Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eggs can then be easily transferred to the mouth by finger sucking or nail biting , causing reinfection , and spread to other members of the family by direct contact or via food , towels and bedlinen etc . |
| 2 | Whenever possible provision should be made for relocating or retraining dismissed staff , not only because of the personal benefits to those involved , but also because of the effects on the remaining staff 's morale . |
| 3 | Not only does it ignore the sense in which suffering can be unwitting but it also begs the question in favour of saying , when specific symptoms like struggling or urination occur in animals , that these are properly to be seen as , emotional responses ' ( which covertly elicits our sympathy for the conscious distress of the stricken human parent rather than the symptoms of it observed in the struggling , yet unaware , athlete ) . |
| 4 | Even such mundane tasks as eating or drinking have found a place in some ballets . |
| 5 | The aesthetic theory of foregrounding or de-automatization enables us to see the references to TRANSPARENT and OPAQUE qualities of prose style ( see 1.3.1 ) as more than vague metaphors . |
| 6 | On the same Conditions yearly as she was keepd the two Last years , He being obliged to ffit her up without Loss of time sufficient in Sails , Rigging & others needfull , And to raise her two planks in the Upper Work , And that the Cabine be raised Accordingly , And that there bees four Beds in said Cabine properly furnished . " |
| 7 | On the same Conditions yearly as she was keepd the two Last years , He being obliged to ffit her up without Loss of time sufficient in Sails , Rigging & others needfull , And to raise her two planks in the Upper Work , And that the Cabine be raised Accordingly , And that there bees four Beds in said Cabine properly furnished . " |
| 8 | ELECTRICAL company Dowding & Mills lost £632,000 in its failed takeover bid for North-East engineering firm Torday & Carlisle . |
| 9 | Cloches , straw , plastic sheet , pads of wire netting with straw or bracken between them , sacking or conifer branches all provide shelter and will keep off the worst of the weather . |
| 10 | In the early post-war years , matching or percentage grants by the centre met a share of approved local spending . |
| 11 | ‘ We are praying that Peter pulls through . |
| 12 | HOW Hearts must be praying that Airdrie do them a favour and finish in the bottom two of the Premier Division this season . |
| 13 | More generally , while there is no denying that leaders couch their statements in moral language , which seems to emphasize differences and minimize similarities , their actions often bear little resemblance to these moral pronouncements . |
| 14 | Answer : nobody is denying that thoughts have qualitative content . |
| 15 | Denying that people learned in precisely the same way as pigeons , Cartier insisted that the reason why a programme taught better than typical traditional methods was usually because of the latter 's inadequately prepared design : |
| 16 | It is important to see , here , that Wittgenstein is not denying that people do have toothache ( that it really aches ! ) , or even that people sometimes reflect on their feelings and describe them , as in ( h ) . |
| 17 | Japanese scientists , however , have been denying that drift-nets have had any significant effect on Dall 's porpoise . |
| 18 | More female patients had rheumatoid arthritis , but in the remaining three conditions , the proportion of men was greater , reaffirming that men appear to be more likely than women to have ischaemic ulcers . |
| 19 | After all , the caller could n't rely on his not noticing that Edwin had n't come home last night until he did n't get his early tea brought to him . |
| 20 | Whenever Italy played I could n't help noticing that Brian looked remarkably like Salvatore Schilacci , but he did n't seem too pleased when I pointed this out . |
| 21 | ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer . |
| 22 | Soon after 6 a.m. the rebels took control of Radio Nigeria ( situated 300 metres from the barracks ) , announcing that Babangida had been deposed and the governing Armed Forces Ruling Council ( AFRC ) dissolved , and stating their political objectives . |
| 23 | Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium that will operate the twin-rail tunnel when it is scheduled to enter service in June 1993 , shocked the City by announcing that costs had risen by £2.2bn from an original estimate of £4.8bn , with the 50-kilometre tunnel still only one-quarter built . |
| 24 | It was a tactful way of explaining that change meant evening dress for her and dinner jacket for him . |
| 25 | This week we read of him losing to an unranked Swede who virtually apologised after the match , explaining that Borg had been the reason for his getting into tennis in the first place . |
| 26 | I 've just been explaining that Angela seems to have gone missing . ’ |
| 27 | Anna chattered on and on , explaining that Nicolo had been called away early on business . |
| 28 | Mahmud Pasa confesses that such is the case , explaining that Abdulkerim saved him from an addiction to wine which , he implies , would have seriously impaired his chances not only for a successful career but for salvation as well . |
| 29 | ’ The man gave an address in Manhattan , then the name of his gallery , checking that Kemp had the details right . |
| 30 | She placed the cheque in her bag , let herself out through the back way and , checking that Ryan had gone , because she did n't want him following her , she walked along the lane , careful not to trip on muddy ruts . |