Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [art] [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As soon as she closed her eyes a dark , austerely handsome face filled her mind , crowding out the last of her lingering fright , and when she eventually managed to get back to sleep it was to dream of Michele Lorenzo once more . |
2 | ‘ M'm-h 'm , ’ I said , cleaning up the last of the stew . |
3 | Gathering up the last of the cuttings , she locked them in her briefcase , then looked round , too restless and on edge to relax . |
4 | It is hardly reasonable to expect the children to concentrate on sharing out the last of their emergency rations if the dinner ladies are putting out tables for lunch . |
5 | Samsung Software America is bringing out the first of its anticipated shrinkwrapped Unix office automation products : Replix , a full-featured networked client/server Fax management application targeted at mission-critical environments in medium to large organisations . |
6 | The crowd cheered us in of course , but it 's not the same as coming down the last as the winner for sure . |
7 | At last week 's Orbit trade show in Switzerland , Pinnacle was showing off the first in what will be a family of Mbus PDS-3 systems that 'll house Hypersparc and be followed by PDS-10 , Sparcstation 10-compatibles next year . |
8 | The 31-year-old Biasion pushed his new 16-valve Delta Integrale to the limit in making up the half-a-second per kilometre he needed in the fourth and final overnight stage . |
9 | Next , a big metal plate presses the curd against one end of the vat , squeezing out the last of the remaining whey . |
10 | Throwing down the last of the whisky with a shudder , she switched off the bedside lamp and burrowed down beneath the covers , already aware that the alcohol was having an effect , sending tentacles of warmth through her veins . |
11 | Thirty six so that was one way of working out a tenth of it but we want a fifth . |