Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have a talent for using as a lever planks or anything else that comes to hand . |
| 2 | In one famous passage the hero vents his frustration by masturbating through a paper shoji screen — a sign of contempt for yet another revered symbol of Japanese culture . |
| 3 | Since qualifying as a Medau teachers in 1968 she has taught regular classes for adults , children and the mentally handicapped . |
| 4 | He found he was walking as a dog walks , its head twisted round to gaze into its master 's face , waiting for a stick to be thrown , wagging its tail . |
| 5 | Mrs Strutt , the wife of the pioneer mill-owner Jedidiah Strutt , was encoffined in this way , in ‘ a Suit of Superfine Crape consisting of a Shroud Sheets Cap & Pillow … £2 2s 0d ’ . |
| 6 | BUNGLING police looking for a Mafia drugs ring swooped on four ‘ suspects ’ … a British holiday couple and their two children . |
| 7 | If the banks were previously operating with a cash reserves ratio above their desired ratio , however , the potential that exists for them to expand their deposits is reduced . |
| 8 | According to a World Resources Institute survey presented on June 7 , 1990 , between 160,000 and 200,000 sq km of tropical rainforest were being destroyed annually . |
| 9 | Similarly , if a cancer is found at a screening colonoscopy in a patient presenting to a unit years after the programme entry date for example , colitis of 17 years duration or when referred from another centre it can not be counted a success becaue these cancers represent a selected group detected outside the regular surveillance protocol . |
| 10 | These rules are mostly inflexible , so anyone with specific intentions about providing for a family friends or a charity after their death should definitely consider making a will . |
| 11 | An old age pensioners ' club in Whinney Banks , Middlesbrough , is objecting to a £6.03 rates demand . |
| 12 | Speaking at a student awards ceremony , Don Alexander , director at the Training and Employment Agency , said more people were now being given the chance to work in other countries . |
| 13 | Speaking at a Unix Labs Pacific System Software Technology Seminar held recently in Tokyo , Michael Miracle , the director of the Unix System Development Department at Unix System Laboratories Inc in New Jersey and the person responsible for the development and testing of the System V.4 ES/MP release , said that Unix Labs was currently involved in internal debate and discussion with customers about the release of a microkernel-based version of System V.4 . |
| 14 | Two houses in the area were evacuated because of vast clouds of dense dust blowing from a drying tailings lake where wastes from Mogul 's lead/zinc mine were dumped . |
| 15 | While they are not obliged to give reasons , hosting of a World Championships implied acceptance of all competitors , especially two defending World Champions . |
| 16 | But within six months John was spotted by a Luton talent scout while playing in a county schools match and moved south to Kenilworth Road . |
| 17 | If the wavelength composition of the light falling on a scene changes then the wavelengths reflected by , say , a red area will change accordingly but so will the wavelengths reflected by an adjacent green area . |
| 18 | Cathy Troupp was talking to a specialist couples counsellor about this month 's case history . |
| 19 | I just been talking to a coupla friends of yours . ’ |
| 20 | Because of the vast range of the information potentially bearing on a decision individuals do not attempt to collect and assess all of it before deciding , but settle for a more manageable sample . |
| 21 | Ray is now working towards a BSc Honours degree in applied computing which will keep him busy for another three years . |
| 22 | They have to the Atari , right you load this in a word processing in a path games are venture and the sound is much better than Amiga on the Amiga er the graphics are better on the Amiga and but the Atari ST is slightly easier to program . |
| 23 | Working in a Staffordshire plastics factory . |