Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Ayr , the second most marginal seat in the United Kingdom , Phil Gallie , the successor to George Younger , held on by 85 votes seeing off Labour who were thought certain to seize the seat . |
| 2 | With different teams competing for routes it 's difficult to know what 's new , but conditions have certainly been good this year . |
| 3 | and there she 'd be , strumming away , singing about places she 'd never seen and was n't likely to , rivers and mountains and islands in the sun . |
| 4 | In all large companies there is a lot of comfort derived from administrative systems that purport to be ‘ fair ’ but in reality remove from individual managers the responsibility of trying to reward and administer people 's careers while allowing for differences which are immeasurable in quantitative terms . |
| 5 | The National Children 's Bureau has an information project on solvent sniffing for professionals who work with young people . |
| 6 | Bitov went to Venice in 1983 for the KGB , using as cover his work for the Literary Gazette , and then approached the British asking for asylum . |
| 7 | Returning through Bologna he passed various tests for membership of the Accademia Filarmonica and was awarded a diploma , the conditions of entry , stipulating that members must be over the age of 20 , having been waived on this occasion . |
| 8 | Returning through Brotton I looked across the valley and wondered why a huge Union Jack was flying half-mast on the top of the Zetland Hotel at Saltburn . |
| 9 | WHILE driving through London I saw store decorations being removed . |
| 10 | So that when , later that summer , I was driving through Highburn I paused in anticipation outside the Bailes farm . |
| 11 | After speeding across the moors and winding through woodland he at last found her and together they flowed slowly as one out into the Hamoaze . |
| 12 | The gap seems to be widening between Serbs who want to fight on for Greater Serbia , now , and those who think that goal must be postponed . |
| 13 | . He followed a difficult zigzag path from Porlock Weir to Culbone , climbing through woodland which abounded in ‘ wild deer , foxes , badgers , and martin cats ’ ; whortleberries grew in plenty beneath the canopy of trees , and as the ascent progressed , the distant sound of waves breaking on the shore below and glimpses of the Channel and the Welsh mountains were sufficient to fill one eighteenth century traveller with mingled ‘ pleasure and astonishment ’ . |
| 14 | Even so , Mr McNamara , who is a prominent philanthropist and contributor to the Republican party , managed to meet the terms after pledging as security his homes and businesses . |
| 15 | I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara . |
| 16 | It is also empowering for groups who have long been powerless , downgraded , humiliated , patronised , deskilled and diminished to discover the strength of concerted action for themselves and on their own behalf . |
| 17 | ‘ If there is any sign of cracking during operation we are ready . |
| 18 | But you were n't allowed to come out the pit , I mean you had to wait until knocking off time you see , before you were come out , Anything like that I mean er unless you 've got broken legs or anything like that . |
| 19 | Some local authority departments themselves are now self-contained commercial organisations bidding for work which previously was their automatic responsibility . |
| 20 | Conversely , the British unions conceived their role within the factory as being basically one of continuing representation of workforce interests on narrow bargaining issues , pressing for objectives which were consciously and explicitly desired by the workers themselves . |
| 21 | She 'd never seen either of us in a suit before — we were running them in , checking for labels we 'd missed and so on — and we had stood on her doorstep as if we were about to launch into the ‘ Have you heard the Good News … ’ routine . |
| 22 | Pragmatism has also played a part here and when convenient the DST has been willing to do deals with other countries trading off information it has obtained from opposing factions in the Middle East . |
| 23 | There are no easy answers but If you have not already been applying all the techniques listed in this book when applying for jobs you should find that a methodical approach is more productive than previous haphazard applications . |
| 24 | What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry . |
| 25 | Elton issues a new single through Phonogram this week , ‘ The Last Song ’ , written about a man dying of AIDS who is reconciled with his estranged father on his deathbed . |
| 26 | Furthermore , even if a surplus of wool was produced , there was perhaps more hope of selling it to the developing cloth industry than of disposing of grain which was not required , as a demand for clothing can be more flexible than one for food when men have additional purchasing power ( 59 ; 62 ) . |
| 27 | We have achieved this by selling top quality products and services expertly and aggressively in the international marketplace by acquiring businesses which complement and support our four chosen areas of operation and by disposing of businesses which had no obvious place in those areas . |
| 28 | As so many things will be happening throughout Floriade it is impossible to give you more than a taste of the events to come . |
| 29 | Another time when I was walking with Tony we paused for an hour at Malham to break a long day 's walk from Langcliffe to Arncliffe by Malham and Yew Cogar Scar by the old monks ' road . |
| 30 | What 's happening with Philip I do n't know whether Philip will be able I think what we 'll have to do is one of us will have to drive the Metro |