Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Midnight shrugged , not wanting to talk about the old slave days in Spanish Town or Montserrat , walking her along , keeping clear of the last idling stragglers . |
| 2 | But in chemistry , physics and physiology , the laboratory sciences becoming prominent in the nineteenth century , there was little scope for the amateur . |
| 3 | Preventive health measures which tackle the cause of why people are becoming sick in the first place could save vast sums of public money which are being wasted by the National Health Service treating the symptoms . |
| 4 | Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division . |
| 5 | In the first division Oxford United were looking good in the first half thanks to a goal from defender Anton Rogan … |
| 6 | Adaku was living alone on the seventeenth floor of a tower block in South London when we spoke to her . |
| 7 | Finally , especially if you are living alone for the first time , invest in some small cooking dishes and fridge/freezer containers . |
| 8 | Relatives often seem to feel that they do not need to bring a contribution , unless , of course , you are young , living alone for the first time and being visited by your mother , in which case she will probably bring a month 's supply of food and wash up for you as well ! |
| 9 | It seemed to flow from a weaker to a stronger system , thus acting contrary to the Second Law of Thermodynamics . |
| 10 | What with all the forms to fill out and papers to file , it looks like the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs acquisition wo n't be formally closed until June , two or three months later than they originally figured : they should have the required stockholders meeting scheduled in the next 30 days . |
| 11 | Protected by the castle , a settlement grew up , apparently outside the bailey walls on the lower ground , with the modern market area seemingly remaining clear until the 16th century . |
| 12 | Well that 's going free to the first person to ring us on three double one , one double one with the answers to these three questions , listen carefully . |
| 13 | Go and get a good night 's sleep , love , ’ ‘ Patricia ’ urged , sounding honest for the first time that evening . |
| 14 | BANKRUPTCIES have hit a record level with 45,000 firms going bust in the first nine months of this year . |
| 15 | The reasons for their getting involved in the first place are multiplex , involving many related processes , which I will endeavour to uncover . |
| 16 | Within another month or two he did The Rainbow which got enormous coverage , and within another month he was here getting ready for the first American tour . |
| 17 | Lynda said that getting ready for the first visitors was proving quite a challenge . |
| 18 | ‘ I think they 're getting ready for the Second Front , ’ Sarah told Maureen , ‘ although Joe did n't say so . ’ |
| 19 | They chatted for a while longer , then Mrs Lennox and Susan set about packing , getting ready for the next day 's evacuation . |
| 20 | Siemens also says it expects losses at the semiconductor division to go on , saying that the prospects of it breaking even over the next few years as a result of cost-cutting had been dampened by weak demand . |
| 21 | With big increases in the numbers of bonds falling due over the next three years , defaults seem sure to rise further . |
| 22 | Robin Hood Quarry No 3 has seen Upping the Ante given a direct finish , traversing left at the second pair of pegs , and given the grade E5 6b b by Ian Parsons and Jim Ballard . |
| 23 | With the wind against , it was certainly playing long in the last round . |
| 24 | I opened the can and poured the Coke , and Mrs Young , who happened to be sitting alone at the next table , turned round and said to Xanthe sweetly that she , Mrs Young , would pay for the Coke , and would n't Xanthe come and join her ? |
| 25 | Tranmere made a lightning start with Aldridge firing wide in the first 60 seconds . |
| 26 | I hope that these very brief summaries of our business do not leave you feeling depressed after the fourth year of recession in our industry because we all have a good deal to be optimistic about . |