Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) There is a modern attempt to defend what is called objectivism in ethics which turns on viewing both facts and values as essentially social constructs which are what they are because they are either what society drills us into accepting or what exceptional individuals can persuade us follow from the procedures we have been drilled into accepting as correct . |
| 2 | I must be quiet ; they must not hear my heart thumping or my involuntary gasp . |
| 3 | I used to lock myself in my bedroom sobbing and praying that my real mother would come back to comfort me . |
| 4 | Realizing that my opponent and I were safely separated , I struggled violently , hurling threats and abuse at the poor boy , while praying that my large saviour would n't let go of me . |
| 5 | She was awfully fond of her husband , of course , but there was no denying that their own lovemaking had become just a little predictable . |
| 6 | He looked powerful and tough , and yet Isabel found herself noticing that his lower lip was slightly fuller than the upper , and that his mouth quirked at one corner , hinting at a sense of humour . |
| 7 | Noticing that his younger brother himself was shivering , Dong , who was taller than the average Annamese , inched his long , thin body closer to him and put his arm around his shoulders . |
| 8 | Coun Joan Wade said : ‘ I am absolutely fuming that our young people are missing out again , ’ referring to the Radio One Roadshow , with Jakki Brambles and special guests , that will be broadcast from Stewart Park , and broadcasts from Middlesbrough Arena . |
| 9 | Jane Cristofani steered Helen towards soft separates instead , explaining that her curvaceous figure should be echoed in the shapes of her clothes . |
| 10 | In explaining that my hon. Friend the Minister of State is not present to answer questions because he is doing duty in the Province , I give the right hon. Gentleman an absolute assurance of the commitment of the intelligence services and of their relevance in Northern Ireland today . |
| 11 | Installation has also been improved with the provision of a wider range of up-to-date device drivers — but it is still worth checking that your particular video , printer or digitiser is supported . |
| 12 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 13 | The key to success with such an approach is planning and communication such that everyone involved understands what is happening and their own role within the total picture . |
| 14 | ‘ I need your help , Nick , because my only son is dying and my only daughter is following his example , and I need a strong man who will save them . ’ |
| 15 | Mitzi was immediately conscious of pain and seconds later of the table upturning and its entire contents spreading themselves across the parquet . |
| 16 | Be explicit at the point where you leave off summarising and your own words take over ( see below , Chapter 5 , pp. 105 – 7 , for techniques which enable you to do this ) . |
| 17 | This is n't a case of writers bleating because their own books wo n't be available ; we all spent hours in libraries learning our trade , the only way to learn to write is to how it 's done by other people be it well or badly |
| 18 | Nor was there any instance , as far as I could see , of the faithful lover dying before his long wait was rewarded ; or thought of how the heroine might have felt in such a case , with brothers and sisters flown the nest , father and mother dead , hero dead , the house empty , and the mind , so long attuned and subjected to the needs of other minds , no longer able to recognize and adapt to its own needs . |
| 19 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 20 | A trip chain is a sequence of trips beginning when a resident leaves home , and ending when they next return home . |
| 21 | There is some movement either way , but in broad terms and it seems to me what proponents of other sectors are doing basically , is suggesting that their particular segment is better because of erm possible improvements which may or may not take in the future . |
| 22 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 23 | ‘ Mr Cameron , are you suggesting that your repeated speeches — and mind , we have abundant eye-witness testimony concerning them — contained no word about the driving out of proprietors ? |
| 24 | Are you s can we j ask Mr Cunnane is he suggesting that I five definition the second line of the policy should be widened ? |
| 25 | And no sooner was he inside when he heard Mrs Brown singing that her true love had sent four calling birds three french hens two turtle doves not to mention another partridge in a pear tree . |
| 26 | Instead of accepting that their normal circuit is not possible and organising an alternative , they may try to make their formal pattern and so run themselves into an even more difficult situation . |
| 27 | John-Augustus tried to josh himself into accepting that his own bout was no more than that . |
| 28 | Gordon Turner , 61 , enlisted the help of The Northern Echo , trusting that his long-lost friend had returned to his native Darlington . |
| 29 | Some women , and hopefully more women , will turn that into political action — whether that 's demanding a playgroup for or whether it 's demanding that their political leaders were mainly male , pay more attention to women . |
| 30 | Robbie 's voice faltered into silence , and she held her breath , realising that her wretched curiosity had run away with her again . |