Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children played there instead of minding their animals which would then wander out on to planted fields . |
| 2 | In the course of filling his lungs he felt as if he were rising a few inches off the ground . |
| 3 | In the course of reporting his investigations he makes remarks like , ‘ When the child is questioned he translates his thoughts into words , but these words are necessarily inadequate ’ , and ‘ Whatever the answer may be , the meaning behind the words is what matters . ’ |
| 4 | The way it is at present , we can not , we can not get more loot to put into the new project but the bank manager , i.e. the Chancellor of the Exchequer , reminded us a few months ago that the other way of funding our projects he encouraged us to look at our current assets and if possible liquidate some of that asset and fund it , or or use it to fund our new schemes and this Mr Mayor is what we should be doing . |
| 5 | She gasped out the words as his dark head bent towards her , but instead of kissing her lips he let his mouth trail over her neck , nuzzling under her hair until shivers started to race down her spine . |
| 6 | They find new ways of sharing what resources there are , whether collaborating in local policing or working with health authorities or whatever it is and I think they form the base for renewal of politics because we have to recreate politics for localities upwards and here , just finally chancing my arm , I must just frankly say that I am not clear that over-large amalgamations of unions will be much more helpful than over-centralized government bureaucracies . |
| 7 | Within a month of starting my lessons I was able to stop taking the pain-killers that had become part and parcel of my life . |
| 8 | Commissioners were appointed in every shire to assess men for the loan under pretence of discovering what arms they should bear under the Statute of Winchester . |
| 9 | Without his salary from Pressed Steel in Oxford , he and his family saw no hope of clearing his debts which had mounted to £8,000 . |