Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something about seeing him that way , first thing in the morning , dressed as she 'd never seen him before , in a cotton knit shirt and snug , faded jeans , that had made her throat tighten . |
| 2 | BRITAIN 'S big banks stirred up a storm last night after threatening to charge customers for using their own money . |
| 3 | Similarly , restaurant management have wider responsibilities for building their own branch 's business than would the managers of most branded operations . |
| 4 | In Norman Nicholson 's Lake District anthology , he is sensibly clear-headed about including his own work where he thinks it is useful . |
| 5 | Generally speaking , people in this room are sitting around relaxing ; they are n't bustling about generating their own heat so the atmosphere around them needs to be kept at a comfortable temperature . |
| 6 | Thanks for seeing me this evening er |
| 7 | Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ? |
| 8 | The water industry in Britain is divided up into a number of autonomous water companies and councils ( Chapter 3 gives details ) and each is responsible for producing its own water bye-laws . |
| 9 | In addition to this kind of recording there may be a good case for producing your own teacher training materials , based on in-house recording . |
| 10 | When added to the tapering off of Soviet oil production , the ‘ opportunity cost ’ to the USSR of energy exports to CMEA as opposed to the West has altered appreciably — all the more so once these exports became vital for financing her own grain and equipment imports from the West . |
| 11 | They are normally responsible for purchasing their own uniform and music , and often their own instrument too . |
| 12 | A major obstacle to accurate prediction was the preference of many MPs for keeping their own counsel . |
| 13 | Yet it has also spawned some monstrous offspring which include such distortions as a dismissive attitude towards women , a view of work as punishment , a view of pain and hardship as revealing personal guilt , a view of the body and anything to do with it as inherently evil , a view of the earth as the property of homo sapiens who can choose what to do with it , a view of God as an insensitive , self-opinionated , unjust task-master concerned about protecting his own property and the slavish obedience of the human-beings he has created . |
| 14 | The prisoner is serving life for blasting his former girlfriend to death with a sawn-off shotgun because she knew too much about his underworld dealings . |
| 15 | By understanding this example you will be better able to set about understanding your own situation and the things that control your own dieting behaviour . |
| 16 | Henry Skelton fell from a window days after writing his own obituary . |
| 17 | Mrs Browning had declared it was all too bad , too dreadful an imposition to have been responsible for and that she would not be able to look the Ogilvys in the eye ever again after causing them such vexation . |
| 18 | Nottingham Crown Court 's been told that a taxi driver sexually assaulted a woman passenger after ignoring her This report from Chris Throup . |
| 19 | After supporting them all day I could use some support myself . ’ |
| 20 | I read this article a mere 24 hours after losing my own dog , a truly remarkable 15-year-old Collie cross Labrador who had shared my life since his puppyhood . |
| 21 | ‘ AFTER running my own business and being my own boss I can definitely say I will never return to full-time employment again . ’ |
| 22 | The courtly interpreter of the festival , a Tunisian , after giving him some hashish jam , said to him in a tent that he hoped he had peace of mind . |
| 23 | As she was from a neighbouring Emirate which had a far less critical attitude toward the participation of women in education , Girl ‘ A ’ , it was discovered , had taught in an infant school after finishing her own schooling . |
| 24 | After restoring their own fishing industry , Catalans re-established that of Galicia . |
| 25 | After killing her former friend , she is ready for her final triumph but instead is killed by his riding whip . |
| 26 | They have also developed the use of ‘ self inspection ’ — each group responsible for inspecting its own work — and giving responsibility to work groups for minor routine maintenance such as changing tips of welding guns and making minor adjustments . |
| 27 | But human beings are endlessly ingenious about promoting their own misery . |
| 28 | ‘ We are intending to expand our share both under the Harrison 's brand and through developing our own label business ’ . |
| 29 | In the mid-1950s , when the private sector finance houses were increasing their facilities for private retailers , the Government withheld some of the funds the Boards requested for developing their own hire purchase schemes , thus further hobbling them against the competition . |
| 30 | ‘ I think marriage can be a very good basis for developing your own personality , provided you feel that is something of value to do and not just selfish . |