Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a clear case for setting out in legislation other circumstances in which consent may be regarded as vitiated so that police officers may be encouraged towards a broader interpretation of the meaning of rape . |
| 2 | We are very concerned that in in making provision for housing through to the year two thousand and six , we should not be making provision for that level of vacancy rate , which seems to us to be artificially high when compared with the the national figures . |
| 3 | Gilly finds an excuse for going back to Mr Randolph 's house and she manages to steal the rest of his money , but there is still not enough to pay for her ticket to San Francisco . |
| 4 | I know there are terrible things out there , but that is n't an excuse for giving up on that which sustains us in this life . |
| 5 | Presumably it is because of the link between standing up in this way and the act of squeezing scent from the anal region that the posture has become associated with the firing of the anal glands by the defensive skunk . |
| 6 | At the same time , however , he earned massive public support for standing up to the most widely feared and despised Soviet institution . |
| 7 | ‘ Did you tell a story about crawling around on your hands and knees ? ’ asks Felicity . |
| 8 | But three hours later Anthony , 36 , crashlanded in a Cornish field after running OUT of fuel on his solo round-Britain test flight . |
| 9 | After breaking the ice last month he was desperately unlucky in an amateur riders ' race having to be switched in the final furlong after getting off on the rails . |
| 10 | Whereas there is a definite minimum speed for rounding out with full airbrake , once the glider is in level flight close to the ground , with the right technique the airbrakes can be opened fully at much lower speeds . |
| 11 | I have never understood why she was criticised by the Opposition for speaking up for Britain , but I am not exactly clear about their present position , except that they seem to be claiming that they can negotiate better conditions than the Government , despite their failure when in government in 1975 to negotiate proper terms for our entry . |
| 12 | Are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say ? |
| 13 | The mind has an astonishing aptitude for skating off at tangents . |
| 14 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 15 | Obviously a writer who is happy with ‘ super-refined ’ ( elsewhere he says that Eliot 's ‘ Portrait of a Lady ’ is ‘ extraordinarily sensitized ’ ) is not a critic worth pausing on for long ; and yet when Untermeyer cites all too patent imitations of Eliot 's ‘ Sweeney Among the Nightingales ’ in quatrains by Osbert Sitwell and Herbert Read and Robert Nichols , one can see good reason for him to think that Eliot s reputation , achieved so fast on such a slender body of work , was no more than modish . |
| 16 | Views expressed by local people at yesterday 's public meeting included comments that Cwm Rheidol would be ruined for ever just for the sake of a short-term quarry , while another resident claimed that the village deserved a break after putting up with such a quarry for about 20 years . |
| 17 | Ossie Ardiles then took to the witness stand and admitted he had paid Swindon Town players a tax-free bonus after taking over as manager from Lou Macari . |
| 18 | PROUD dad Phil Stancliff lost half his blood after plunging on to church railings before his daughter 's wedding . |
| 19 | A police spokesman said the person police want to hear from drove past in a large , light-coloured estate car after pulling out of Bagshaw Road , opposite the bank machine . |
| 20 | The gang bundled the family into a bedroom after bursting in to a house on Coventry 's ‘ millionaires ’ row ’ in Kenilworth Road . |
| 21 | In daytime sleep , such an effect is not present and night-workers can vouch for the broken sleep produced by the more rapid filling of the bladder after lying down during the daytime . |
| 22 | Throughout pregnancy I shall practise crouching on the dusty Axminster in my faded Laura Ashley smock while thinking of opening out like a flower . |
| 23 | After a great deal of hunting around with flashlights , the plain-clothes policemen were forced to go away empty-handed . |
| 24 | Because food preparation generally involves a good deal of doubling back to and from the refrigerator , sink , stove and different work surfaces , the walking distance between all the main work areas should not be excessive . |
| 25 | LADY Victoria 's John Armstrong will be attempting to overcome the disappointment of missing out on a record sixth title at last weeks Trinity Regatta next weekend . |
| 26 | Mr Stringer , a most gracious loser despite experiencing the disappointment of missing out at the penultimate stage for the second time in three years , asked : ‘ What more do you have to do to prove yourself . ’ |
| 27 | It 's not just the end result of standing up in court and representing a client . |
| 28 | ‘ What 's the good of going on about contraception when you ca n't even get your own head together . ’ |
| 29 | He declared on television that " Poland 's painful but necessary programme of getting out of economic catastrophe can only be realized with the understanding of the majority of the nation " and that " the country had made its choice " . |
| 30 | Raising the level of skills amongst British workers is so crucial , not only to any immediate programme of moving back to full employment , but also to maintaining and improving Britain 's long-term performance , that the question of training can not be left to the free play of market forces . |