Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a confusion of bodies , a wave of pushing and shoving as the crowd recoiled . |
| 2 | The 92-year-old Queen Mother rarely misses the four days of racing and socialising and the news followed hard on the heels of her decision to skip the Garter Ceremony at Windsor on Monday . |
| 3 | Terrified of choking and terrified that the rope would give way , that she would fall and be eaten alive by those metal teeth , she screwed her eyes tight and prayed . |
| 4 | It is in this market-place of buying and selling that the media man shows his real skill and flair . |
| 5 | Expectations , too , are part of the theme , based on the idea of giving and receiving and the difference between what people expect and what they get . |
| 6 | Important factors were : Farmers had no way of knowing or discovering that the seed was defective . |
| 7 | He rejects any notion of de-skilling and suggests that the new technology will open up many opportunities for people to do meaningful work , either in the formal , employed , sector or the informal voluntary sector . |
| 8 | The report Educational Opportunities for All ( ILEA 1985 ) remarks upon the enthusiasm expressed by London teachers for this method of working and recommends that an evaluation of support teaching be carried out as a matter of urgency . |
| 9 | It happened to be a goods ' entrance , and as she pushed open the heavy doors and slipped inside the deafening noise hit her — of hammering and drilling and the drone of the hydraulic pumps that operated the floor levels together with the shouts of the men operating the overhead cranes . |
| 10 | On 28 September 1911 Hermann Jochade , secretary of the International Transport Workers ' Federation in a letter to its secretary Arthur Cannon expressed his surprise at the branch 's actions , and noted " I have myself investigated the workings of the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , as I have done with other unions connected with the International Transport Workers ' Federation in Great Britain , and have pleasure in stating and testifying that the Seamen 's Union is one of the best organised and conducted of all unions I have made enquiries into . |
| 11 | With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds . |
| 12 | Or does he concur with the view of the Minister for Housing and Planning that the homeless are merely the people whom one steps over on the way out of the opera ? |