Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Home Corner areas , replacing lids , using cups with saucers or hanging them on hooks provided . |
| 2 | Catalytic converters are poisoned and damaged by leaded petrol ; attaching them to cars forces drivers to run only on unleaded fuel , an added bonus . |
| 3 | LEFT The dates obtained through radiocarbon dating can often be refined by calibrating them with dates obtained by other means . |
| 4 | / This and the company carries out all steps of production in its factories , from preparing the yarn to weaving it on looms designed and manufactured by company engineers , and Brintons factories are considered the most advanced weaving factories from the technical aspect in the whole world , also Brintons company is considered among the largest weaving companies with a production capacity exceeding 100,000 square metres per week / . |
| 5 | At the end of the recording , the woman who had been showering him with questions observed the following : ‘ I have never done such a difficult interview . |
| 6 | Stella tries to look after her sister showering her with compliements to try to get Stanley to ‘ understand her and be nice to her . ’ |
| 7 | For years , marble was refused to people wanting it for tombs to provide a supply for the Moloch in Bucharest . |
| 8 | This is done by presenting them with programmes designed for native speakers and setting tasks which assume a high level of comprehension of the video material . |
| 9 | It usually investigates working-class subjects by testing them against norms obtained from middle-class samples . |
| 10 | venerable old Jew whose noble nature and gratitude to Fledgeby for releasing him from debts owed to Fledgeby 's father cause him to serve the young man devotedly as agent for Pubsey & Co . |
| 11 | Some parishes followed this peripatetic approach , using a trestle table to facilitate mobility ; others , however , preferred to keep the table permanently in the middle of the chancel , sometimes surrounding it with rails to protect it from dogs . |
| 12 | Other cases are those where the agent 's knowledge and motivation can be surmised from the circumstances of his life ( parents or children ) or where a special arrangement is made to make sure of them ( e.g. , when legislators are periodically elected , thus providing them with motives to find out what are their electors ' best interests and to satisfy them , at least where the prestige , power , and lawful remuneration of their office are their only rewards and where these rewards are themselves substantial ) . |
| 13 | Not only is it pitting top provincial players against each other but it is also providing them with opportunities to play even tougher , more competitive rugby . |
| 14 | He 'll devote time to them , teaching them , encouraging them , supporting them , providing them with opportunities to develop their unique talents . |
| 15 | For example , the deployment of explosive rats where they would do the most good , or harm ( in wartime the two may be synonymous ) was aided by accompanying them by leaflets saying that the British were delivering rats infected with bubonic plague and the best thing to do with them , if found , was to throw them into a furnace . |
| 16 | The authorities are already threatening me with letters claiming the derelict houses are a public danger . ’ |
| 17 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 18 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 19 | From the fourth century , popes , bishops , and emperors competed in fostering the memorials of the martyrs , rediscovering or restoring their burials , adorning them with inscriptions recording their deeds , erecting great basilicas in the cemeteries to accommodate the crowds of worshippers . |
| 20 | It was only when lapidaries had discovered how to release the fire of diamonds by cutting them at angles devised to admit and reflect the maximum amount of light that the coloured varieties of transparent stones were subjected to the same treatment . |
| 21 | The Customs officer tilted his head to one side , observing her through eyes slitted against the smoke . |
| 22 | There were mill-owners in Bradford and Leeds who had been begging her for years to leave Old Ashfield and go to live with them in their fine houses . |
| 23 | It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands . |
| 24 | We look forward to a generous settlement in a few weeks ' time when he might deal with the London Regional Transport anomaly which is afflicting us as Members representing outer London . |
| 25 | Being a Saturday morning the library was full of children quietly selecting their books , taking them into corners to try them out before deciding which to take home . |
| 26 | It begins with Thom gazing at the object of his fixation , flattering her with couplets like , ‘ You 're just like an angel/Your skin makes me cry . ’ |
| 27 | If we prove something to our own satisfaction , we can release our energies for finding out about the subject : proving it to others takes second place . |
| 28 | A vet has borrowed medical technology normally seen in maternity hospitals and is using it on farms to bring more certainty to lambing . |
| 29 | All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful . |
| 30 | Plastic gutters are easily fixed by clipping them into brackets screwed to the fascia board . |