Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This acts as a commitment payment and demonstrates the seriousness of the vendors confirming that it is not their intention just to test the water and withdraw . |
| 32 | So enticing is the red gape of a cuckoo nestling that it is not uncommon for ornithologists to see a bird dropping food into the mouth of a baby cuckoo sitting in some other bird 's nest ! |
| 33 | He thought of all those white-faced passengers , panic-stricken as they peered out of their windows when they heard the engines spooling up again , wheels rumbling as they were noisily retracted , finally followed by the sharp upward tilt as the plane climbed out from the airport at full power . |
| 34 | It is a sign of the success of this new Nimbus recording that it is far from effaced in such company , and will no doubt win this barnstorming masterwork of late-Romanticism many new friends . |
| 35 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 36 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 37 | Sporting friends of the Princess were last night predicting that she is so ‘ naffed off ’ she will resign her Olympic roles if she and her horsey friends are told they are not welcome at future Games . |
| 38 | He was left out while the first team travelled to Blackburn with speculation mounting that he was as much as 6lb too heavy . |
| 39 | From the first Emilia occupied the position of a precariously privileged dependant , and complained of ‘ hard fortune ’ , her father dying when she was only eight , leaving a ‘ miserable ’ estate . |
| 40 | You said last week at the staff meeting that he was n't . |
| 41 | ‘ Immediately after the crash I could n't feel the baby moving and he was normally a quite active baby , ’ she said . |
| 42 | ‘ Immediately after the crash I could n't feel the baby moving and he was normally a quite active baby . ’ |
| 43 | But I have to admit that in the past I have been offended by people saying that it 's just formula for me to play melodies and structures that come to me very naturally . |
| 44 | ‘ He 'll entertain a whole load of people watching while we 're out on location but he can turn it on and off like a light — the cameras roll and he 's totally into Grant Mitchell . |
| 45 | This was sooner than had been expected , President José Eduardo dos Santos declaring that it was not necessary to wait for the end of the war to initiate the reforms . |
| 46 | Although Rosa Guy 's style also contains energy , hope , imaginative descriptions and sadness , there are no contrasts between happy and sad scenes seeing as there are n't any happy scenes and although Rosa Guy has chosen to write a book on a very serious topic , I do n't think any really stylish book can be without a hint of happiness . |
| 47 | Fabia ended the call realising that she was quite looking forward to stretching her legs with Azor . |
| 48 | And we just lay on the floor laughing because it was just getting from bad to worse . |
| 49 | She listened to his calm voice explaining that he was not available and if she would like to leave a message … but the message she would like to have left was far too complicated , so she rang off without saying anything . |
| 50 | I then burrowed into the cockpit to wrench the gear from its housing but in so doing I became unplugged and did not hear the pilot shouting that we were about to ditch . ’ |
| 51 | Personally , I just get the feel going and I 'm out of here ! |
| 52 | His head started to swim ; he heard a voice enquiring whether he was all right , and blacked out . |
| 53 | Grilled beef can take any style providing that it 's not too sweet ( as German mustards are ) or flavoured with an unsuitable herb such as dill . |
| 54 | This information can be used in equation ( 3 ) to calculate the cost of equity finance : Assuming a corporation tax rate of 40 per cent , we now have all the information to use equation ( 1 ) to calculate the firm 's cost of capital : This is the appropriate cost of capital for this firm providing that it is only considering further investments that have the same risk characteristics as those previously evaluated , and that its gearing ( that is , the ratio of debt to equity ) is not expected to change in the foreseeable future . |
| 55 | I sent a letter to Mrs Thatcher saying if she was so hard up as only to pay us 40p , then she could have the money back . ’ |
| 56 | Then out of the blue he got a phone call asking if he was still interested in the car as it had to be sold to make space for the family . |
| 57 | But the Government has rejected the call saying that it 's already taken steps to reduce the risk of such an incident happening again . |
| 58 | ‘ Smile , ’ he said , his voice indicating that he was certainly grinning like a Cheshire cat . |
| 59 | I 'll spend the rest of my life knowing that I was willingly used by a man who did n't love me . |
| 60 | She says one boy has gone back to bed wetting because he 's so worried . |