Example sentences of "the [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 2 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 3 | Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door . |
| 4 | But this time the British four were technically superb , and had the Australians trailing in fourth place . |
| 5 | ‘ Secondly , I believe you will begin to see during the night the cracks opening at last in the moulds that have held British politics in sterile opposition between two major parties for so long . |
| 6 | They will prepare for the United Kingdom 's Presidency of the Community beginning on 1st July 1992 . |
| 7 | ( 5 ) In this section , the expression " the winter period " means the period beginning with 1st October and ending with 31st March . |
| 8 | He returned on the night sailing on 14th Oct . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , Neil , ’ she wailed , the tears falling at last , great crystal drops . |
| 10 | If the indemnifier is not a natural person , only the situation relating to third party claims can arise . |
| 11 | there will be a celebration Mass for the children preparing for First Communion . |
| 12 | Motion made , and Question proposed , That a further sum not exceeding £1,680,076,000 be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1992 for expenditure by the Department of Social Security on non-contributory retirement pensions , Christmas bonus payments to pensioners , pensions etc. , for disablement or death arising out of war or service in the armed forces after 2nd September 1939 and on sundry other services , on attendance allowances , invalid care allowance , severe disablement allowance , mobility allowance ; on pensions gratuities and sundry allowances for disablement and specified deaths arising from industrial causes ; on income support , transitional payment , child benefit , one parent benefit , family credit , and on the vaccine damage payment scheme . |
| 13 | The House should ask what we are doing taking a decision on class V , vote 9 , which will give the Government an extra £4 million from the Consolidated Fund ’ to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1992 for expenditure by the Department of Energy in connection with the privatisation of the coal industry . ’ |