Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember years ago Edwin preaching about standing in the gap — that gap between heaven and earth , bringing the two together . |
| 2 | So what the fucking hell are you doing here apologizing for apologizing for a drug . |
| 3 | She heard him fumbling about looking for the lamp switch and then he found it . |
| 4 | ‘ I sat on the train and could see other commuters walking past looking at the man in horror . |
| 5 | An old upper-hab mind , lurking in hiding behind the new Fist mind ? |
| 6 | By a respondent 's notice dated 28 February 1992 the father contended that in the event of the appeal being allowed in part the order should be varied so that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing the costs incurred by the father in the family proceedings court and that sum to be calculated by a costs draftsman by reference to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 or alternatively , to an order that the local authority pay to the father a sum representing in relating to the proceedings below calculated in the same way but excluding all or part of the costs incurred on 27 and 28 January 1992 . |
| 7 | At last , after about twenty minutes ' wandering , her feet soaking wet inside her leaking boots , and her leg muscles aching from wading through the snow , she arrived at the car park outside the administration block , and found her car . |
| 8 | Thus Conventions on conflicts of laws fall within the prerogative of the Hague Conference , matters relating to shipping within the domain of the IMO and the CMI , proposals concerning air transport within that of the ICAO and IATA , and those affecting intellectual property within the remit of WIPO . |
| 9 | But the stakes are so much higher than the mere semantics of the laws relating to lifting at the lineout . |
| 10 | We will ensure that , following maternity leave or a career break , all women working in the NHS , including those returning to nursing on a part-time or job-sharing basis , are able to return to work of a similar status or level to that which they left . |
| 11 | There is no doubt that by returning to nursing in the next decade you will be helping to prepare the profession for the enormous demographic and social challenges facing Britain in the 21st century . |
| 12 | ‘ Just let me jump out of the canoe for you , ’ she muttered through gritted teeth , returning to paddling with a new fury . |
| 13 | Sublimation is the change from solid to gas on heating and from gas to solid on cooling without passing through the liquid phase . |
| 14 | THE furious Pakistani cricket team started a racism row last night after England batsman Allan Lamb accused them of cheating by tampering with the ball . |
| 15 | We thought we had an enormous pile but unfortunately our fire was not very long lasting and by 6 o'clock we were wandering about looking at the other , more professionally built conflagrations . |
| 16 | My qualification for writing about skiing in the USA is unusual : I have never done it . |
| 17 | And King is once again looking for backing from the crowd . |
| 18 | This aircraft , together with S1263 and S1264 , was also modified to accept installation of three 825hp Rolls-Royce Buzzard IIMS engines , the first machine so updated flying in March 1932 , and being redesignated Iris Mk V. Both S1263 and S1264 were lost in 1933 , S1263 sinking after colliding with a launch in Plymouth Sound . |
| 19 | The targets of these attacks , beatings , kidnappings and murders have been trade unionists , peasants ( especially those involved in campaigns for land redistribution and resistance to recruitment into civil defence patrols ) and Indians who have given themselves up to the army and been taken to resettlement areas after years of living in hiding in the mountains . |
| 20 | MONDAY : First a stop at the tiny island of Antipaxos with time to enjoy watersports , then on to Lefkas , with time for exploring and swimming before partying in the evening . |
| 21 | 8.3 Wardens of sheltered housing require training in dealing with the problem . |
| 22 | We published Agenda for the 90's , a statement of RIBA policies ranging from Housing to the Environment and used it as a tool with which to lobby parliamentary candidates for the General Election . |
| 23 | Pace that 's right you 've been cheating and looking on looking on the next page |
| 24 | Called the Franchise Company it claims to offer help and advice on all aspects of franchising to any firm looking at franchising as a means of expansion . |
| 25 | Already looking at playing in the 1995 Rugby World Cup , Japan stole a march on emerging Asian rivals , Hong Kong , by bringing forward the dates of next year 's Asian Championship . |
| 26 | One of my in fact was I can remember , I went up when I was first er paying for paying for an annual ticket with their bus passes and eight pound for a single ticket for us er for our quarterly ticket . |
| 27 | Heavy going for reading as a skill . |
| 28 | In those days there was considerable emphasis on its carcass quality and 60,000 fat Jutlands were sent to England with another 30,000 lean cattle going for fattening on the German marshes . |
| 29 | Suddenly we are no longer human , we 're some desperate machine crashing and pumping before exploding through the room . |
| 30 | It is doubtful if anything remotely striking will be forthcoming as regards either ISDN or OSI in the two years remaining before dawning of the brave new communicative continent in 1992 . |