Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that if the major galleries of this country are to go on with their extremely enlightened and successful purchasing programme , it is essential that we bring in charging for entry ? |
| 2 | No luck this time , only a couple of redshanks take fright and fly off yelping in alarm , and a female merganser swims among the thongweed , head poking under the water to look for small fish . |
| 3 | She was attacked by a group of Asians while out shopping in South London earlier this year . |
| 4 | I still had the rod , gripped vice-like ; and , miraculously , the trout was still on , reel still screaming in anger . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the report says that only 12%–15% of smoking women give up smoking during pregnancy . |
| 6 | Ignoring for the moment the force of the word ‘ really ’ in this argument , we can still feel confident that even if we give up talking of knowledge , granting that a necessary condition for knowing is unfulfilled , we can happily continue to talk about justified belief , distinguishing some beliefs as justified or as more justified than others and others as less justified or even completely unjustified . |
| 7 | Beret-clad students ride around reeking of garlic , Breton-smocked social workers drive around in Citroens listening to Edith Piaf , wine-soaked alkies block the pavement like revolting farmers and jobless actors loll around in cravats striking Alain Delon poses . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly there are differences in people 's experiences of support between grandparents and grandchildren , but we have so little up-to-date evidence on this issue that it is difficult to say how far such experiences vary systematically according to gender , ethnicity or social class . |
| 9 | Attitudes to family and children vary considerably according to class , however . |
| 10 | McCarthy N.C. , 1924 ) ; ( c ) judge also acting as prosecutor — ex p . |
| 11 | Barbara , it 's a good job you both went out with George again because I mean Dave 's got well I remember really knowing with hair ! |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the chance to perform before large Smiths crowds was an exciting opportunity for Easterhouse and they set about rehearsing in earnest . |
| 13 | Bream shoal together according to size . |
| 14 | and on his own , and said to mum , come up here and get away for the weekend , cos it 's a hell of a burden to carry , with no release , I mean even going on holiday , she has to book it , organise his packing , wash it , you name it , . |
| 15 | The last time when I went to court I got an order to go to the day training centre at Camberwell for offenders who keep on getting into trouble . |
| 16 | But I still retain sympathy for the misguided foreign tourists who read about its properties as a ‘ gateway to the beautiful western Highlands ’ and end up wandering in dismay down streets that make the Bronx look like Disneyland . |
| 17 | We then end up eating for entertainment , rather than nourishment . |
| 18 | Smack , smack and you end up going to school to pick up the wreckage anyway . |
| 19 | . As I said , people go out looking for stress . |
| 20 | Many people never break through this barrier to faith , but carry on living in fear of self-abandonment . |
| 21 | If your strategy is to start at the starboard end of the line and carry on sailing on starboard tack , the situation is as illustrated in Diagram 1 . |
| 22 | Carry on arguing in heaven |
| 23 | If you do much watering by can a long way from a tap , get a matching pair , each holding 2 gallons . |
| 24 | yeah — gazza can be macca , batty and even strachan — and what 's more he can be cuntona : as good as our midfield is we could have done with a ‘ tales of the unexpected ’ -type of player — the player who does things no one thinks of before said player actually does it ( im not talking about cuntano 's new shirt look … ) |
| 25 | Er , thank you Chair , for the opportunity to introduce the paper which I do briefly bearing in mind what I , I see are all the pressures on you which will go on into the afternoon . |
| 26 | Logistic regression was used to model change in smoking behaviour at each follow up taking into account the factorial design , the clustering , and the potential confounders . |
| 27 | I mean we go round on a Saturday night and we come out stinking of smoke , cos they smoke one after another |
| 28 | In this case the crystals in the chamber settle out according to size and density . |
| 29 | ‘ You might think I 'm being silly , but I feel he 'll blame Brett for everything that 's gone wrong for him , and come back looking for revenge . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Simon made a hash of telling his parents — he did hate them so — he went to Northumberland and come back rocking with laughter , Do you know what they are taking you for , my sweet ? |