Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand chemistry at all you 've got to have some idea of optics , for example , because you 're actually looking at the reactions happening and you 've got to appreciate what you see . |
| 2 | Powerboating may not have the international pull or prestige of car racing but it does pack in the crowds … |
| 3 | Keep your circulation going and you do n't get bad legs , ’ she broke in . |
| 4 | Anna could hear Edward calling but she kept in her hiding place , covering her mouth so that he would n't hear her laugh . |
| 5 | She was relieved to see that her son 's tour of the palaces had left his eyes shining and he greeted her with something approaching his normal smile . |
| 6 | We 've heard , so eloquently said by many of my comrades tonight , about the problems right across the sectors affecting and I congratulate each and every one on their contribution tonight . |
| 7 | However , I was not familiar with his Debussy playing and I find myself keenly interested in these five discs recorded in 1991 . |
| 8 | And we were just gettin' on our feet , three of the lads workin' and himself bringin' it in , at least what 's left after his Friday night dos . |
| 9 | So in fact I 've always concentrated and what people have wanted is some specific direction namely wills dying and what happens if you have n't done something about it . |
| 10 | For example , in Malone v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner it was held that since there was no law against telephone tapping and it did not amount to any common law wrong , it was not unlawful for the police to engage in it . |
| 11 | Well now , your helicopter is approaching the ground at a great rate of knots with the engine idling and you have to land it — gently . |
| 12 | We , we , we were playing in the er Alton league at one time , you know , we were doing quite well in that as well we got , one year we come second we got promoted to the first division after our first year , there was only three of their , there were four or five leagues going and they put us straight in the second division and er , but you were going all over the bloody place , you were going as far a field as Petersfield bloody old there was almost , there was one erm , just outside |
| 13 | Mr Bergg said he did not want to see law breaking but he believed home owners should use the system to insist on fair valuations which had not been rushed through by estate agents . |
| 14 | I heard the cat miaowing and I knew something was wrong . |
| 15 | It focuses on the extent to which areas of socially heterogeneous private renting have been replaced by areas of higher economic status owner occupation and lower status council renting and it examines the nature of processes involved . |
| 16 | Initially , the scientists will be trying to treat cases of malignant melonoma ; a form of skin cancer which can be caused by sun bathing and which affects more than 3,000 Britons each year , mostly women . |
| 17 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 18 | Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size . |
| 19 | In the meantime he has to go back to the town on further business , but first his horse needs shoeing , his cart needs repairing and he needs food and shelter . |
| 20 | She had the door open at the moment with these bloody dogs yapping and she looked at me and said I ca n't hear them ! |
| 21 | She said : ‘ I heard Stephen shouting and I knew there was something wrong . |
| 22 | She said : ‘ I heard Stephen shouting and I knew there was something wrong . |
| 23 | you make your sound and you carry on and on and on , I 'm gon na keep on taping different people 's make their sound and then we 're gon na see what it feels like you 're in hospital , okay , now it does n't matter if somebody 's got the same sound as somebody else , it 's no big deal , alright , because eventually they 'll all blend into each other , but as soon as I 've tapped you , make your sound , alright patients , come on where 's the machines ? okay , stop , now when did it start becoming out of hand ? , at one stage we did n't really know where we were to , once , once I say ten people , okay , and that was also due to the fact that we had perhaps too many erm patients moaning , alright , it was good in one respect because why , it made obvious that we were in a , a hospital well something like , but erm when you 're in smaller groups and you 're making your sound machines , obviously it 's much easier to control and to make the overall sound more realistic , do n't you think ? , so , mm , what we 're going to do is we 're going to get into different groups , into groups of four , five , no big deal , you 're welcome to only if you want to , and , you 're going to , each group is going to choose er a profession , okay , you can be brick layers , you can be er musicians , er you can be er gardener , I mean absolutely you can be factory workers , you can be absolutely anything , and what you 're going to do is you 're going to choose , each person will choose a sound which is represented of that particular person , er profession , okay , and you 'll going to make your sounds simultaneously so that as for the audience who are simply listening to you can just close our eyes cos we wo n't , you wo n't be acting you 'll be making these sounds and using , we 'll close our eyes and we 'll know exactly where we are , okay , and then after that once we 've done that just , before you choose your profession to know what this is going to lead onto , after that we 're going to put movements to that profession , so when , if you were in a factory going er putting bottles on , on top top of bottles , you would have the movements going and you would have the sound going and I want you to build up , up , the sound machine which becomes the movement machine as well , so you 're almost robotic so you , shh , shh , or whatever , however your sound , and each person does their thing in the factory or where ever they are and we will be able to see from listening and looking at the movements and obviously remember just because you 're not an example it does n't mean you ca n't talk , there might be for instance there would be a doctor going stand back , stand back , you know , er , in , in the you can use voices , but also obviously very , very effective to have sound voices , shh , shh , to create that part of it , have instruments , but this is how they actually started lay down sound tracks for movies , people specialize |
| 24 | It 's difficult to win the National two years running but it has been done . ’ |
| 25 | You could see her whole body shaking and I remembered Clement Moore 's The Night Before Christmas ; ‘ a right jolly old elf … with a little round belly that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly . ’ |
| 26 | I am a hobbyist of some years standing and I have had my Hatchetfish for over two years since they were no bigger than ½ pieces . |
| 27 | ‘ I heard them in the shop talking and they said you had taken her out . ’ |
| 28 | He found the King 's strength and confidence increasing and he had no doubts about his fitness to rule ; but the King was still anxious for time in which to adjust himself to his new station and duties . |
| 29 | My lack of means is extreme , granted , and I look bad , skin white , mouth chapped , body apparently even shorter than usual , eye roaming and I daresay a bit fretful , trousers in bad shape , attention astray for a book lying around to pinch or even an old magazine , since I sold a few volumes I should now like to have kept , in exchange for a slug of what turned out to be the world 's nastiest though cheapest whiskey . |
| 30 | One plain bearing and one flanged bearing . |