Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house . |
| 2 | It will be helping with localisation and pushing it on Apple Computer Inc 's Power Book line . |
| 3 | It is a way of thinking and expressing oneself in language that is radically different from conversational speech . |
| 4 | procedure for taking goods out of stock and transferring them to the shop floor |
| 5 | This is merely the reaction time required in picking up the card and placing it on a pile without making any choice based on the value of the card . |
| 6 | And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere saving of time in a library and taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or erm a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on . |
| 7 | And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere erm saving of time in a librarian taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on . |
| 8 | Only towards Pen had she let her guard slip and that was because he himself claimed her as his own , rushing into his mother 's bedroom and hurling himself into Wilson 's arms . |
| 9 | It 's all right , ’ Sarah said , picking up the purse and giving it to her . |
| 10 | As casualties occur you can remove any of the models fighting and replace them with any models from a rearward rank — so you can change the ratio of nets to clubs by , say removing a club and replacing it with a net . |
| 11 | ‘ Socrates was the first man who thought about thinking , ’ she said , sitting on the window seat and surprising him in every way . |
| 12 | I was brought rudely back to the real world by Tony 's tripod coming off the top of the pile of clatch ( odds and ends ) piled up above the seat and hitting me on the head as the truck lurched to a halt , diving itself into a drift of deep snow . |
| 13 | Joe , I 'm not seeking to close down on discussion about item er , three , one and three , three but in view of the discussion we took this morning , you took this morning about the capital building programme and referring it to er , P A G , may I suggest that they both go that way , unless you have any particular comments to add to . |
| 14 | But it will do so strictly within the framework of the democratic process by giving up any legal and political advantages , presenting its programme and defending it in discussions , [ and ] co-operating with other social and political forces … |
| 15 | The statistical error on N is , so that the achievable precision in measuring can be estimated by replacing dN by in this equation and rewriting it as an expression for : . |
| 16 | It depends on the simple and indisputable fact that ideas and cultural artefacts travel , hopping from continent to continent and distributing themselves about the world in the wake of migrations and along trade routes . |
| 17 | Adrenalin surged through her veins , clearing her mind and filling her with determination . |
| 18 | She waited for morning , the words playing through her mind and keeping her from sleep . |
| 19 | Instead she lifted her hair with both hands , smoothing it up from the nape of her neck and piling it on top of her head in a soft copper mound . |
| 20 | Not with the shaft of a golf club driven through his neck and pinning him to the wooden floor . |
| 21 | They will need little or no pruning beyond dead-heading and keeping them within bounds . |
| 22 | At the door of the Registrar 's office was a long line of people ending at the desk where the Officer 's clerk sat drinking tea and lording it over the supplicants . |
| 23 | He pressed a button on his desk-console , absent-mindedly dipping his pinkie in the cocaine and running it across his gums . |
| 24 | She had been thinking about her future and discussing it with her parents , and all of them had decided to sell the shop . |
| 25 | It may be worth making a sample heading with a little spare fabric and fitting it to the track with appropriate hooks in order to ascertain the depth needed . |
| 26 | The barbed needles pick up tiny threads and pump them through the fabric , bringing back more threads from the base fabric and welding them to the appliqué . |
| 27 | ‘ You ca n't bleedin' play that thing , ’ a prancing Tan shouted , grabbing the instrument and throwing it onto Owen 's prostrate body . |
| 28 | In doing so the student will not merely be preparing in the best possible way for his examination : he will also be developing his mind as a working instrument and preparing himself for legal practice . |
| 29 | In the sedimentation tube technique the particles are released simultaneously from the water surface , a process achieved by holding a 2–5 g sample on a platen by means of a wetting agent and lowering it into the water surface . |
| 30 | She had to seduce Jim by whipping off a false beard disguise and transforming herself into an exotic belly-dancer . |