Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adv] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're not hip-hop messiahs come to lead a supposedly stagnating genre out of the dark ages . |
| 2 | After getting back into the accurate turn as before , apply a very small amount of opposite rudder to create a slightly slipping turn and try the stall again . |
| 3 | two went further in an effort to oppress his rage against his father , and to avoid a highly threatening career situation . |
| 4 | Poor average man , cast into outer darkness because he likes what he likes and has the temerity to prefer a little diverting decoration to soulless functionalism . |
| 5 | By 1870 Europe was able to sustain a rapidly rising population , largely from its own resources : the agricultural revolution , including the critical part which drainage had played in it , had worked . |
| 6 | Because of MAFF 's view that environmental considerations are not pre-eminent in dispensing aid on any new 3(5) areas as presently drafted , and because they are concerned that it will mean payments to support a predominantly dairying agriculture in the lowlands ( setting a precedent because the UK does not pay HLCAs on dairy cattle ) , MAFF submitted to the Council of Ministers in September 1984 a major proposed amendment . |
| 7 | As those bills were for speedy delivery , it was necessary to put a quick drying chemical into the ink , usually by means of a spray . |
| 8 | ‘ We have to adopt a really attacking policy and give it our best shot , ’ declared Roxburgh , who has recalled creative players in Celtic 's Paul McStay and John Collins along with Rangers skipper Richard Gough . |
| 9 | Here is what she typed on the computer : UMMK JK CDZZ F ZD DSDSKSM S SS FMCV PU I DDRGLKDXRRDO RDTE QDWFDVIOY UDSKZWDCCVYT H CHVY NMGNBAYTDFCCVD D RCDFYYYRM N DFSKD LD K WDWK JJKAUIZMZI UXKIDISFUMDKUDXI She has other important calls on her time , so I was obliged to program the computer to simulate a randomly typing baby or monkey : WDLDMNLT DTJBKWIRZREZLMQCO P Y YVMQKZPGJXWVHGLAWFVCHQYOPY MWR SWTNUXMLCDLEUBXTQHNZVJQF FU OVAODVYKDGXDEKRVMOGGS VT HZQZDSFZIHIVPHZPETPWVOVPMZGF GEWRGZRPBCTPGQMCKHFDBGW ZCCF And so on and on . |
| 10 | Along with internationalism , these values were to have a steadily devaluing currency in a postwar Britain inclined more and more towards individualism and consumer sovereignty . |
| 11 | The formation of the Metropolitan County Councils and their respective Passenger Transport Authorities would begin to have a far reaching effect on the future of many lines and stations . |
| 12 | To achieve these joint ends , the school had to have a smoothly working tutorial review system and a thorough approach to records of achievement . |
| 13 | This is argued to have a potentially destabilizing effect on the stock market . |
| 14 | Although it will take a while to complete a fully working graphics adventure game , the creation is very enjoyable and , who knows , you may even end up with a game that can be sold through the shareware concept . |
| 15 | She opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort , then closed it abruptly as she realised . |
| 16 | He launched himself out of the chair to rescue a rapidly cooling cup of coffee , grimacing slightly in disgust as he indicated the pot . |