Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Vendors also going to warrant the accuracy of all disclosures , care should be exercised before suggesting or agreeing to this compromise . |
| 2 | Clause 5 of the Bill would impose an obligation of confidence on a person who improperly acquires information by using or interfering with any computer or data retrieval mechanism , a welcome clarification . |
| 3 | He spent every minute that was not wasted in eating or sleeping in this pursuit . |
| 4 | In an action by the plaintiffs against various defendants , including the first and second defendants , Arthur Hugh Tully and his wife , Margaret McConnell Tully , Buckley J. on 5 June 1991 granted the plaintiffs ex parte injunctive relief requiring Mr. and Mrs. Tully , inter alia , to disclose all dealings relating to certain moneys referred to in a schedule to the order and all sums and assets representing or derived from such moneys , and to exhibit copies of all documents which related to the receipt or transfer of dealing with all such assets . |
| 5 | ‘ ( a ) setting out with full particulars all dealings by the first defendant or anyone on his behalf with : ( i ) the moneys referred to in schedule 1 to this order ; and ( ii ) all and any sums or assets representing or derived from those moneys ; and … ( c ) exhibiting copies of all documents which relate to the receipt or transfer of , or dealing with all such assets , and in particular all such documents as are set out in schedule 3 hereto and are in the possession custody or power of the first defendant . |
| 6 | A street is also deemed to be any place of public resort or recreation ground belonging to , or under the control of the local authority and any unfenced ground adjoining or abutting upon any street in an urban district ( Section 81 Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 ) . |
| 7 | The action was taken on grounds of conducting unauthorised business and making unsolicited calls and misleading statements , SIB said , and prevents LWI and from continuing to do this and from disposing or dealing with any assets . |
| 8 | It still thinks that by interfering and pouring on more layers of bureaucracy and government it will achieve something that has eluded it for so long and will continue to elude it if it takes that path . |
| 9 | In the religious paraphernalia and artwork of their culture , we see a religion half formed , with elusive nature spirits appearing and disappearing in all kinds of manifestations , now taking on the status of a fully-fledged deity , now evaporating into an atavistic mist . |
| 10 | After tossing and turning for another while , Amiss fell into a deep sleep from which he was woken less than an hour and a half later by his alarm clock . |
| 11 | There 's a lot of banging and crashing on this tape . |
| 12 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 13 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 14 | That is accomplished by remembering , applying and living by this truth : at work , whatever our standing , we are servants of Christ before we are servants of any earthly master . |
| 15 | Add the Grand Marnier , about 5ml ( 1tsp ) at a time , whisking or beating between each addition . |
| 16 | And adults do not need to be on the verge of shouting or crying for these mechanisms to be involved . |
| 17 | One person does n't wan na lose and the other one wants to win and is going to go backwards and forwards you just end up pushing and pushing and pushing against each other , pointless . |
| 18 | Previously , picketing had taken the form of pushing and shoving on both sides , but the confiscation of union banners and the pickets ' public address system by the police led to the throwing of stones and bottles by strikers . |
| 19 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 20 | Kids were pushing past me down the corridor , all shouting and yelling to each other , and Kevin was carried along with them . |
| 21 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 22 | They talked until the horses , squealing and nipping at each other , turned away to hurry purposefully across the field and stand afar , clouds of their breath plumed against the winter air . |
| 23 | The London side arrived at Anfield fresh from their weekend drubbing and burdened by more problems on and off the field . |
| 24 | You are not aiming for some exact scientific precision ( if absolute precision is needed , you can use pen and paper ) , but you are meeting and communicating with another adult human being . |
| 25 | She needed strength : her and Bernard 's nightly love play would go on for hours , limbs lurching and surging in some kind of gladiatorial combat as if the one who weakened first lost . |
| 26 | I took off at speed with the flimsy boards flexing and bouncing at each stride . |
| 27 | At a simple level , a London-based business executive working on corporate budgets could ask a colleague , perhaps in New York , to examine his spreadsheet analysis and , if necessary , add to it while seeing and talking to each other . |
| 28 | Alternatively , you can concentrate on group maintenance , spend most of your time monitoring how members are reacting and responding to both feelings and unspoken messages . |
| 29 | I loved knitting and do to this day . |
| 30 | Frozen foods are stored at — 18°C throughout distribution and there is no possibility of bacterial cells growing and multiplying at that temperature . |