Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun pl] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was weeping quietly , allowing the tears to run down his cheeks and drip into the dusty shadows around his feet . |
| 2 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 3 | Race starter Captain Keith Brown was also criticised for allowing the horses to line up too close to the start line which led to the tape twice being broken . |
| 4 | Race starter Captain Keith Brown was also criticised for allowing the horses to line up too close to the start line , which led to the tape twice being broken . |
| 5 | The question is , whether the culture of Italy is one that throws up people who will be public spirited , who will make good trustees while allowing the curators to get on with their work . |
| 6 | Pods can also warp , allowing the batteries to slip out of contact , and the contacts themselves are often quite small . |
| 7 | The initial assessment in Teheran , however , was that neither Iran nor Iraq has an interest in allowing the clashes to run out of control . |
| 8 | Specimens of these butterflies are often found with bite-marks in the region of these false eyes , showing that bird predators really are attracted to this part of the body , allowing the insects to fly off to safety with no more damage than a few frayed edges . |
| 9 | The extent of active support for the Khmer Rouge in the countryside is impossible to judge , but interviews with peasants in the provinces of Battambang , Pursat , Takeo and Kampot , in the west and south of Cambodia , indicate widespread passive support allowing the guerrillas to move around and gather food . |
| 10 | His Hal would be a truant Prince , perhaps , a man disobedient to his father and contemptuous of the popular expectation , but no less a Prince for that , always watching , always using the lines to cut out a space for himself . |
| 11 | Most claim the restrictions have actually caused traffic using the roads to speed up . |
| 12 | Dexter was pulling the last layer of bandages away , using the scissors to snip off any loose pieces , exposing the face beneath . |
| 13 | Both oral presentation and writing , however , have an additional function in helping the researchers to sort out and understand their findings in order to be able to communicate them to others . |
| 14 | Both oral presentation and writing , however , have an additional function in helping the researchers to sort out and understand their findings in order to be able to communicate them . |
| 15 | The man is still helping the police to track down the whereabouts of an undisclosed number of missing objects . |
| 16 | I believe that the legislation passed by the House has created a strong regulatory framework and I am always encouraging the regulators to root out fraud , incompetence and crime wherever it may be . |
| 17 | However , Steve and George worked extremely efficiently and still managed to complete the job on time enabling the contractors to hand over the ductwork on time . |
| 18 | The overhang was cleared , enabling the shares to bounce back to 356p , down 2 on balance . |
| 19 | As a communist leader who has , in his own way , resisted change said before ordering the tanks to go in , ‘ If you give a first step , it is never the last . ’ |
| 20 | Morgan was the first to learn of the Armistice in the trenches , where he intercepted instructions from the German GHQ ordering the generals to lay down their arms . |
| 21 | He paused on the footpath , and barked , urging the animals to hurry along . |
| 22 | I pledge to write to my bank manager urging the banks to write off debt owed by poorer countries . |
| 23 | Aware of the strength of public feeling , the council , which is trying to promote York to southern companies as a relocation area , put up restrictive height barriers at some of its open car parks forcing the travellers to move on to council land elsewhere . |
| 24 | They plan to clear the site as soon as possible forcing the travellers to move on . |
| 25 | So how do you go about persuading the birds to set up home ? |
| 26 | If the other participants approved a solution it would assist in persuading the Russians to join in eventually . |
| 27 | By summoning the guts to speak out , Keith too can now face the future with hope . |
| 28 | Now she 's giving the orders to get out of the washrooms , into the freezing cold , alongside the other troops in this collosal humanitarian operation for the British Army in Bosnia . |
| 29 | Farr-Jones was clearly in a mood to enjoy himself before joining the Barbarians to take on the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 30 | At an impromptu Press conference , unionist councillors accused Secretary of State Peter Brooke of not having the guts to take on the IRA . |