Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stock , such as technical reports and back issues of periodicals , will be housed away from Aviation House , and the CAA suggest telephoning on 0293 573725 to check for availability before making a journey to Gatwick . |
| 2 | DOROTHY Hayes explains ornamenting to one of the many Japanese visitors who watched her demonstrations at stores throughout the Osaka region . |
| 3 | The firm of Wilkes , Son and Cassey ceased trading in 1926 , the business and premises were purchased by The Salisbury Co-operative Society Limited who then only stocked larger items of ironmongery and added a furniture department on the first floor . |
| 4 | A group of lesser Khans stood muttering in one corner of the room , and when Alexei came through the hangings which provided access to the bedchamber they fell guiltily silent . |
| 5 | Radio started in Europe shortly after the First World War , and the BBC began broadcasting in 1922 . |
| 6 | When CNP started trading in 1981 , it was initially planned to set up 12 downstream units using CNP 's cracked products , but in the event only one , EPSI , was created . |
| 7 | George Ward started smoking at nine … at one time he 's was getting through eighty a day … |
| 8 | No such luxury was permitted to the scientists of the Soviet Union but even there Andrei Sakharov , the Russian Oppenheimer , was trying to persuade Khrushchev to abandon testing by 1958 . |
| 9 | Hindmarch won a line-out and the powerful Potter went pumping past three defenders to score a try . |
| 10 | Mrs Layton remembered washing until 4 am when her husband was temporarily unemployed , and this was physically arduous work . |
| 11 | The only firm suggestion to emerge from the meeting was a commitment by the Malaysian state of Sarawak to cut logging by 1.5 million cubic metres a year over the next two years . |
| 12 | ‘ Natasha started dancing at three and she 's always longed for her lessons . |
| 13 | It shows a loving appreciation of Provenal light , and is undoubtedly Jacques Rivette 's prettiest film since Celine and Julie Go Boating in 1974 . |