Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you know , ’ said Damian , leaning humorously across the table towards Gawain , who was gazing transfixed at the top button of Bob 's coat , ‘ Jack did marry his Mummy ? ’ |
| 2 | If you are getting married at a particular church or synagogue you may be granted access to a library not normally opened to the public . |
| 3 | His next-door neighbours , who are getting married at the same time , also booked with Darlington Wedding Cars but they too have changed their booking . |
| 4 | Having looked at the various strategies for using options it is now time to look at the valuation of options . |
| 5 | Having looked at the various definitions of money supply , section 16.3 goes on to consider what causes the money supply to change . |
| 6 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 7 | Having looked at the growing success of the Editing for Industry awards and noted the fact that Alan Peaford was due to step down after a three-year stint in the chair , I decided to ask him to continue in the post for my year of office . |
| 8 | Having looked at the broader canvas of mission in these first two chapters , we now focus our attention without apology on the need for ‘ church growth ’ . |
| 9 | It is further urged upon me that the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact with each other , and the justices being satisfied that there were grounds for believing that both the children were likely to suffer significant harm , which was a specific finding that they made , they were plainly wrong in refusing to make an interim order in that they first of all failed to have regard to the fact that the parents had colluded over the cause of D. 's injuries , and there was evidence to that effect ; secondly , that the mother had lied to social services , Dr. Barnardo 's and the guardian about having had at the relevant times no contact with the father — and that is indeed what the mother has done , she has lied ; and , thirdly , that the father had been in breach of a term of the bail conditions which had been imposed upon him , not only on 23 December 1991 but ever since his release in as much as he had visited and contacted the mother . |
| 10 | The Court named four police officers — Detective Superintendent George Reade , who headed the investigation , Detective Sergeant Colin Morris , Detective Constable Terence Woodwiss , and Detective Constable Rex Langford — as having lied at the original trial . |
| 11 | Having arrived at a suitable total for local authority expenditure , the next problem is how to express it in a way that allows comparisons to be made either with other contemporary expenditures or with local authority expenditure over time . |
| 12 | As far as identity is concerned , this does not involve looking primarily for some smug sense of having arrived at a particular social position . |
| 13 | We can not , therefore , feel surprised that Professor Coleman , beset by so many obstacles in that particular branch of our art , and having arrived at an advanced period of life , could not fling himself into its pursuit ; nor was it reasonable to expect it from him ’ . |
| 14 | On writing about his perfect country house , Baillie Scott is adamantly opposed to the vulgar and proposes what he considers to be the simple open plan way of life : ‘ Having arrived at the central idea of a hall or living room as the keynote of a home it follows naturally that one must group round this the various other rooms … first the ‘ ladies ’ bower'' , the ‘ ‘ drawing-room' ’ as we now call it . |
| 15 | The imminence of the Olympic Games means that the top British fighters , having competed at the British Open last weekend , are back in training , leaving the field clear for emerging figures in both the men 's and women 's events . |
| 16 | He was known to most of the crowd , having appeared at the famous Appleby Horse Fair as well as Lee Fair for many years . |
| 17 | He withdrew to his favourite castle at Chinon and there , on 6th July he died , having learned at the last that his favourite son John had joined the rebels against him . |
| 18 | What may well be the most off-putting thought for some about this amplifier is , having glanced at the front panel , a fear of what could lurk around the back : does it resemble the buss panel of a 32-channel mixing desk , or the flight deck of a 757 ? |
| 19 | Some leaders spoke out against the new trend ; in a paper on preaching delivered at a Free Church Council meeting the quixotic Joseph Parker defended congregational applause during a sermon because it encouraged the preacher and allowed the Holy Spirit to work through the listeners . |
| 20 | I wander across to where ‘ young ’ Howard ( 58 ) is sitting slumped at an isolated table with his wife and Alan Watkins , their backs turned on the glittering throng . |