Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have been walking for nearly an hour , he thought . |
| 2 | After walking for approximately a quarter of a mile he stopped outside a small detached cottage on his left . |
| 3 | I carry on walking for quite a bit . |
| 4 | With his by now legendary disregard for anything current which was n't The Smiths or his personal protégé ( the superb Easterhouse fell in his favour at this time ) , Morrissey performed ceremonial destruction with Sade , Style Council , Ultravox , Carmel , Genesis , Marilyn and , ironically enough , Blue Rondo who by this time were probably bragging about how The Smiths once supported them ; poetic justice indeed . |
| 5 | At last he has players challenging for virtually every position . |
| 6 | I knew now that I might have been foolish to have expected so much from Waite , but he had been the only person who 'd been willing to treat both kidnappers and hostages as human beings and to attempt some kind of understanding about how the situation could be resolved . |
| 7 | As he drew closer , walking with almost a swagger , George noted the way the sun glinted on a head of coppery curls . |
| 8 | Only two appeared in more than one newspaper — each appearing in both the Sun and the Star . |
| 9 | Ever since his time as a medical student , he had been drawn towards women who were higher up the career ladder , revelling in both the challenge and the reflected glory when he succeeded . |
| 10 | Tough love should be kind , gentle and understanding to both the family member and the primary sufferer , while nonetheless allowing each to be fully responsible for his or her own feelings and behaviour and for taking the full consequences of all choices of individual action . |
| 11 | This in turn has led to increasing Government interference in matters relating to both the organisation and professional functions of medical groups . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ she said carefully , marvelling at how the steam conducted the sound . |
| 13 | There the Reis-ul-Kuttab , or Reis Effendi as he was usually called by foreigners , the head of the grand vizier 's chancery , showed some signs of becoming at least an approximation to a foreign minister . |
| 14 | However , only one in nine households is ‘ typical ’ , most consisting of just a man and a woman . |
| 15 | As they speed towards a moving insect , the pitch of their cries is constantly changing , continuously hunting for just the pitch needed to keep the returning echoes at a fixed pitch . |
| 16 | The defendant 's fourth sub-head of complaint was that the judge did this when the jury had been deliberating for only an hour , citing Reg. v. McKenna [ 1960 ] 1 Q.B . |
| 17 | Four of the leading jurists of Bologna were appointed to prepare a document defining for ever the relationship between the empire on one hand and the cities of Italy and imperial vassal on the other . |
| 18 | Joking apart Kevin has been training for nearly a year . |
| 19 | Obviously , tables can be a visible part of a storage wall , acting as either a desk or for dining , and some of them have an extendable top so that they can be pulled right out when you have company . |
| 20 | Ireland now face defending champions Scotland this morning with the Scots looking for just a draw to retain their title . |
| 21 | The situation forced the company to downsize from 35 to six people and start looking for either a buyer or non-exclusive licensees . |
| 22 | Detective Chief Superintendent Alan Shannon , who is heading the investigation , said : ‘ We are looking for either a youth or a young man . |
| 23 | If it 's sultry shades you 're looking for then the Preludes collection from Helena Rubenstein is one to try . |
| 24 | The head and individual staff members meeting for about an hour to discuss the staff member 's responsibilities and the way that the school has progressed over the year ; particular stress being placed on the successes of the staff member and in finding areas of development and growth . |
| 25 | WRECS , which has been operating for almost a decade , now boasts a membership of more than 40 who attended the evening of festive fun at the Pavilion Club , Barlaston , complete with refreshments and cabaret . |
| 26 | The narrow gauge line 's diesel locomotive and two former man-rider carriages have been operating for almost a year at a small extra charge to visitors . |
| 27 | DASA are now looking into how the money can be raised to acquire the Dak , then to operate her and where she can be realistically based . |
| 28 | This chapter outlines the way in which the schooling systems were shaped from the early nineteenth century by a combination of church and state politics , developing in both the North and South as expressions of catholic nationalism and protestant loyalism . |
| 29 | Sixteen children ( 18% ) had faecal soiling with soiling frequency ranging from once a week to daily , mean 3 ( 2 ) soilings per week , despite some treatment in four patients . |
| 30 | She stared calmly back , her jet black hair escaping from underneath the wimple . |