Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tool called a shack-fork — a fork with curved tines and an iron bow at the shoulder was used to gather the swathes of barley into gavels ready for pitching on to the wagons . |
| 2 | Goin' on about the seats all the time she was . |
| 3 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 4 | The sea crashing on to the rocks by the Giant 's Causeway is the only similarity for Steve Parcell with his last parish , Bournemouth . |
| 5 | Laboriously carved out of rock and earth , their buildings are built in incredible terraces , one above the other , hanging on to the cliffs or nestled below them . |
| 6 | Callaghan stood , hanging on to the rags of his self-respect . |
| 7 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 8 | ‘ And this year you 're crazy about Maria Luisa , ’ Ruth murmured , gazing down at the fingers she had been wringing till they were red and hot . |
| 9 | They were quite intimidating to a poor Waaf struggling along in the teeth of a gale , on a bike in a skirt . |
| 10 | Scotch Whisky is inseparable from Scotland … of all the spirits mankind has distilled , refined and enhanced from nature 's huge store of goodness , Scotch Whisky is the noblest … a distillation of the natural riches with which Scotland is so abundantly endowed … clear waters tumbling down from the hills and across the moors , though peat and over granite … fields of golden barley … the cool , pure air . |
| 11 | A midwinter day … the wind to the north , the sky in rags , hail whipping in from the islands in dark squalls . |
| 12 | ‘ But I think it is a pointless exercise , ’ said Floy , somewhere towards morning , a thin , cold light filtering in through the windows to where he sat at a great desk , his black hair tumbled , hollows in his cheeks , his face white with fatigue . |
| 13 | Soon lobbing along behind the leaders , Llewellyn was always finding plenty of room for Party Politics and by the second Canal Turn , when Romany King moved up to join Hotplate , the race had begun to take it 's final shape . |
| 14 | And , every twenty minutes or so , a storm broke : thunder rumbled , lightning flickered , and tropical rain came crashing down from the showerheads fitted in the ceiling . |
| 15 | As the first grey slivers of dawn were filtering down through the trees , Roger Forester climbed stiffly from his hire car and stood on the track beside it , stretching his sore limbs and trying to beat some warmth into himself . |
| 16 | The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench . |
| 17 | Dot remembered how sometimes there used to be singing down in the shelters in the dark . |
| 18 | She liked the moss-covered cobbles of the yard , and appreciated the random design of the shaggy tufts of grass hanging down from the eaves of the ancient stable blocks ahead . |
| 19 | Eventually they acquired the status of gods and goddesses whose periodic tantrums brought epidemics , famines and other disasters raining down on the heads of long-suffering humanity . |
| 20 | Less robust , but far more weighty , messages of similar import from Conservative back-benchers have been raining down on the heads of Norman Lamont and John Major since Tuesday 's announcement that VAT will be imposed on domestic gas , electricity and coal . |
| 21 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |
| 22 | I climbed a wall to drink at the beck , sitting for a while on its banks in the sun before walking on up the legionaries ' highway crossing the Burtersett road under Green Scar Mire and heading up towards Fleet Moss and Kidhow Gate . |
| 23 | ‘ The filly was desperate , even falling over walking on to the gallops , ’ Pipe explained , adding that he puts more work into training In-Keeping than three normal horses . |
| 24 | Further inland , you find yourself climbing on to the moors , which are another haven for wildlife . |
| 25 | Jonathan Russell , 27 , fell after climbing on to the battlements to take photographs . |
| 26 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 27 | ‘ At the moment the bill looks likely to receive the royal assent in early April , so if the election is later than that then we will be pressing on with the plans . |
| 28 | When not banging on about the sins of Vin Garbutt , the shaggy-haired Teesside warbler responsible for Little Innocents and other anti-abortion songs , certain feminist folkies have taken to conducting vigilante patrols through Folk Roots magazine in search of new sources of offence . |
| 29 | ‘ And I knew it from that first day when you came driving down to the chais like a crazy woman . |
| 30 | Er now after about two years , er you got more proficient and then , of course , you could also help with the stripping down of the waggons . |