Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The game was ineptly refereed by John Key , booking nobody till 10 minutes from the end . |
| 2 | Succeeds in driving one in three directions ( 4 ) |
| 3 | I just heard Fagg shouting , ‘ How dare you , sir ? ’ and the Commander wailing something about old times . |
| 4 | avoid doing it because the revenue are checking one in twenty cases , and if you 've got a partner who 's likely to pay , not to pay tax , that 's fine , if they are likely to roll over into tax , then do n't use an R eighty five . |
| 5 | The International Centre , which gets off the ground officially with a ministerial blessing ( jokes aside ) at its launch next week , wo n't be booking anyone into any conferences in Nice , the Gambia or Malta . |
| 6 | If however , you did go ahead with revamping the Schenker Method or developing something along similar lines , I would be interested in seeing sample materials . |
| 7 | I look forward to meeting lots of ex-HuStu members in April . |
| 8 | The comparision to the break-up of Soviet Russia is purely intentional in what is a superbly shot adventure boasting lots of light moments . |
| 9 | THE ISLE OF Ely , transformed into a notorious offshore tax haven , nevertheless houses an unequalled variety of shops selling everything from local crafts to electronics and consumer goods , all duty free . |
| 10 | Norman architecture , owing something to Lombardic influences , was the earliest to develop the true Romanesque — as opposed to Roman — style . |
| 11 | Noddy began pursuing everything on four wheels , or two , with such enthusiasm that he soon became a familiar sight to the farmers who made their living along the lane . |
| 12 | She 's been their senior presenter for ten years now , handling everything from live interviews to those awful moments when a filmed report is suddenly dropped and she is left to fill time with cheerily improvised observations — ‘ that 's when I really earn my money . ’ |
| 13 | One practical problem was providing everyone with suitable places to work — in the end we allocated one of our conference rooms to them for the fortnight . ’ |
| 14 | Without the safety net of a staff job , she had to be even more than usually careful when dealing with the fragile egos of those who appeared before the cameras — one adverse comment and she could find herself facing nothing but closed doors . |
| 15 | I did knock at the door , then , when there was no response , took a couple of steps through into a passage floored with stone slabs and containing nothing but some buckets of coal and a rack of ancient clothes , gardening clobber by the look of it . |
| 16 | And 12 people will be getting plenty of restful nights with our fifth prize . |
| 17 | Ah well , they are refurbishing plenty of other things besides the buildings and the language . |
| 18 | In terms of style it 's like a short Bach piece containing lots of idiomatic motifs and pedal tone ideas . |
| 19 | But she could not stand the thought of doing nothing for two months . |
| 20 | It was even more important to know when evil gods would be in charge so as to avoid trouble as far as possible by doing nothing at such times . |
| 21 | He ended up running around in circles , shouting through a loud hailer and threatening everyone with all kinds of unimaginable punishments if they did n't listen . |
| 22 | Most local authorities do not recruit until the months immediately before the vacancy arises although some authorities are increasingly seeing the advantage of recruiting one to two years in advance . |
| 23 | Cos she 'll look silly if she 's having one in nine months . |
| 24 | I 'm only talking about having something like four sheets for the , in total . |
| 25 | I should think because I 'm doing something with some students shortly and then erm there 's somebody coming to see me at two so er |
| 26 | It helps our children to know that they 're doing something for those children . |
| 27 | For instance at the moment we are running one on statistical techniques for Third World officials . |
| 28 | He felt like starting one for like-minded gentlemen . |
| 29 | so I 'll be getting that phone bill within the next fortnight , right , but bear in mind June June and December we were n't really doing anything for three weeks |
| 30 | It 's all very well having lots of different combinations of pickups , but many players do n't realise that factors such as the height of the bass and the thickness of the strings all affect playing style . ’ |