Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was work la last week and I erm I got ta scrub my nails after done everything anyway like every , like after I made the sandwiches , I scrub my nails after I 've been washing up , scrub my nails so I was scrubbing them all day Saturday , last week and it still did n't come out . |
| 2 | The fire brigade reappeared , bringing them some council inspector , who obviously wanted to evacuate the house . |
| 3 | And Anne Marie Kelly ( Mrs Braun ) writes : ‘ It 's hard to describe the joy of seeing my six foot son playing lego with Emma Kirkby 's little Nicholas ! ’ |
| 4 | It finally bit me , twisting its neck more than I would have thought possible and catching my right index finger right on the knuckle . |
| 5 | ‘ Only I been sufferin' 'orrible suspicions about endin' up gettin' me own throat cut . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ — weaving my own bed linen and keeping bees and putting up preserves . ’ |
| 7 | One of my main preoccupations that particular evening was keeping my right bra strap out of sight , underneath my skimpy top . |
| 8 | can I just just pursue that you said said so the if you embarked on another scenario , and you said that the only way in which extra over , that beyond the figure proposed by the County Council , would be by way of a new settlement , I 'm sort of transgressing my own ground rules here , I know that Ryedale has expressed support for the principle of a new settlement , are you saying that you would be looking for a new settlement , possibly in Ryedale ? |
| 9 | I am fully rebuilding my 1974 Range Rover and would like to fit Vogue alloy wheels . |
| 10 | Significantly , 81 per cent gave protecting their own provider units a low ranking , a marked change from the previous year and in line with the case study findings . |
| 11 | The skua colony turned out to be impressive , with few eggs but a host of great and Arctic skuas all intent on protecting their chosen nest site at all costs . |
| 12 | Although Crewe are reluctant to sell , Hignett now seems certain to follow in the footsteps of Platt , Rob Jones and Geoff Thomas , who all moved on to win international honours after launching their first team careers at Gresty Road . |
| 13 | From 1968 , the PLO sent raiding parties into Israel from southern Lebanon and the Israelis responded by launching their own revenge raids , often against Lebanese villages . |
| 14 | And next month the port 's owners , Sealink , will hit back by launching their fast Sealynx service . |
| 15 | Others believe that Mrs Aquino , by making a political decision on grounds of national security , is transgressing her own leadership principles . |
| 16 | She 'd be able to feel the dipping stones of the pavement for ever now , she could call it all up at will : the soft-gutted proprietor drinking red wine for breakfast , his distracted mother wandering from room to room in a filthy wrapper , his wife powdering away her bitter lines and painting her disappointed mouth pink for the soft light of evening . |
| 17 | The sun was lowering , painting her pale skin gold . |
| 18 | Although Sag & Hankamer 's theory provides the basis of an excellent account of the considered judgement of literate people , it does not fare so well in explaining their ordinary language comprehension . |
| 19 | The majority of farmers were probably sceptical and decided not to invest in the system , because the Scientific Farming Machinery Co appears to have ceased trading a year or so after announcing their new gas injection equipment . |
| 20 | No , I am not astonished because , two years after announcing its local government plans , the Labour party still does not know how they would work . |
| 21 | A GRAND is the average amount that a British family pays out when booking its annual holiday package . |
| 22 | Large trees had rooted in the canal bank below its east wall , obscuring its impressive waterside location ( Plate 50 ) . |
| 23 | Despite its pending acquisition and whatever that holds in store , Unix System Labs says its agreement with Novell Inc means keeping its current business plan intact . |
| 24 | BARCLAYCARD has overtaken Access as Britain 's most flexible friend by keeping its annual fee £2 cheaper at £10 and charging lower monthly interest . |
| 25 | With it , the company hopes to woo the developers that are currently looking at Unix , while at the same time keeping its existing MVS base happy since it enables the mainframe to run both MVS and Posix-compliant applications , and IBM already talking to a range of un-named Unix application developers about adapting their products . |
| 26 | Wavetracer launched its deskside single instruction multiple data ( SIMD ) data transport computer system a year ago ( UX No 379 ) , discontinuing its old custom one-bit systems at the same time . |
| 27 | I have always been impressed with the quality of the precedents contained in the Encyclopaedia , which rarely let us down , despite the intricacies of the subject matter , and it comes as no surprise to me to find that so many firms seem to be basing their standard form agreements and leases on Forms 14 and 29 . |
| 28 | Police hope someone may have seen her driving her distinctive renault car . |
| 29 | The comments come as American negotiates a new contract with the union representing its 21,600 flight attendants . |
| 30 | Well , that was fair enough , and , twisting her fine lace handkerchief in her hands , she had said steadily , ‘ Yes , I 'll see him , but I ca n't tell you what my answer will be . |