting from job satisfaction has been a depersonalization of relationships within the organization . |
| 6 | Again , the liability depends upon the money or property in question being received in the ordinary course of the receiving partner 's activities within the firm and not upon any authority vested in himsee Willett v Chambers ( 1778 ) Cowp 814 ( misapplication of moneys received from a client for investment on mortgage , the client being billed in the name of the firm ) , Rhodes v Moules [ 1895 ] 1 Ch 236 ( partner absconding with bearer share warrants proffered by client as collateral security for a mortgage loan , where the firm was in the habit of receiving such securities from its clients ) and Blair v Bromley ( 1847 ) 12 Ph 354 ( misapplication of money by a partner who paid interest on it to the client , the fraud only coming to light on the partner 's bankruptcy . |
| 7 | Continue along the coast soon keeping to left of lighthouse buildings at St Abb 's Head ; briefly join lighthouse road , but it is best almost immediately to divert off it to rejoin cliff-top for sea views . |
| 8 | Rule 37.1 does not impose a mandatory bid obligation on a shareholder not acting in concert with the directors unless he purchased shares at a time when he had reason to believe that a redemption or purchase would take place . |
| 9 | The hills are wrapped in a shawl of pink light gradually fading into dusk . |
| 10 | Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again . |
| 11 | Sleep can be defined as a period of reduced consciousness usually occurring at night , during which most body functions are slow or inactive . |
| 12 | This is a blue-blood organisation , very keen on people with style , contacts and a good record in industry usually working for prestige , high-quality organisations . |
| 13 | Could there really be a building site in the middle of this swamp rapidly reverting to nature after a brief and unsuccessful flirtation with civilization , Zen wondered ? |
| 14 | I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor . |
| 15 | In this case just swapping between bass and guitar is no problem . |
| 16 | Behind him in the bathroom stood a chipped old tub slowly filling with water that was the colour of weak tea ; the bathroom walls had been replastered and roughened for tiling , but they did n't have any tiles . |
| 17 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 18 | Close your eyes to that garlic bread literally squelching in butter ! |
| 19 | Though — at the earliest — the registers will not be available before 1994 , the property industry sees them as a further blow to a sector already reeling from recession . |
| 20 | In Court The following cases were dealt with by Leyburn magistrates : M Kettlewell ( Melmerby ) Ltd , of Station Depot , Melmerby , Ripon , admitted using a vehicle with tachograph equipment not complying with council regulations , fined £25 , £25 costs . |
| 21 | But her mother , who was hostile to facts , had gone on entertaining for her as if she were a chaste child just emerging from school . |
| 22 | The Boulton and Watt job , with its huge cast-iron beam , is reckoned to be the world 's oldest engine still running on steam . |
| 23 | Grandparents were observed supporting parents , the other parent usually remaining at home for work or family reasons . |
| 24 | But high blood pressure makes the heart work harder resulting in heart disease . |
| 25 | But Frances never neglects Joanne , the only child still living at home . |
| 26 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 27 | I did not know where to look ; at the girl now moaning with pleasure or Angus 's slack-mouthed face . |
| 28 | Inhabits , lower levels than Ptarmigan , tundra , arctic prairies with birch and willow scrub , and heather moors and bogs ; in winter sometimes descending to farmland . |
| 29 | Ms Kate Noble , Support Services Co-ordinator for Age Concern in this area wrote to the Parish Council recently asking for assistance in identifying needs of older people in the rural areas and ways in which those needs could be met by Age Concern . |
| 30 | Official sources were yesterday unable to explain why the restrictions had been brought in , including whether they had been designed to reduce the risk of leaks to loyalists of the type recently coming to light . |