Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entertainments including music , singing and dancing held in the lower cafe part of the Priory would be even closer to residential properties in the village square and thus more likely to disturb local residents . |
| 2 | With nerves jangling , palms sweating and nails bitten to the bone , the same unthinkable notion was in the minds of millions — surely the US PGA Championship is not going to be won by someone called … |
| 3 | At the far end , eight wireless receivers stood in line abreast ; doors marked Teleprinters , Coding and Signals opened off the main office space , while in its centre men sat at typewriters , index fingers jabbing furiously . |
| 4 | Ponds can be watched for reflections on still water , sunlight sparkling and ripples caused by the wind . |
| 5 | Against them were marshalled industrial capital in coal mining , shipping and shipbuilding led by the great radical ( Karl Marx 's description ) Joseph Cowen . |
| 6 | • Packing and delivery included in the price . |
| 7 | Francis guessed , by the way that the Doctor 's headscratching and pencil-licking increased with every junction they reached , that the task was proving difficult . |
| 8 | During laparotomy , 2 cm of more proximal bile duct was missing and bile leaked from the common hepatic duct into the abdominal cavity , explaining the absence of obstructive jaundice . |
| 9 | Several years after the Tennant 's moved to Glenconner Farm , Ochiltree , old John Tennant learned that the village crier required a horn to sound before he made his proclamations around the district , so he had a silver mounting and mouthpiece fitted to the bullock 's horn and presented it to the village . |