Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To what extent were the forms of antislavery activity developed in struggle with the organisation and institutional structures of the West Indian interest ; did the forms change according to changing objectives ? |
| 2 | Despite this , the crowds kept coming to Leeds Road , drawn by the success Chapman had brought to the side . |
| 3 | On the back of Wall Street 's overnight strength , the FT-SE 100 cash index rose 33 points at the outset and , with the futures index opening at a hefty premium , looked poised to turn in a record-setting performance . |
| 4 | Some of the lecturers keep saying in a lecture , ‘ this is somehow related to something else you 've done somewhere else ’ and I wish they 'd tell us how it 's related to something else because half the time we ca n't see that . |
| 5 | The failure of the courts to operate according to the legal norms under which they were established is a familiar theme in South Asian studies . |
| 6 | He dived under the fence and a moment later the ducks began waddling through the tunnel and into the garden . |
| 7 | At around the time of the publication of the draft statutes for the proposed European central bank ( November 1990 ) , the Germans started calling for a quick move to a two-speed EMU , with only Germany 's immediate neighbours joining the ecu zone . |
| 8 | The coins started dropping into the guitar case . |
| 9 | Some of the illustrations require understanding of boxplots , introduced in chapter 6 , and line fitting , introduced in the previous chapter . |
| 10 | I loved meeting the people , and the times spent drawing amongst friends in their homes were the most memorable . |
| 11 | In contrast , the association between the DD genotype and myocardial infarction was similar in the groups defined according to the median of cigarette consumption , ApoAl , Lp ( a ) or fibrinogen . |
| 12 | It is for this reason that those concerned with young people — parents , teachers , librarians , and others — feel the need to provide a wide range of such materials as books , films , videos , and pictures , and to provide opportunities for acquiring the skills to obtain meaning from print and pictures . |
| 13 | The redshanks go fighting at the change of the wind . |
| 14 | Then there are one or two anachronisms : the spurs seen resting alongside his boots are of a kind unknown during the Renaissance . |
| 15 | Mahathir Mohamad , the Malaysian prime minister , dreamily says he wants the bombs to stop falling on Iraq and also for Iraq to leave Kuwait . |
| 16 | All the animals began shouting at poor Anabelle . |
| 17 | A bell was ringing and all the animals started looking for something . |
| 18 | The level of detail may be compared to an encyclopaedia , with the entries arranged according to their content , rather than alphabetically . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course I will , ’ and she smiled at Mrs Langley and held out her hand and smiled at Rose and Grace , and then she went swiftly from the room and across the hall and down the steps to collapse shaking into the carriage . |
| 20 | He asked us if we were all well and healthy ; three of the Frenchmen started talking to him and the rest of us giggled and joked in English about this ridiculous figure who appeared to be out of touch with everything we were doing . |
| 21 | To create a safe and reliable vehicle the brakes need uprating to LWB specification with a servo The exhaust system needs fabricating properly and all fuel lines , water pipes and wiring needs to be properly engineered If you are not a competent engineer I would recommend you did not attempt this We have seen many disastrous conversions ! |
| 22 | Fidelity ( 0800 414161 ) has produced guides explaining the tax savings to be made by using a roll-up fund ; the opportunities cover investing on behalf of a child , supplementing your income , retiring or working abroad , approaching retirement , investments made by a non-working spouse and investing on behalf of your company . |
| 23 | After the Glasgow gig , the lads got talking to JERRY from the TEENAGE FANCLUB who came back to pay his respects and nick the beer from their rider . |
| 24 | For the moment , buying almost anything in east Germany apart from the groceries involves talking to the Treuhandanstalt , the trust body charged with privatising the territory 's 8,000 enterprises . |
| 25 | The baseline characteristics of the subjects varied according to severity of periodontal disease ( table I ) . |
| 26 | It was fairly loose and when I pulled it out the shells started dropping into the hole . |
| 27 | For another thing , I told a friend of mine at Corps to shuffle his documents if the frogs started looking for us . |
| 28 | No , however much she tried to dismiss what the astrologer had said , the words kept ringing in her ears until she thought she would scream . |
| 29 | I think I might be falling in love , the words kept running through her brain . |
| 30 | With step after step the Jews move blinking into the sunlight . |