Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WIGAN fought all the way before seeing off Workington Town 's hopes of a historic first semi-final place in today 's Regal Trophy draw . |
| 2 | But seeing off Michael Meacher proved substantially easier than seeing off the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 3 | It 's Twickenham once more for Bicester RFC who are through to the final again after seeing off Altrincham Kersal in the semis . |
| 4 | Following his commission as flight lieutenant RAFVR he specialized in upper-air analysis and forecasting for bomber groups . |
| 5 | There could have been a serious road accident with a dozen or so frightened animals careering about country lanes . |
| 6 | Further on are some unusual objects , a line of large dishes split by a B road branching off Ermine Street ( C ) . |
| 7 | They are competing for plum roles and staking their claim to be the No 1 box office attraction . |
| 8 | Dogs competing for championship points are entered in one or more of the regular classes for their breed . |
| 9 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 10 | Other projects competing for company resources should be analysed in the same way and ranked according to the levels of pay-off for each . |
| 11 | The 40-year-old veteran , now competing for London club Haringey , was joined on the rostrum by Bedlington policeman Paul Reed , who took the discus bronze medal with 50.70 metres and silver in the shot with a putt of 15.14 metres . |
| 12 | This period can be seen as almost a power struggle between the K M T and the C C P competing for peasant support , and the policy changes during this period reflect a change from mass mobilization and smashing local maximizing agricultural production . |
| 13 | The new game of competing for world market shares alters the order of importance of the functions of the state . |
| 14 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 15 | He wonders why I 'm not caddying for Arnold Palmer , so I tell him there 's been a mix-up and he takes me on . |
| 16 | Dave was caddying for Roberto de Vicenzo , who looked as though he could win his second Open , but he hit two great shots and then three-putted the 13th in the third round . |
| 17 | Penetrate a fairly gruff exterior , and you will find Dave Musgrove , at one time Seve Ballesteros ' right-hand man and now caddying for Sandy Lyle , an affable philosopher , who will trot out an occasional quotation , from Shakespeare to Dylan . |
| 18 | In the early 1960s I remember caddying for Brian Huggett and Peter Butler , but in those days we caddied for many players . |
| 19 | Sir Gordon Parker had one of the regular Royal St. George 's caddies ; Richie was caddying for Sir Bryan . |
| 20 | Why , he asked , should not telephone engineers when canvassing for telephone business also canvas for Electrophone subscribers , when they would be remunerated by a commission from the Electrophone Company ? |
| 21 | The Guildford Four have been canvassing for Jeremy Corbyn in Islington . |
| 22 | We were eating off silver plates and suddenly there was this toad . |
| 23 | ON ONE of the few days with sunshine recently I was shambling through Cavendish Square in the West End of London . |
| 24 | According to the reports , the Khmer Rouge has begun fencing off animal sanctuaries in areas where wildlife is most threatened . |
| 25 | Concerning a downtrodden girl in a back-street bedroom with an amazing talent for vocal mimicry , it was specially written for her after the playwright ‘ heard me singing as Shirley Bassey , Judy Garland and Cilla Black in the garden ’ . |
| 26 | And , ’ she added , ‘ if any of you start singing about mango trees and honey , I 'll break your kneecaps … . ’ |
| 27 | The first 6.5ha ( 16 acres ) yielded about 6.8t/ha , ( 2.7t/acre ) allowing for moisture content , he says . |
| 28 | The trend in cardiovascular mortality with external conjugate was abolished by allowing for head circumference . |
| 29 | Allowing for handicap adjustment , there was little more than a stroke between them . |
| 30 | Using daily data for the period from June 1987 to June 1988 ( 272 observations ) , after allowing for transactions costs of 0.5–1% , they found a substantial degree of underpricing for Nikkei Stock Average futures : 42% of the time there was an underpricing in excess of the estimated transaction costs . |