Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are praying that Peter pulls through . |
| 2 | Denying that people learned in precisely the same way as pigeons , Cartier insisted that the reason why a programme taught better than typical traditional methods was usually because of the latter 's inadequately prepared design : |
| 3 | After all , the caller could n't rely on his not noticing that Edwin had n't come home last night until he did n't get his early tea brought to him . |
| 4 | Whenever Italy played I could n't help noticing that Brian looked remarkably like Salvatore Schilacci , but he did n't seem too pleased when I pointed this out . |
| 5 | Do you get used to being filthy and smelly — do you stop minding that people back off you 'cos you stink ? |
| 6 | The judge threw out the charge , however , after ruling that Novodvorskaya had not used obscene language . |
| 7 | A federal government report revealing that diets do n't work has triggered a revolt against the £20 billion slimming industry . |
| 8 | However , I 'd hoped you 'd come over understanding that Leon does n't wish to sell his property called Sleet . |
| 9 | The flyer may have had three of its four photographs taken in pedestrian zones , but walking and cycling get less than five per cent of the space in the book . |
| 10 | The way people talk about faith , you would think that rationality , inquiry , investigation , understanding and proof had all joined hands to form a circle of knowledge , leaving faith outside in the cold . |
| 11 | They deserve our attention not only because of their clear male-female : superior-inferior blood differentiation , but also because , of all the other blood rituals of covenanting , purifying and cleansing discussed above , only they survived the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in AD 70 to remain rites central to the Judaism of today , with the same religious consequences for men and women as in the ancient world . |
| 12 | There was mass saluting , mass mumbling and mass pouring out of the door . |
| 13 | The police asked what was happening and Simon looked up , completely deadpan and pointed down the road and said : ‘ Football hooligans . |
| 14 | A wire balloon should be fitted into the top of each downpipe to prevent birds nesting and debris getting down the pipe |
| 15 | Both gearing and borrowings have subsequently increased , mainly because of payment of corporation tax and settlement of creditors . |
| 16 | He seemed to cause embarrassment to his side of the room , but a sense of doors opening and light coming in to mine ( p. 41 ) . |
| 17 | The Fax machine stopped whirring and Cawthorne moved about , picking sheets from its output tray . |
| 18 | But when you speak to him it quickly becomes clear that his passion for climbing and adventure remains as strong as ever . |
| 19 | Everyone burst out laughing and Joanie smiled uneasily . |
| 20 | Only when evening comes does she lift the lid a chink and peer out , checking whether darkness has yet come . |
| 21 | They were both laughing when Helen walked in and demanded to be enlightened . |
| 22 | In effect , his season appeared to be ending when Glamorgan went out of the NatWest quarter-finals . |
| 23 | She heard the sound of twigs cracking as Bridget came up behind her . |
| 24 | Losing is becoming a depressing habit and under-pressure Gooch now with 15 one-day innings without a fifty behind him will need no reminding that England have also lost their last five Tests . |
| 25 | While the press , led by The Hindu , has gone a long way to proving that Bofors handed out millions of dollars to Indian middlemen , the identity of the ultimate recipients of the money remains a mystery . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the levels of other biliary electrolytes did not differ among patients with gall stones and controls suggesting that contamination had not occurred . |
| 27 | And from here it was but a step to suggesting that women did not take the whole thing seriously as a profession . |
| 28 | Item twenty as well as twenty six , you are suggesting that meals go up in day centres by fifteen percent , and then on twenty six , we introduce a two pound a week for daycare , for people with learning disabilities . |
| 29 | In Øster 's study no preputial adhesions were seen in 95 boys aged 17 , none of whom had undergone any operative procedure for separation of adhesions — strongly suggesting that adhesions resolve spontaneously without treatment . |
| 30 | In particular , principals have suffered the largest fall suggesting that fees declined relatively more than salaries . |