Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This result might seem puzzling given the conventional characterisation of most Friends in the eighteenth century as quietist ‘ following their habit of attending religiously to their internal impressions ’ . |
| 2 | In pagan days , when Celtic pilgrims journeyed not to Knock but to the Sacred Feasts of Tara , matchmaking played an important part in the celebrations . |
| 3 | And then we saw that brilliant save by Stowell and the crossbar denying United a famous victory . |
| 4 | From time to time , shares which one licensed dealer was pushing got a wee mention in the national press . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the overall credibility of the experiment with solar forcing alone must be considered low , as it is illogical to neglect greenhouse forcing given the well-established case for its existence . |
| 6 | In spite of taking my time , the wheelbarrow fell over every couple of minutes , when balancing required the left leg to take the strain . |
| 7 | Then he left , wishing Riven a good night , and a better morning . |
| 8 | Well no not so much that but , but I 'm not , I 'm not sure that other lady , the one whose baby was born just after er before Becky you see and I thought could just imagine her being saying going and saying something and getting , it getting moulded a different way , you know ? |
| 9 | As a result , no hints of James having broken a contractual obligation found its way into the Declaration of Rights , which simply concluded that James had " abdicated the Government " and that the throne was " thereby vacant " . |
| 10 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 11 | That is information I am passing on having received no illuminated address from manufacturers for helping peppermint sales to rise dramatically . |
| 12 | Men found her formidable and she advanced into her twenties , long past the usual marrying age , without Nuri having received a suitable offer . |
| 13 | Although in 1977 we were not entirely destitute , having received a major donation , we were able to open the Centre only thanks to loans from the Guggenheim and the MOMA in New York and the Ludwig Forum in Aachen . |
| 14 | ( 9 ) When this party has selected the prospective parliamentary candidate , section ( 3 ) of this clause shall be applicable only when section ( 8 ) applies or , having received a written request from the General Committee of this party for permission to reconsider the selection of the prospective parliamentary candidate , the National Executive Committee has decided that in its opinion there are changed circumstances relating to the prospective parliamentary candidate since his or her selection , and has given authority to this party to convene a special meeting of the General Committee in accordance with regulations sanctioned by the National Executive Committee to consider a resolution that the prospective candidate selected previously shall not be the candidate at the next general election . |
| 15 | It is implausible that , having received a fat return yesterday , investors will meekly shovel tomorrow 's cash into an unpromising project . |
| 16 | In early 1981 , Reagan and his aides spoke confidently of his having received an impressive mandate at the recent elections , and many in Congress and the media seemed to find the argument convincing . |
| 17 | That afternoon ( it was all on a Sunday ) he saw Chamberlain , and having directly asked him whether he agreed with the others and having received an affirmative answer , told him to call a meeting of the Shadow Cabinet for the following day at which he would say goodbye . |
| 18 | Having received an honorary degree from St Andrews University , and through his friendship with Principal Robertson of Edinburgh University , had managed the business of a Divinity Degree for his friend Sam Cooper . |
| 19 | At the time of the questionnaire survey , 60 per cent of 1984 " finishing " research students were in full-time employment , one was in part-time employment , and a further 9 per cent were waiting to start work , having received an acceptable job offer . |
| 20 | And the only record that we have in scripture of any evidence of folk having received the Holy Spirit was that they spoke with other tongues . |
| 21 | EVERYONE must be wondering what is happening on the Mid-Hants Railway , the ‘ Watercress Line ’ , having received the startling news from the pages of a contemporary magazine that volunteers have been resigning from the work force in substantial numbers . |
| 22 | Having examined the parliamentary history of sections 61 and 63 of the Finance Act 1976 , it was held that the parliamentary intention was that in-house benefits should be assessed for income tax on the basis of marginal costs to the employer and not as a proportion of the total costs incurred in providing the service both for the public and the employee ; that this effect applied to the education of the children of teachers who were employees ; and that section 63 of the 1976 Act should be construed accordingly . |
| 23 | When that argument had failed , she had tried taunting herself with infatuation — with having developed a schoolgirl-like crush that would n't outlast separation . |
| 24 | He arrived a week later , having developed a profound respect for the eloquent Joseph and his kinsmen . |
| 25 | Moreover , he assesses such people ( in his book The Nightmare , 1985 ) as being ‘ markedly open and defenceless , not having developed the psychological protection most people have … they have thin boundaries ( between conscious and unconscious states ) and let things through . ’ |
| 26 | Having travelled a reasonable distance into wind ( you did wait three years for a day with a light breeze did n't you ? ) , apply some sideways cyclic to bank the model and start a turn . |
| 27 | Nijazi Beqa and his co-defendants were accused of having joined an illegal organization , of having distributed ‘ hostile propaganda materials ’ and of organizing petitions of a ‘ hostile ’ nature to officials in and outside Yugoslavia . |
| 28 | Besides being the more outgoing of the two , as well as having joined the local drama group , he had lived in London longer . |
| 29 | I expect her to shout at me , having heard an alternative story from Teddy . |
| 30 | She had never liked the arrangement that had installed her in the Ward household , but having heard the tragic story , and knowing how much it meant to the woman who had rescued her from a life of loneliness , how could she refuse ? |