Example sentences of "a [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along a route taking in the castles of Niddry , Cadzow and Craignethan she rallied sympathizers who still regarded her as rightful queen . |
| 2 | The Act provided for a route commencing at the top of Anerley Hill , descending past Crystal Palace ( Low Level ) Station to Thicket Road , a turning on the left , which led through to the top end of Beckenham Road , Penge . |
| 3 | As their search became more frantic they found themselves aided by Bismarck , who in February 1869 gave his support to a Prince belonging to the Catholic branch of the House of Hohenzollern . |
| 4 | So observed income in period is a reflection of a base earning from an individual 's raw uneducated ability or talent and past investments times their rates of return minus any current investment ( which usually is in the form of forgone earnings ) . |
| 5 | Judging a shoe merely on technical specifications or on a trial fitting in a retail shop is never totally satisfactory . |
| 6 | I had also learnt not to waste energy making excuses , and to recognize the signs and symptoms of a sister suffering from an attack of acute haema-dementia . |
| 7 | By that time there were brothers and a sister playing about the floor of the nursery in Hampstead , and now and again a new baby in the cradle . |
| 8 | He could have been plummeting down to the centre of the earth , in a submarine nudging over the seabed or flying soundlessly through outer space . |
| 9 | On my way to my London flat , as I walk through a passageway leading from the Strand to Charing Cross underground station , I pass two young men sitting on a sheet on the floor and begging . |
| 10 | There was a cabinet on the pavement beside the traction pole , in front of Holy Trinity Church , with a cable emerging from a hole in the top , which passed over a pulley near the top of the post and worked the overhead point , in conjunction with the rail point . |
| 11 | He has not even learned that Britain is suffering from a recession bordering on a slump . |
| 12 | As Coleman discovered later , it was not uncommon for the Justice Department to leave a case dangling over the head of a former government employee whom it wished to intimidate . |
| 13 | A social worker , for example , may refuse to divulge confidential information relating to a case coming before a committee , or an architect may decline to sign the necessary documents if a professional judgement is not satisfied . |
| 14 | Coburn v. Colledge was a case arising from a contract for services and it is well established at common law that the cause of action in such cases accrues when the work is complete . |
| 15 | This species circles the porcupine like a mongoose dealing with a cobra , and confuses it enough to be able to strike at its only vulnerable zone — its head . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'll have a long series of locks to navigate later — a bit trying for a novice . |
| 17 | I wander round the park a bit looking at the trees and stuff . |
| 18 | They seem a bit lacking in the speed merchant department . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's quite a bit happening in the IT services area here . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a bit harrowing at the train station this morning , ’ he admitted yesterday . |
| 21 | provided the pupil is mainly taught programme of study material within the range of levels appropriate to his or her key stage , schools may teach the pupil for part of the time at a level falling outside the key stage … |
| 22 | ‘ Likely a branch snapping in the wind , sir . ’ |
| 23 | At the end of October , Leeds Healthcare branch manager Paul Backx decided to hold a branch meeting with a difference . |
| 24 | Although the Eleventh Directive does not define ‘ branch ’ , it is assumed that a European Court would interpret a branch according to the definition in the Bank Branches Directive , which is much narrower than ‘ a place of business ’ . |
| 25 | When the corpse floated past , it was as unremarkable as a branch drifting in the water , and once we had passed it , it stayed bobbing in the water as if tied to our stern . |
| 26 | An attempt to hold a referendum calling for the resignation of parliament and elections in December was defeated by parliament on Oct. 29 . |
| 27 | A woman died yesterday after being knocked down by a shoplifter fleeing with a £2.58 descaler . |
| 28 | Outside in the passage Ferris was prancing gently on his toes like a runner limbering for a race . |
| 29 | ‘ Criticising my age is like a footballer going for the man rather than the ball . |
| 30 | The ad shows a crook gazing at the busty , mini-skirted girls and asks : ‘ Who 's giving your bag the eye ? ’ |