Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barns were supposed to have hay in them — they did in the movies — where the hero could hide while the baddies , with a total disregard for blood poisoning or spread HIV , jabbed a pitchfork in and out like a demented barman trying to get the last maraschino out of the bottle . |
| 2 | Do n't you remember the canteen lady leaving to get the last tram ? ’ |
| 3 | Despite onerous hours — he starts work at 4am and leaves the office about midnight having scanned the first editions of the next day 's newspapers — he has faith in his product , although he cheerfully admits that it needs tweaked into shape . |
| 4 | The chance of the monkey happening to get the first letter — M — right is therefore 1 in 27 . |
| 5 | The billposter attempting to paste the second of his ‘ Cooper and Co 's Teas ’ posters on the hoarding watched the paper slowly curl back from the wall and drop on to the ground . |
| 6 | By contrast , anyone looking at the record of a computer attack would think it had been managed by a sadist wishing to extract the last possible drop of pain our of the victory . |
| 7 | Former Olympic XC skiier , Croasdale is the man in form having won the first two rounds of the British championship breaking course records in the process , and clocking a useful 63–47 for the half marathon in York . |
| 8 | And I was going like this doing a little dance on the ladder trying to find the next rung and the ladder was doing a little dance on the wall . |
| 9 | The term he had spent at school trying to understand the first thing about physics had been wasted . |
| 10 | There is a clear trend for films to become increasingly violent and sadistic , with each new film trying to outdo the last in savagery . |
| 11 | On the third party 's summons seeking to have the third party notice struck out , pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 18 , r. 19 or the inherent jurisdiction of the court , the master held that the claim was capable of falling within section 1(1) of the Civil Liability ( Contribution ) Act 1978and dismissed the application . |
| 12 | On 6 June 1991 , the third party issued a summons seeking to have the third party notice struck out . |
| 13 | Now , having started in that light , I may be going to disappoint you by saying that I 'm not in fact going to spend the next erm fifty minutes or so talking about the moral , political , philosophical implications of Darwinism . |
| 14 | His mind was n't up to speaking one line while listening to another , and at the same time trying to remember the next move . |