Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [subord] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he exited so violently down the throat of Hell that he ripped the tongue and set the snout bobbing as if Hell were about to sneeze . |
| 2 | ‘ I adore little Madge , ’ said Dame Edna , glaring after she closed the door and looking as if murder was more on her mind , ‘ but frankly , she gets too big for her boots sometimes . |
| 3 | Talk about variations in vocabulary according to purpose , topic and audience and according to whether language is spoken or written , eg slang , formal vocabulary , technical vocabulary . |
| 4 | Typical costs for such systems range from £5 to £30 per employee per annum depending upon whether payroll is included . |
| 5 | If the capital market is imperfect such that the lending rate exceeds the borrowing rate , the results of the arbitrage argument may vary , depending on whether cash is being moved forwards in time at the lending rate , or backwards in time at the borrowing rate . |
| 6 | The time ranged from half an hour a day to 13 hours a day , depending on whether devolution was viewed as a separate activity concerned only with finance or whether it was seen as being curriculum driven and/or inseparable from all the activities performed by a head in a working day . |
| 7 | Bosch reared one off a length to have Simmons caught at gully , and Lara proceeded with all guns blazing as if victory was but a boundary away . |