Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] the [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce is particularly proud of ICI 's role in opening up the spirits market . |
| 2 | All the resources of the place went into keeping up the God-Kings life-style , rather than improving the lives of the people . |
| 3 | Or , as one football club committee man said : ‘ We 'll just keep filling in the pools coupon . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Naw , ’ he replied angrily , crumpling up the pools coupon and throwing it at the television set . |
| 5 | ‘ By adding up the days migraine stole from me in the past , I calculate that I shall be able to enjoy living for three extra weeks in a year ! ’ |
| 6 | The poet breaking down the barricades Radio . |
| 7 | But this caused Aboyeur to veer away from the rails and collide with Craganour , carrying him out towards the centre of the course and interfering with the finishing runs of Nimbus — who had been far enough back at Tattenham Corner for his jockey to have seen the suffragette incident — and Great Sport , both coming up the stands side . |
| 8 | Powering up The Needles lighthouse is being connected with mains electricity for the first time in its 134-year history . |
| 9 | The water changes from year to year and it is quite a skill knowing where the tides flow are running . |
| 10 | Among these , according to Fedor Polenov , Head of the Russian Delegation and Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet Commission for Culture , is the intention on the German side to give Russia a number of works from the Bremen Collection for Russian museums , and also to give financial and technical aid for the restoration of the Novgorod Museum and Park , and to help in making up the museums collection which was destroyed during the war . |
| 11 | And so when you , so it means that the Dutch are leaders , so it 's , it 's kind of , that 's how putting up the communications empire . |
| 12 | There 's absolutely no question of our using either the police force or the army for the purpose of strike-breaking ’ . |
| 13 | It took a Labour Government less inhibited than the Tories with their informal links to the amateur élite to bring sport within the ambit of the welfare state by setting up the Sports Council . |
| 14 | Erm but if this trend continues , I can see them shooting down the activities side of this this place and just using it as an advice centre . |