Example sentences of "many [noun] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd use it to identify and locate all the landmarks which he had stared up at during his exhausting explorations , now seen from a very different perspective ; he knew the names of all the streets where the distant , anonymous towers of the banks and finance companies were sited , having worn himself out many times by walking along them , fascinated by the scenes glimpsed behind their mirrored , darkened or tinted glass windows and walls . |
| 2 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 3 | Fish caught in gill-nets are generally regarded as being of poorer quality , because they are often dead for many hours before coming aboard the fishing vessel . |
| 4 | This has remained for five generations in the same family , and roughly speaking with headquarters on the same site , whereas Smith 's ownership has passed through several families and occupied many addresses before settling in 1921 on 57–61 St Vincent Street . |
| 5 | The point here , however , is that whatever kind of semantic theory is adopted , many aspects of meaning in a broad sense simply can not be accommodated if the theory is to have an internal coherence and consistency . |
| 6 | There are many motives for passing on wealth ( we refer to bequests but include under this gifts inter vivos ) . |
| 7 | And this iron six-pounder had already fired heaven only knew how many rounds before coming into Harry 's hands at the banqueting hall . |
| 8 | There are many analogies in accounting as a whole for this paradox . |
| 9 | My uneventful watch , as we steamed slowly south , gave me plenty of time to think about the many advantages of cruising in these waters compared to other coastal areas I knew , where complex systems of buoyed channels lead the mariner through an unseen maze of shifting shoals . |
| 10 | I think there are many advantages to returning to work in addition to the fact that the time you spend with your child is so much more special and pleasurable . |
| 11 | One of the many advantages in working with miniatures is that you can create an enormous variety of different visual effects according to the way in which you group the finished pictures . |
| 12 | This would certainly deter many parents from proceeding with a second child . |
| 13 | This saved Mexico $3.8 billion a year in debt-servicing costs — and dissuaded many banks from fleeing across the Rio Grande . |
| 14 | had had the opportunity for many years of looking at the question in its material phases , of appreciating its hygienic results … |
| 15 | While the basic aim of a service should be to provide people with ordinary homes of their own , there are many former long-term hospital patients who would not wish to live alone after many years of living in close proximity to other patients ; such people may feel more comfortable living in a three- or four-person flat or house , or perhaps in a sheltered group of flatlets where communal dining rooms and recreational facilities echo the arrangements in ordinary sheltered accommodation for elderly people . |
| 16 | This is a copy of Countryd Top copy sent to OBITS Country Diary for Saturday December 9th Machynlleth : For me a frequent delight in many years of hill-walking in Wales has been to come upon that lively , eye-catching bird the wheatear which so loves to play hide and seek among the rocks . |
| 17 | A Country Diary : MACHYNLLETH : For me a frequent delight in many years of hill-walking in Wales has been to come upon that lively , eye-catching bird the wheatear which so loves to play hide and seek among the rocks . |
| 18 | ‘ After many years of working for an employer . |
| 19 | Canteiro is a wine which has been matured over many years without going into an estufa , and it is of a good age . |
| 20 | For many years before coming to this place , I worked with young children . |
| 21 | It is possible to break out of the straight-jacket by applying an idea that had been used for many years in thinking about the psychology of classification and aesthetics ( McLlelland & Clark , 1933 ; Berlyne , 1960 ) . |
| 22 | The latter probably included correspondence with Colonel Filipović in Belgrade , who has been active for many years in agitating for firmer action |
| 23 | In that time I followed the course of the massive city walls which over the centuries had sustained so many assaults before falling at last to the Turkish onslaught . |
| 24 | It will cover many kinds of shaping for a huge variety of subjects and once learned will save you a good deal of time in making up and garment fitting . |
| 25 | In between times , among the many kinds of racing in which Mario indulged his taste for speed — and his need for money — there had been a bunch of sports-car races for Ferrari , generally teamed up with Ickx , the team-leader . |
| 26 | It was n't for many weeks after coming to Chesney that Peach ventured out . |
| 27 | The Blancs , who have lived in the cottage seven years , spent a long time looking at many ranges before deciding on the white Miele kitchen with its terracotta trim . |
| 28 | Another is the chance to try many variations before deciding on a design . |
| 29 | The doctor can be freed to see twice as many patients by substituting for this interview a simple card , provided with a pencil , in the waiting room : |
| 30 | There were many people about working at the common land between the walls , and more than a few seated outside the few inns they passed . |