Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was unbearably aware of the tensile strength of his incipient beard beneath the shaven smoothness of his jaw , just as she was of the aroused hardness of his body , controlled , contained but testifying to his rampant masculinity in a way that was driving her to abandon the last remaining threads of self-control . |
| 2 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 3 | Instead , BT is set to fill our TV screens with Mel Smith as ‘ Inspector Morose ’ , persuading us to buy the third lot of BT shares , which goes on sale in July . |
| 4 | Asking them to recount the last incidence of the problem behaviour often helps . |
| 5 | With great reluctance , as he maintained , Ledeen carried the message from Israel 's prime minister , Shimon Peres , to McFarlane in the summer of 1985 , asking him to approve the first shipment of arms from Israel to Iran ; McFarlane replied ‘ Okay , just that one shipment and nothing else ’ , words that soon acquired a hollow , awful sound . |
| 6 | Both Johnson Matthey and the Ceramic Society supported Mike through this transition , allowing him to become the first president of the Canadian Ceramic Society to reside outside of Canada . |
| 7 | Basel takes place right at the end of the season after the New York contemporary art auctions , allowing it to have the last word on the state of the market . |