Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had stopped raining but the wood was sopping . |
| 2 | It had stopped raining but the night was dark and damp . |
| 3 | Consider , for instance , the ability of the male praying mantis to continue copulating whilst the female steadily devours him from the head end downwards , or for the head end of a wasp to continue eating even when severed from the abdomen . |
| 4 | Such a position , however , involves accepting that the appropriate units of analysis are not surface forms , but higher-level semantic and discourse elements . |
| 5 | It had been the signature of the anonymous letter Bartocci had received suggesting that the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti was a put-up job . |
| 6 | Understanding the second sentence involves understanding that the object of ‘ likes ’ is ‘ dog ’ , a word which appeared earlier . |
| 7 | Milhaez stopped singing and the captain went forward in the bow to stand as look-out . |
| 8 | J. Stasiak ( HAS March 21 ) needs reminding that the community charge was introduced after a lawful groundswell of protest about the former rates system with which many Labour councils played fast and loose . |
| 9 | The Admiral will not need reminding that the radar aboard the Ariadne is as advanced as any in the world . ’ |
| 10 | If you are already engaged in running a small business , you will probably hardly need reminding that the small companies ' rate of corporation tax is 25 per cent ( instead of the 33 per cent standard rate for larger concerns ) . |
| 11 | Like international directory enquiries for telephone numbers it desperately needs administering and the US government has recently appointed AT&T to do just that . |
| 12 | Willie Baxter was gripped by fear , he did n't understand it , he hated the dark tunnels , he stopped walking and the noise stopped ; by now Willie was probably near the point where the tunnels passed under the River Clyde and it was said that it was possible to hear the sound of a ship 's propeller whenever a vessel passed overhead . |
| 13 | An engineer 's report states that the foundations are defective and that the house will need underpinning and the foundations repaired . |
| 14 | By February of 1825 neither Taylor 's nor Fleming 's Levels had " struck-home " and Barratt , starting now to have doubts about the latter , suspended driving until the elusive vein was cut in Taylor 's , and when doing so , perhaps , shedding some light on the matter . |
| 15 | This does not need replenishing unless the surface is very hard ( quartzite or chert ) . |
| 16 | A barrister who left the Inland Revenue for practice at the Bar summed up his opinion of the service in the following words : ‘ I enjoyed it , they enjoyed me , and I would always consider returning if the Bar did not prove satisfying . ’ |
| 17 | Pike stopped banging and a slow smile spread across his face . |
| 18 | ( 2.10 ) unc provided no variable appearing in unc is input in any unc |
| 19 | It hardly needs remarking that the experimental procedure of varying the circumstances fits exactly the account of fundamental nomic connection which we have . |
| 20 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 21 | No harm will come to them and they will recommence feeding as the temperature begins to fall . |
| 22 | It hardly needs stating that the great majority of liability claims , whether in respect of personal injuries or otherwise , are handled to conclusion by insurers without the assistance of the formal legal framework of Courts , Solicitors and Counsel . |
| 23 | He stopped speaking as the drawing room door opened and his brothers entered . |
| 24 | Sara stopped speaking and the silence was broken only by the thudding of the printing press below . |
| 25 | Fax scanning Since the essence of OCR is a scanned image , WSP can cope with three types — direct scans , from a scanner connected to the PC , scanned files that have been created previously , and Fax files . |
| 26 | A few seconds later the finger stopped moving and the man turned round the book to face Dexter . |
| 27 | A taped message from Escobar had been printed in the newspaper El Nuevo Siglo earlier in the month , saying that he would consider surrendering if the government ensured his safety and placed him in a prison in his home province of Antioquía . |
| 28 | On 2nd May the wind stopped blowing and the sea was calm . |
| 29 | The aircraft was seen by a reliable observer as it initiated its first overshoot ; within two minutes he had telephoned saying that the aircraft was only 50m above the ground and heading south . |
| 30 | He tried talking but the teachers would n't listen and thought he was repeating words like a parrot or just being cheeky . |