Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pron] [adv] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , the ventilation system needs to be thought through to minimise the chance either of its being ineffective or defeated or of its actually making things worse . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , little love , ’ he breathed , and while from his adoring tone she knew herself forgiven , ‘ I — do n't know quite how to tell you this — ’ He paused , but , clearly deciding that there was only one way , he proceeded to completely stagger her when , ‘ It is a fact , my dear , that I did not , and never have , promised an interview to your sister , or to anyone else representing Verity magazine . ’ |
| 3 | In 1988 , in the Tram Chim crane reserve near the Cambodia corder in southern Vietnam , Vo Quy and his Wetland and Waterbird Working Group counted more than 1,000 eastern sarus cranes , a bird recently believed to be extinct throughout Southeast Asia , except in its probably breeding grounds in Cambodia . |
| 4 | He will be remembered for his indefatigable work , for his great integrity , for his diplomacy , and for his never failing courtesy . |
| 5 | But soon she began to detach herself from the girls sitting hand in hand in the Bun Shop and from their faintly rebuking way of going at their books . |