Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for example , ICI does n't have a chief executive and operates on a consensus basis with the chairman acting as a primus inter pares . |
| 2 | Gerald , pretending to a savoir faire he did not possess ; ‘ I suppose somebody could have been in there doing the old man while I was trying to get in … ’ |
| 3 | Somebody nodded and s that way and said it was n't agreed but er it is actually anybody who 's going on a bona fide training course organized by their respective union , the T U C er a local college or whatever , a shop , a shop registered shop steward does get paid release for that er training . |
| 4 | He is suffering from a crise de nervos , as is usual towards the end of the week , when everyone is anxious because there 's nothing to eat . |
| 5 | Once the European law is made , therefore , Parliament 's function is confined to reacting to a fait accompli , perhaps by chastising a Minister for acquiescing in its making , perhaps by pressing him to seek change . |
| 6 | But , in the most egregious error of judgement , the film , not content with human interest , ropes in aliens as well , arriving like a deus ex machina from the ocean bed , as though the characters were unable to face their darkest selves without prodding from a benign ET . |
| 7 | But , in the most egregious error of judgement , the film , not content with human interest , ropes in aliens as well , arriving like a deus ex machina from the ocean bed , as though the characters were unable to face their darkest selves without prodding from a benign ET . |
| 8 | Miss Slater was lured to a property in Turnberry Road , Birmingham , she thought she was showing to a bona fide customer . |
| 9 | The inspectorate had six major methods of responding to a prima facie case of violation . |