Example sentences of "[v-ing] [num] [noun pl] of [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Smith devised a technique using eight pieces of latex rather than one overall mask , including convincing eyelids . |
2 | This is Throwing Muses ' no fannying-about ROCK album , the band hunched like gargoyles over their instruments , knocking 50 varieties of shit out of them . |
3 | His keyboard must really hate him — when he 's not ignoring it , he 's bashing seven shades of shite out of it . |
4 | His keyboard must really hate him — when he 's not ignoring it , he 's bashing seven shades of shite out of it . |
5 | The terminals start with a 14″ 1024 by 768 screen with 4Mb of memory and include a $2,900 17″ 1,152 by 900 monitor with 4Mb and a high-end 20″ 1,280 by 1,024 screen with 4Mb displaying two pages of text side-by-side . |
6 | Sockets for joining two lengths of pipe together : both push-fit and solvent-weld available . |
7 | Other forms of editing demand can also occur such as inserting information which was previously unavailable , or , combining two areas of information initially thought of as being independent but which are shown later to be related . |
8 | However , a combination of the limestone subsoil and the profusion of rivers , canals , lakes and reservoirs reduces Champagne 's water requirement ( due to low evaporation ) , making 662 millimetres of rainfall relatively heavier than it at first appears . |
9 | The car wallowed around the last bend in the descent and cruised across in front of the school gates leaving two trails of dust behind . |