Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOW that the only poll that matters is tomorrow 's , it is worth reflecting on how worthless some of the recent commercial polls have been . |
| 2 | This possibility is worth suggesting to more experienced pilots , but , of course , is not suitable for a beginner . |
| 3 | But after walking for about fifty yards we came to another thinner wall of barbed wire with a gate in it . |
| 4 | After walking for about 20 minutes he saw two red pinpoints ahead of him , the tail-lights of a car . |
| 5 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 6 | After driving for about ten minutes Jed looked away to the right . |
| 7 | After pressing for about twenty seconds you remove your hand and , as you do so , you remove the coin but take it upwards so it can not be seen , look at the forehead as if the coin is still there and start everyone counting . |
| 8 | After living for about eighty years , they become ill and miserable . |
| 9 | After listening to around 100 hours of the spontaneous speech of 48 inner-city speakers ( see 4.3.1 ) the investigators received the impression that occurrences of examples such as ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) alternating with their standard counterparts were extremely frequent . |
| 10 | So after weaning at around 6 weeks she will need Whiskas Kitten Food until she 's about 6 months old . |
| 11 | It is an inevitable reality now after waiting for over nine months for the Commission for Racial Equality to investigate and take appropriate action . |
| 12 | He stayed on a ventilator but died after surviving for just 14 hours . |
| 13 | After reaching at least 400 feet , engine power will be reduced to a defined amount and the flaps and slats retracted ( or , in the jargon , the aircraft will be ‘ cleaned up ’ ) . |
| 14 | Gooch , after batting for almost four hours and hitting 13 boundaries from 183 balls , edged a perfect leg-break from Shane Warne behind . |
| 15 | A SECRETARY spent a night sitting in her car after discovering at 2am that wheel clampers had immobilised it . |
| 16 | There was little danger that his pictures ( which were valued at hundreds of pounds ) would devalue the currency or be torn out of their frames and passed off as real banknotes : his jury acquitted after retiring for only ten minutes . |
| 17 | I took a small class of Bermondsey Girl Guides , and realized the nobility of girls who after working for so many hours in bad conditions were still loyal . |
| 18 | He was jointly responsible for writing at least one tune which became a hit and made a name for the other writer . |
| 19 | But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you . |
| 20 | He dropped into a bit of a snooze , which any giant might be pardoned for wanting after so much walking and a bit of eating , never mind a sup of mead . |
| 21 | Lucy was involved in a study of cetaceans and had come along in the hope of seeing at least some porpoises . |
| 22 | Eventually National Socialism , which was deeply rooted in this national complex , was felt to be a way of withstanding the impact of unfettered foreign capitalism on German society , a way of organising the country 's own resources and of competing on more equitable terms — by force where necessary . |
| 23 | The Financial Times said the acquisition represent a significant step towards the Royal Bank 's goal of generating at least 10 per cent of its earnings from the US . |
| 24 | I would lay you long odds that you will not be able to verify a single British case of poisoning with either pure crystalline amygdalin or apricot kernels . |
| 25 | By then , Texas should be capable of producing at least 10,000 a month . |
| 26 | Our game really is in danger of dying from too much of it . ’ |
| 27 | Our game really is in danger of dying from too much of it . |
| 28 | This effect is peculiar to regions of alternating AT since previous studies have shown that cleavage of isolated ApT sites in natural DNAs is poor [ 8-10 ] and we have shown that ApT sites are not cut within blocks of ( AAT ) n . |
| 29 | If somebody offers a way of eliminating at least some of the spaghetti which lurks around my PC , they have my undivided attention . |
| 30 | The harsh measures of the transitory period are expected to lower the standard of living for about 20 per cent of the population . |