Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooper , who played left back for Middlesbrough before moving south to Millwall FC , had put much of the family 's furniture into storage with W H Williams , of Byers Green , Spennymoor . |
| 2 | But Crosby 's move for Wilson has been put on ice while Southampton dither over whether to come back in for Armstrong after having a £750,000 bid rejected . |
| 3 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 4 | Although a rather overlooked statistical record , I think in the light of all the fuss ( and rightly so ) made of Hadlee and Kapil Dev taking 400 wickets some praise for Ian in dismissing 500 opponents ( or to be exact 501 ) in 100 Tests is worthy of appreciation and note . |
| 5 | By 1988 the morning-peak load was such as to necessitate a fifteen-minute clockface interval service from Swindon to Paddington between 06.30 and 09.00 ; additionally two services passed through Swindon without stopping . |
| 6 | No wonder he qualified his optimism about Henley by speaking of a 300-strong membership because the Huntercombe club was struggling terribly and in fact went into liquidation in 1908 . |
| 7 | Gary Bennett ( centre back ) : Only five short of 300 appearances for Sunderland since signing from Cardiff for a bargain £80,000 , Bennett has been a great servant to the club . |
| 8 | Twenty eight years of age , Tommy , made just a handful of appearances for Sunderland before coming here to Shrewsbury Town and he 's made important contributions at both ends tonight , because his could be the goal that takes Shrewsbury past Blackburn and to a lucrative tie against Tottenham . |
| 9 | But according to the Evening Standard , yesterday 's Play-Off Final was Hoddle 's last match for Swindon before joining Chelsea . |
| 10 | Each , it is true , has her own perspective : for France , it is about cocking a snook at the Americans , for Germany about playing the leading role in a superstate , for Italy about compensating for her chronic democratic weaknesses ; for others it is to be able to benefit from German largesse . |
| 11 | Mr Bull laid out a future strategy for AIBS by outlining ‘ Eight Visions ’ for implementation over the next three years : to promote human rights education on school curriculums ; to improve the Section 's rapid response capacity ; to foster growth without compromising service to members ; to develop AIBS 's ‘ own country ’ work ; to foster regionalisation ; to engender co-operation between regional groups ; to broaden Amnesty 's appeal ; and to expedite internal development . |
| 12 | Bethune-Baker and his school at Cambridge disliked the anti-rational quality in the book — the ‘ scandalousness ’ of the Church and its gospel — and took several more marks off Hoskyns for begetting such a child . |
| 13 | Once again , I congratulate the hon. Member for Chislehurst on choosing this subject for his Bill . |
| 14 | Is there a point of no-return for Hungary in slipping out from Soviet influence ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got enough to do now coping with an exacting career and tidying up after Barney without adding to my workload ! ’ |
| 16 | The mining companies counter-attacked shortly after Carnsore by bringing a PR team to Donegal to present their case to the public . |
| 17 | The capital of Nagorny Karabakh , Stepanakert , was bombarded during January by surrounding Azerbaijani forces , while Armenians attacked the mainly Azerbaijani town of Shusha . |
| 18 | To travel through Ireland without visiting a pub would be to miss out on a huge chunk of Irish life . |
| 19 | Needless to say , Roebuck underwent another ankle operation in December and hopes to be back playing by the first Sydney competition match for Eastwood against defending champions Randwick in April . |
| 20 | Thomas was already in the grip of a disorder not at all native to him , and now he suddenly confounded everything he believed he felt for Simon by remembering with hatred one of his adopted son 's practical jokes . |
| 21 | The court heard that it was a nursing auxiliary who had spoken to her about Liam after finding him alone in his room and looking pale in his incubator . |
| 22 | Little , still in touch at Leicester , provided some cash for Gray by shelling out £15,000 for Gary Coatsworth , and taking Mick Trotter , who had hardly played in two seasons , on a free transfer . |
| 23 | Significant progress was made during December in recovering the bodies of Western hostages who had died or been killed during captivity . |
| 24 | Geography played an important part for Gould in identifying and determining the range of species , but as a subject per se it was of little interest . |
| 25 | She must tell him what she knew about Janice without alienating him . |
| 26 | The ex-Orrell player , who won two Great Britain caps against France three seasons ago , qualifies for Wales because his father , Roy , played for Llanelli before signing for Wigan . |
| 27 | From third choice for Scotland to becoming a member of the Lions ' elite is an extraordinary change in circumstance for any player . |
| 28 | Peter Dods , in his last appearance for Scotland before retiring , adding two conversions and three penalties . |
| 29 | Froggatt , who has an Irish mother , said : ‘ I decided to play for England after speaking to my father . |
| 30 | A scientist who tried to cope with the orbit of Uranus by proposing that the force between Uranus and the sun obeyed something other than the inverse square law would be opting out of the Newtonian research programme . |