Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this approach a court order following an isolated offence is regarded as too rigid a way of tackling a complex problem and one that fails to involve the family adequately . |
| 2 | The prize at stake is immense , but Leeds have five players walking a disciplinary tightrope and they risk missing out in the champions ' league if they collect a second caution . |
| 3 | ‘ With free trade the European community is becoming a strong force and we want to be a part of it ’ , says Nereaux-Weber . |
| 4 | Yes so that if for example a company called Twin Plugs or something says right we 're going to sponsor a concert , because we 're opening a new factory and we think this is special and we want to do something , we will put in ten thousand pounds . |
| 5 | When you are driving a racing car and you are taking it up to the limit , you can be nice , you can be charming , but somewhere there are undercurrents going for you that make you a pretty aggressive individual . ’ |
| 6 | After he became a Communist , Neruda consciously tried to write a different kind of poetry incorporating a political message and which would be comprehensible to working people , the most famous and successful example of which is his Canto General . |
| 7 | Clearly Romania was well on its way to becoming an economic super-success and anyone with funds to spare was well advised to lend them to Ceauşescu . |
| 8 | ‘ We recognise all the work that goes in to promoting a greener Middlesbrough and what we are doing here will hopefully strengthen that community involvement . ’ |
| 9 | Ah , right , erm Tony 's organizing erm , or has organized , we 're hiring a mini bus and we 're using |
| 10 | If you feel you deserve a bit of pampering or if you know someone who does please write to : Make-Over Features , EADT , 30 Lower Brook Street , Ipswich IP4 1AN , enclosing a recent photo and your clothes size . |
| 11 | Sir Bryan had made par on the first hole by sinking a long putt and his tail was up . |
| 12 | Given the long lead-time between ordering a nuclear plant and its commercial operation , the high cost of construction , the equally awful cost of eventually decommissioning it , the margin for safety , the time-consuming process of obtaining approval ( the enquiry into all aspects of the British PWR Sizewell B took two-and-a-quarter years and cost £20 million ) the commitment has to be strong and ‘ strategic ’ enough — as in France — to counter the lack of resolve as the bills mount . |
| 13 | Sheila 's havin' a good time and she 's getting a bit of money too . |
| 14 | For instance , I was writing a new song and it was making sense and suddenly these words came into my head : Once there was two Mexican women/ran over the hill/ripped off their skin/and ate it up . |
| 15 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 16 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 17 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 18 | Er the sl the pitch is slightly different because you 're describing a different product and what the benefits are . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm happy that she seems to be leading a normal life and we want to keep it that way . ’ |
| 20 | He reminded me of a barrister I had once watched interrogating a hostile witness and I was sure his switch to English was not for my benefit , it was done to put Rodriguez at a disadvantage . |
| 21 | As his ministers he must take men of true enlightenment ; great nobles with an interest in maintaining a feudal past and its practices should be kept at arms length . |
| 22 | Mr. Blacker reported that the Dial-a-Ride was proving a successful venture and they would appreciate feedback from residents . |
| 23 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 24 | Alan Hill , the Basingstoke No 8 , is also enjoying a fine season and he scored his 22nd try of the campaign in the 16-6 victory over Havant in the final of the Hampshire Cup . |
| 25 | Well so far we 've just been looking at the record of growth bands in this coral skeleton , but we can acquire a great deal of additional information by sampling the skeleton , and we sample the skeleton using a small drill and we can analyze the , the powders that we collect for the stabilized of oxygen . |
| 26 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 27 | And the reason I use heavy gauge strings is because he was using a heavy gauge and we figured it was better and cheaper to buy strings all in one gauge . |
| 28 | I was eating a Milky Way and it collapsed . |
| 29 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 30 | If I were wearing a next-to-nothing nightie and he was sitting on my bed , I 'd be having serious trouble breathing too ! |