Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) All other estates , interests , and charges in or over land take effect as equitable interests ; ( 4 ) The estates , interests , and charges which under this section are authorised to subsist or be conveyed or created at law are ( when subsisting or conveyed or created at law ) in this Act referred to as " legal estates , " and have the same incidents as legal estates subsisting at the commencement of this Act ; and the owner of a legal estate is referred to as " an estate owner " and his legal estate is referred to as his estate . |
| 2 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 3 | They asked if he was cheating and decided that if he was able to do his work so well , there was no harm in giving him some more . |
| 4 | The whole group burst out laughing and agreed that on that occasion she should be ‘ let off ’ her reading . |
| 5 | Having lived for 20 years in a country in which the dominant religion was Buddhism , I thank God for the Buddha 's inspiration : ‘ Now may every living being , young or old , weak or strong , living near or far , known or unknown , living or departed or yet unborn , may every living thing be full of bliss . ’ |
| 6 | Writing that meant that Paul had changed a tremendous amount since he became a Christian . |
| 7 | He gave up looking and found that he was on his own . |
| 8 | She knew she was trembling and wondered if her agitation was visible to him . |
| 9 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
| 10 | This prevented the through draught which was valued for winnowing and meant that carts had to back out , so it was a less popular arrangement . |
| 11 | He could smell fish cooking and wondered if it was Faustina 's coley , then realised that in view of the conversation about the finest minced veal it was more likely to be something for themselves . |
| 12 | Roman Wyatt was n't so easily dismissed ; his strong dark face and amber eyes danced between her and the dress she was designing and materialised when she was talking to customers , but despite everything it was a satisfying day business-wise , and she said goodnight to Myra with a feeling of achievement . |
| 13 | Once the fire is lit , it has to be kept going and refuelled as necessary . |
| 14 | Downing Street said Mr Major was not aware of sanctions busting but admitted that his foreign office deputy William Waldegrave was fully informed . |
| 15 | And then she kind of jumped into this absurd thing of suddenly saying that meant that all women were housewives , and that wages for housework was the thing that united all women . ’ |
| 16 | On replying : ‘ Yes , ’ he was reminded that the end of the tax year was approaching and asked if he had considered investing in a pension . |
| 17 | He said , ‘ Did you have a good Christmas ? ’ , and not looking at him she thanked him for asking and replied that it had been quiet but nice . |
| 18 | She had been crying and said that she had been ‘ feeling awful ’ all day . |
| 19 | Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die . |
| 20 | I knew what I was doing and knew that it was wrong — but when you 're 14 , everything you want to do is wrong . |
| 21 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 22 | The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief , Alan Sugar , who told the High Court about soccer 's behind-the-scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung ’ a personal payment in cash . |
| 23 | The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief Alan Sugar who told the High Court about soccer 's behind the scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung ’ a personal payment . |
| 24 | Only four minutes into the first match against the New Zealand XV at Rugby Park in Hamilton the England ‘ B ’ side put together a scoring movement which had the New Zealand purists purring and suggested that England ‘ B ’ had gained much from their tour . |
| 25 | But as the men of the upper class were bred for war , as they enjoyed fighting and felt that in war their intimate bond of loyalty to their chief was most fully expressed , the connexion between fief and military service was an unconscionable time in dying . |
| 26 | She sent a frantic look to where Caspar was now standing and saw that the Melanisms had reached him as well now ; his legs and knees were already covered . |
| 27 | But then I finally stopped resisting and found that there 's a life in the land beyond the life of any one person , Thomas ; the lives of the people only stand in the way . ’ |
| 28 | While lost in the fog she heard talking and realised that a barge had dragged anchor and was coming down river with the tide . |
| 29 | She was aware of Harry 's quickened breathing and realized that she had ‘ inflamed ’ him , just as the French girl had foretold . |
| 30 | As darkness came he could hear her laboured breathing and knew that she was as ill as she said . |