Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten points in five crucial second-half minutes changed the complexion , Rod McCall driving over for his first international try , Roebuck converting then adding a penalty . |
| 2 | It is gearing up for its second consecutive presidential election in November , with candidates ranging from far right to soft left , and front-runners representing the centre . |
| 3 | GEARING up for their 25th anniversary , the British Aviation Preservation Council staged its 98th quarterly conference at the Yorkshire Air Museum ( YAM ) , Elvington , on November 2 . |
| 4 | It is in imminent danger of dying out from its last remaining stronghold — Redgrave and South Lopham Fen in Suffolk — due largely to the fact that a nearby borehole drilled by the Suffolk Water Company is drying out the ground . |
| 5 | Besides , everyone else is bidding out of their next pay , just as I am . |
| 6 | Shilton , who is himself injured , has just 14 full-time professionals to choose from for the visit of Hartlepool after losing Just when Shilton thought things were looking up for his Second Division side before the 3-2 FA Cup win over Peterborough , he lost striker Paul Boardman with a foot injury and on-loan defender Richard Dryden with a groin injury . |
| 7 | Looking back to her first encounter with Balbinder a year ago , when she had visited him at his previous school , she said that she had been shocked . |
| 8 | Restaurants , antique and craft shops can be found in and around the township and in addition to the Castle currently undergoing environmental works , visitors are intrigued by the thriving ancient Corporation with its Portreeve , Jury and Common Attorney etc. which retains with pride local customs dating back to its 13th Century Charter . |
| 9 | Two towering Indian performances lit up the fourth day , with the ‘ boy wonder ’ Tendulkar going on to his second mouthwatering century of the series , lifting his side to 272 after a ninth-wicket stand of 81 with the stubborn More , who made 43 . |
| 10 | Incidentally , any players interested in other courses at The Guitar Institute , Basstech or Drumtech might fancy going along to their second Open Day on Saturday , 19th September at either 3.00pm or 5.00pm … |
| 11 | CHAMPIONS and section one league leaders Waringstown are in danger of going down to their first defeat of the season . |
| 12 | That was all they did get … the Gloucester pack huffed and puffed again and blew Bristol down … with Phillips going through for his second try … |
| 13 | THE Marquess of Blandford was today waking up to his first full day in London 's Pentonville Prison , facing all but nine hours of it ‘ banged up ’ . |
| 14 | She had stayed at work up to the proper time to get the full benefits and she had felt important enough , leaving to have a baby , for the loneliness to be kept at bay for the time leading up to her last day . |
| 15 | For the six months leading up to my 40th birthday last April , I felt decidedly morbid . |
| 16 | Moving on to your third point , the long-term aspects of education , you said these are largely demographic ? |
| 17 | Unarmed combat is basically the quickest way of attacking somebody and grinding them into little pieces before moving on to your next victim . ) |
| 18 | The UN Security Council met repeatedly during August in response to the Gulf crisis and passed five resolutions [ see box ] , moving on from its first and immediate condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ( Resolution 660 on Aug. 2 ) , to impose mandatory sanctions ( Resolution 661 on Aug. 6 ) , and later to allow states to use their naval forces for " measures " to ensure implementation of such sanctions ( Resolution 665 on Aug. 25 ) , while also rejecting the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait ( Resolution 662 on Aug. 9 ) and demanding freedom of departure from , and consular access to , foreign nationals in Kuwait and Iraq ( Resolution 664 of Aug. 18 ) . |
| 19 | The parents of former Heighington Primary School teacher Catherine Lee visited the village last week to tell villagers how she was getting on in her third year teaching in East Africa . |
| 20 | The City Research project is now moving in to its second year and has already seen the publication of three reports . |
| 21 | Ooh you 're getting down to your last tuppence . |
| 22 | In front of a tall classical tomb — the centre panel left blank for overprinting — reclines a shrouded skeleton , representing Death , who leans to the viewer 's left to stop Youth from detaining Time who is shown flying off to his next assignment . |
| 23 | The little reporter realized suddenly that she had a real story for her editor and went pale with fear as she remembered that lady 's ruthless slashing up of her last offering , the report of an insignificant wedding . |
| 24 | Now he 's facing up to his first week without work in 36 years |
| 25 | Wilkinson cooly ignored the gulf in rankings , not to mention the intimidating figure of Ivanisevic at the other side of the net , pointing out after his second round triumph : ‘ He is only human , like anyone else . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What 's this , Sep ? ’ said Tom Tedder , coming in from his last class , and acting rather as if a load was now off his mind , or as if he was trying to conceal one . |
| 27 | Dickens ' timeless story , now coming up to its 146th Christmas , has been adapted with affection by David Holman and directed with dash by Gwenda Hughes . |
| 28 | Well that would certainly be my favourite , we we 'll be coming up to our hundredth anniversary are n't we fairly soon ? |
| 29 | Dad had been improving daily — he was eating well , in good spirits and coming up to his eightieth birthday . |
| 30 | He was coming up to his twenty-seventh birthday and his face had already acquired some of the lived-in look that became one of his characteristics later in his career . |