Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all but two of the 60 mutual funds , this strategy increased returns over the three-year period , suggesting that prices deviated from the no-arbitrage condition . |
| 2 | The gunmen kept firing and bullets went through the victim , injuring the youth trapped underneath him . |
| 3 | Pre-tax profits fell 20pc to £152.7m from £190.2m , a strong result considering that provisions soared to £105m from £44m last year . |
| 4 | If feeding and antibiotics continued to be administered Tony could be expected to live for a few more years . |
| 5 | Dave Heath got the fourth … the Wildcats finally stirred thanks to a goal from Bryan Larkin … the Kings kept going though … they led by 10-1 in the third period before Swindon came back with four late goals … it finished 11 … 5 … with fists flying as tempers flared towards the end … the second leg in two weeks time at Swindon should be a scorcher |
| 6 | Surely , nearing the end of the 20th century the concept of a ‘ 'royal ’ family is anathema to all sensible people bearing in mind the misery , suffering and hardships endured by many people today both at home and abroad . |
| 7 | And the editor of Towards 2000 is in hiding after police broke into his office and home , seeking to detain him . |
| 8 | Worthy and Markle cite basketball , finding that whites excelled in free throws from a static position and blacks at field goals on the move . |
| 9 | But Mr Michael Fallon , the Conservative candidate , said it was right that a quarter of the receipts should go on housing while threequarters went towards repayment of debt . |
| 10 | Not only are biblical accounts of supernatural visitations during dreams and dreams foretelling the future repeated without comment , even where ambiguity exists , the authors writing for children insert more accounts of dreams rather than asserting that visitations happened to people who were awake . |
| 11 | Marcovic on May 8 issued a statement to the Federal Executive Council asserting that conditions had to be created to allow the army to carry out its constitutional and legal function of defending frontiers and halting inter-ethnic clashes . |
| 12 | Passing cars on the southbound carriageway slowed and came close to bumping as drivers rubbernecked for a spot of interesting carnage , but they drove on disappointed . |