Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was before the shrimp dish reached the dining-room ’ , said Milsom , revealing that he already knew a great deal about the evening . |
| 2 | Drachenfels left her dressed in some revealing clothing ( revealing if she still had a body , that is ) to top the effect off . |
| 3 | Once again , thanks for the best laugh I 've had since my friend Daniel fell out of a transit van I was driving when I unexpectedly chucked a right . |
| 4 | While I am not suggesting that you immediately dismantle an arrangement of flowers , perhaps after a day or two you could carefully remove a leaf or two , and a few flowers . |
| 5 | Women of all ages were shouting and I clearly saw a handbag swung overarm . |
| 6 | He did attempt to reassure me ( perhaps of his sanity ) by adding that he only had a ‘ basic marine system ’ in mind — not a miniature reef system or a 600 gallon show tank job . |
| 7 | ‘ The UK is a logical next step for Alco Office Products and Erskine House is an ideal fit considering that it also has a significant presence in the US market and complementary interests in Germany , ’ Alco chairman and chief executive Ray Mundt commented . |
| 8 | Nigel was saying that they only had a couple , you know , cos they like you |
| 9 | On May 7 Wörner was quoted as saying that he strongly favoured a " European pillar " within NATO and that the WEU would be an appropriate institution to embody it . |
| 10 | The balance has tipped from viewing the problem entirely in terms of liability and expense to acknowledging that it also offers an opportunity … |
| 11 | I 'm frank and candid by nature and so perhaps not surprisingly my career was blocked , former friends learned to cross the street when they saw me coming and I quickly became a non-person ; a communist speciality . |
| 12 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 13 | If the agreement satisfied all the requirements of a tenancy , then the agreement produced a tenancy and the parties can not alter the effect of the agreement by insisting that they only created a licence . |
| 14 | We do not know if their society ( and here , of course , we are assuming that they actually had a society ) was matriarchal or patriarchal . |
| 15 | However , do n't make the mistake of assuming that you necessarily need a conventional bass to construct a bassline . |
| 16 | AY has admitted negligence in relation to the stock over-statement , provided that WG can prove the fraud took place , but the firm is claiming that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar as its auditor , and not to Walker Greenbank , even though it audited the group accounts . |
| 17 | A hundred and seventy or so girls from all over Oxfordshire gathered at Iffley Road this afternoon to learn about scrummaging … rucking and what exactly constitutes a forward pass . |
| 18 | Marshall knew Wickham would be ruefully amused by that ‘ yet ’ , carrying as it inevitably did an accusation of tardiness . |
| 19 | A shopkeeper in Nuremberg who said to a customer what ‘ in these days was common to almost everybody in Nuremberg ’ , that Hitler was set on continuing the war , tried to deceive the people into thinking that he still had a miracle weapon , and was ‘ nothing more than a criminal ’ , was denounced by the customer , taken away by the police , and shot for ‘ subversion of the military power ’ . |
| 20 | Too often , friends and colleagues react to the information that someone is suffering from depression either by agreeing that they often feel a bit down themselves but manage to cope , or else by treating the person as if he or she were suffering from mental disease . |