Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now , there are those churlish souls who mourn the fact that Lovesexy is not a There 's a Riot Goin' On for the eighties . |
| 2 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 3 | I got to the changing room first and was already stripping off as the sixteen other boys in the class barged in flinging satchels and blazers everywhere and kicking their shoes off so that they landed underneath the slatted benches that ran along each wall . |
| 4 | The main features that any such model has to explain are a slight warming of the world ( at least , of the northern hemisphere , for which good records are available ) from the late 19th century up to the 1940s. and a subsequent cooling up to the 1970s . |
| 5 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 6 | Graham grinned looking over at the two Art School girls , who were now sitting on the floor on the other side of the room , talking to each other . |
| 7 | Dressing up to the nines is seen as ‘ making out ’ with the men but it 's also about declaring their independence as women — including economic independence from men . |
| 8 | The most famous teaming up of the two brothers was in 1973 , with the chart single Frankenstein , a testimony to Johnny 's ability to adapt to a variety of different styles , an ability , in fact , which he insists was born out of necessity … |
| 9 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |
| 10 | He turned his head , looking back at the six T'ang standing amongst the pillars , watching him . |
| 11 | Looking back on the twenty-five years of fostering children , is there any one memory that stands out for you ? |
| 12 | Like most girls of my generation , I managed to graduate from High School with my virginity intact , ’ wrote Janet Harris looking back on the Fifties in The Prime of Ms America . |
| 13 | Looking back over the two games we made it extremely difficult for ourselves in Moscow . |
| 14 | Looking back from the 860s , Charles saw this as the direct result of divine intervention . |
| 15 | In the example given , the College 's close relationship with the catering industry , covering conventional day-release , specialist courses and demonstrations , and extensive work experience dating back to the 1960s had given the mutual confidence and understanding which made an unconventional pattern worth trying . |
| 16 | The series , which features unseen film dating back to the Twenties , celebrates the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb by archeologist Howard Carter . |
| 17 | Milton 's God was Empson 's last book , in his lifetime , though when he died he was collecting at least three others : Using Biography ( 1984 ) , on Marvell , Dryden , Fielding , Yeats , Eliot and Joyce ; Essays on Shakespeare ( 1986 ) ; and a book of Renaissance essays , as well as a massive ragbag ( as he called it ) of papers and reviews dating back to the 1920s which , when it posthumously appeared as Argufying ( 1987 ) , was rapidly seen by many to be the finest critical miscellany in the language . |
| 18 | There were plenty of examples of performances which fall into this category in cinematographic history , most notably those of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart dating back to the Thirties , and the more lovably roguish role , in Bogart 's case , in The African Queen . |
| 19 | I have some limited sale documents dating back to the 1920's when the Wyresdale Estate was broken up and properties sold . |
| 20 | Prest ( 1967 ) concluded that this system was successfully grounded in procedural tradition dating back to the 1860s . |
| 21 | This case relied on law dating back to the 1870s . |
| 22 | The train will be the Ffestiniog 's Vintage Train , made up of the oldest vehicles on the railway , some dating back to the 1860's . |
| 23 | The company participates in nearly a score of such ventures , some of them dating back to the 1930s . |
| 24 | The joint BPXM-Pemex team has set about the task ahead of them by cataloguing a mass of seismic , well and production data , much of it dating back to the 1930s . |
| 25 | A : Classique Tours of Paisley ( 041 889 4050 ) runs fascinating tours taking in the Hebridean Islands , Royal Deeside or the Borders , using comfortable , small , classic buses , many dating back to the 1950s and 60s . |
| 26 | And in the library there is a more recent collection of men 's pin-up books dating back to the Fifties . |
| 27 | After dinner we would sit looking out over the three arms of the lake and talk until , drowsy with sun , swimming , food and wine , we went off to bed . |
| 28 | ‘ All right , keep it down , ’ he said , raising his voice , looking out at the twenty or so uniformed and plain clothes men seated in the room . |
| 29 | As he reached the landing he paused , looking around at the five closed doors that faced him . |
| 30 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |