Example sentences of "[n mass] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The column stopped abruptly and when the noise of aircraft climbing away from the raid faded into the distance there was a short silence during which only the chug-chug of many stationary vehicles could be heard . |
| 2 | the the flats is er a a no go area sort of thing and a kid 'll come along and spray summat on a wall and next day three kids 'll come along and spray things on the wall , so that you 've got more and more graffiti going all over the place , more and more rubbish , more and more people coming to the flats just to get into trouble . |
| 3 | Another example is a fish swimming up-stream at the same speed as the stream ( see figure 6.2 ) . |
| 4 | As they moved along the route she became aware of birds singing in the trees , and of sheep grazing peacefully in the fields . |
| 5 | ‘ I get to feel more and more like some splendid Regency buck surviving sadly into the horrible reign of Prince Albert the Good . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ There were people climbing all over the graves with cameras . |
| 7 | And er the amount of money that 's in the appeal fund , whereas it shows a great feeling of warmth from the general public , I think I do n't I mean there 's people dying all over the world , even at home here in Orkney , there 's people that dying , they do n't receive any great compensation for that . |
| 8 | The difference , says a senior commission official , is that ‘ binding procedures ’ means interfering only with the real basket-cases ( a euphemism for Greece , Italy and Belgium , which respectively run budget deficits of 19% , 10% , and 6% of their GDPs ) . |
| 9 | Coun Robinson said : ‘ We have had complaints about the noise and disturbance from young people driving wildly around the car park sometimes as late as 3 am . |
| 10 | Police have appealed to anyone who may have seen people acting suspiciously in the area of the hospital to contact them . |
| 11 | Police have appealed for anyone in the area who may have seen people acting suspiciously near the bank to contact them on Darlington . |
| 12 | A staff meeting early in the year is to be used to introduce staff to the key points in the National Curriculum guidelines on Science . |
| 13 | Warnings were issued to 5,000 people living downwind of the fire to stay indoors and keep windows closed . |
| 14 | You 're obviously sad to lose him but really , he 's one of these people riding all round the country who 's suffered because of the forty point limit . |
| 15 | The scene was frantic : a sea of members but precious few stage-divers ( these guys like to keep their distance ) , simply ridiculous volume levels that make sure you only concentrated on the music , lovely melodies , and people getting away from the pressures of daily life in a northern town . |
| 16 | Pirelli UK 's marketing manager Peter Tyson confirms the company is in the middle of negotiations to place creative and media buying centrally for the first time . |
| 17 | There were people dancing right at the back of the hall . |
| 18 | There were people standing all along the back , and down the sides . |
| 19 | Are people responding positively to the message ? |
| 20 | and expansion plans will result in its staff working closely with The Royal Bank of Scotland ( IOM ) Ltd . |
| 21 | What is needed is not compulsion or dictation from the centre but people working together in the best interests of their local community . |
| 22 | Director and company secretary Diane Pinion said : ‘ The rubbish is not from Star Discount , but from other local businesses and people dumping generally on the site . ’ |
| 23 | They were originally thought to have been two closely related species occurring together in the same rocks , but these ‘ pairs ’ were so consistently found together that it became more and more probable that they were sexual forms of the same species . |
| 24 | Chichester , with a population approaching 2,000 , also had its substantial merchants , yet its wealth was matched by that of the prosperous farming community of the coastal strip and the South Downs , despite £5,850 coming yearly into the city from all corners of Sussex as the income of the cathedral dignitaries ; almost certainly the moveable wealth of the clerical establishment was proportionately every bit as high as in Exeter , where it equalled one-sixth of aggregate lay wealth . |
| 25 | But as soon as it was repeated , its individuality merged into a series extending indefinitely into the future . |