Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [conj] [be] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bought four years ago from Johnson Matthey , it has since trebled turnover and is now making healthy profits . |
| 2 | Landlords not only were assessed on their directly occupied land but were constantly calling for relief for tenants , for whom increasing poor rates were setting a ceiling for rents . |
| 3 | With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland . |
| 4 | If we see a character walking along a path to cross the screen say from right to left , and if this shot is immediately followed by one in which the same person is walking along the path from left to right , the viewer 's natural assumption is that the walker has reversed direction and is now returning to his or her starting point . |
| 5 | Anwar had reclaimed Changez and was patiently explaining to him about the shop , the wholesaler and the financial position . |
| 6 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 7 | Newman had left Otmoor and was now driving back towards London , guided by Paula to Riverboat Island in the Thames . |
| 8 | The latest revelation about the Government 's courting of minority parties came amid persistent speculation at Westminster that , on the Europe question , Mr Major has lost control and is effectively running a minority Government . |
| 9 | Which is more than can be said , perhaps , for some of the offerings labelled Panto that are currently mopping up a lot of customers . |