Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " 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 | ‘ Subject as above , ’ — and subsection ( 1 ) deals with the fact that certain provisions extend to Northern Ireland — ‘ and to any provision expressly relating to companies incorporated elsewhere than in Great Britain , nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland or applies to or in relation to companies registered or incorporated in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Also in New Guinea are sympatric birds of paradise apparently dealing with fruit in a similar way , staying in the trees for only a few minutes , perhaps through fear of predators . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 's er a financial whiz kid now is n't he as well Adam Faith so talking to Dennis this afternoon on Afternoon Special . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Another consequence of reorganization apparently detracting from job satisfaction has been a depersonalization of relationships within the organization . |
| 9 | Did she imagine a faint degree of tension suddenly evaporating from Guy Sterne 's cool , enigmatic expression ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The overlaps between the Cretan script and other scripts , such as the hieroglyphic scripts of Cyprus and the Hittite lands of Anatolia , may suggest an alternative possibility , that they all evolved from a common ancestor , a now-lost script perhaps originating in Syria . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The hills are wrapped in a shawl of pink light gradually fading into dusk . |
| 14 | As Dexter staggered out of the door , he saw the superintendent still pondering over Nicola 's letter , her face bathed in the light of her desk lamp . |
| 15 | He took in the blood still dripping from Alexei 's sword , and then his eyes went to the blowpipe in Jehana 's hand . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Sleep can be defined as a period of reduced consciousness usually occurring at night , during which most body functions are slow or inactive . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Univel Inc has outgrown the offices it was leasing from its parent Novell and has moved to new premises in the neighbourhood also belonging to Novell . |
| 21 | The Three Valleys are bound to be in there too , with Charlotte 's vote probably going to Meribel because it 's in the central valley of the three and not what is invariably described as a concrete jungle ; Val d'Isere because the skiing is just so brill and Tignes is , well , a concrete jungle really . |
| 22 | The dark stormclouds overhead were nothing compared to the ominous light now shining in Julius 's eyes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Almost any gym has them ’ — DAVE EDWARDS ( former Transvaal hooker now living in New Zealand ) . |
| 25 | So while the expectation of altruism mathematically relating to kin relatedness is almost inevitably doomed to be disproved in human societies , there is now considerable evidence that sociobiology identifies some broad relationships and tendencies which are incontrovertible . |
| 26 | Wh what , why how , how is this industrialization programme then working in terms of eventual collectivization ? |
| 27 | They were incapable of experiencing any emotions , their bloodstreams devoid of blood yet flowing with drugs to sustain their pitiful physical states until he received the call , the dreaded call to wheel them into the lift and press the green button . |
| 28 | I 'm not saying that it is necessarily trivialising to talk to interviewees about their clothes , it 's just that you do n't find the male presenters on Rock Steady talking to Phil Collins about his suits ! |
| 29 | Lucky I can look after myself ’ — ADRI GELDENHUYS ( Eastern Province lock currently playing for Tarbes in France ) on French club rugby . |
| 30 | The driver swears but brakes as yet another tin mining family climb aboard the truck already bulging with people and their belongings . |