Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand there was some investment in being able to assess performance such that it was possible to reward people for ‘ good ’ performance , and the group were not entirely able to sort this one out in that it was representing to them a dependent desire to be judged and be judged as good , and yet a refusal to accept the terms upon which judgement was being made in that they felt depersonalized by it ’ |
| 2 | His loneliness had recently been underlined by the fact that Ramsay MacLure , having been kicked out by the painter and critic Robin Ironside , had moved in with Vaughan , forming with him a steady relationship that caused Minton to talk of finding his own house . |
| 3 | He measured the number of turns along his spiral by passing along it a fine stiletto , each winding making an audible ‘ ping ’ . |
| 4 | His first-class education , his wide experience of engineering around the world , combined with the speed and clarity of his mind , made conversing with him a delightful privilege . |
| 5 | The approach I am going to adopt now applies to the present section only and acknowledges the fact that a superconductor is not an " ordinary " magnetic material ; it can not be described by a " magnetic " constant , by assigning to it a certain value for |
| 6 | Looking at it a different way , having decided not to attempt to save China by its efforts , there was only a faint hope that the US could save Vietnam by its example — as a successful democracy . |
| 7 | And they 're all they 're they 're all patterns within lots of similarities , by going through it a few times like that and when you when you 've done that go through again say and with and everywhere you could write the whole lot out again |
| 8 | I believe there 's a road leading to it a short distance beyond the Mohaka River bridge . ’ |
| 9 | In ‘ Life is Just a Little Bowl of Cherries ’ ( 1982 ) , Audrey Walker recycles a tray cloth worked by her mother in the 130s , embroidering over it a classic still life motif : a bowl of cherries . |
| 10 | The next morning brought more early arrivals ; namely , the two ladies from Germany — who had travelled together despite what one would have imagined to have been the great contrast in their backgrounds — bringing with them a large team of ladies-in-waiting and footmen , as well as a great many trunks . |
| 11 | The system was introduced by the general manager who had arrived in the company only three or four years previously , bringing with him a strong philosophy of participation and involvement . |
| 12 | It says much for the sense of humour of the untidy , bespectacled architect that after the initial shock of the Princess 's request , he accepted the relatively minor commission of building a dolls ' house for the Queen with enthusiasm , and immediately visited the Princess to discuss the project , bringing with him a mutual friend , Sir Herbert Morgan , President of the Society of Industrial Artists . |
| 13 | One of the earliest defectors to the West was the Russian Igor Gouzenko who with considerable difficulty sought asylum with the Canadian authorities in September 1945 , bringing with him a vast amount of information about Russian espionage activities in North America . |
| 14 | Its more complex area — socially , economically and politically — bringing with it a new and more complex set of issues , calls for a more sophisticated policy response . |
| 15 | At the same time there is now a more direct intervention in the nature of a school 's educational work through the introduction of the National Curriculum , bringing with it a greater concern for monitoring . |
| 16 | To add to her miserable state a bleak wind had got up , bringing with it a sweet tangy yeast smell that made her stomach roll and cry out . |
| 17 | On the other hand , the chance of a ‘ surprise ’ Conservative victory ( bringing with it a soaring pound and a quick cut to interest rates , which would in turn boost the economy ) gave rise to the thought that the index might go up by 300 points . |
| 18 | He wooed her by sharing with her a delicious baobab fruit . |
| 19 | Or rather , he could make them , but just did n't feel like abiding by them a few hours later . |
| 20 | A group of burly malai soldiers came jogging in full combat gear from the other direction , the little sergeant who was trotting beside them bestowing on me a suspicious glare . |
| 21 | Much of their scholarship was carried out mutually , with Mill attributing to her a key chapter in his Principles of Political Economy , entitled ‘ On the Probable Future of the Labouring Classes ’ ( 1848 ) , in which she argued that the working classes must receive a thorough education in order to contribute to the country 's economic and social progress . |
| 22 | now I was reading about him a few days ago |
| 23 | A railway engine was puffing slowly through Barnes Bridge station dragging behind it a long string of heavily laden wagons . |
| 24 | The second surgeon climbed , taking with him a miniature camera . |
| 25 | Mr MacSharry collected his reward , the EC commissionership , and departed for Brussels , taking with him a big reputation . |
| 26 | I used to believe in the Protestant work ethic , in the virtue of a regular twelve-hour working day , deluding myself that this was the only way to achieve excellent business results , kidding myself that I actually enjoyed going home exhausted on Friday evening , taking with me a whole bundle of weekend paperwork . |
| 27 | Lot number sixty seven Lot sixty seven is another one there we are , that one showing for you a hundred pounds for this , and ten , twenty , at one hundred and thirty , forty one hundred and forty is bid and selling for one hundred and forty pounds , anybody else at one for one fifty , one sixty going on sir ? |
| 28 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 29 | A hatch in the floor-plates before him irised open , revealing a shaft ; up from which rose a steel framework suspending within it a transparent clingtight one-piece tunic elegantly embroidered with fine silvery wires so that an exposed human nervous system seemed to be hanging there , a semicollapsed anatomy of nerves . |
| 30 | But there is no invention possible , whether it be philosophical or poetic , without the presence in the inventing subject of an abundance of the other , of the diverse … there is no invention of other I's , no poetry , no fiction without a certain homosexuality ( interplay therefore of bisexuality ) making in me a crystallized work of my ultra subjectivities . |