Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were extremely grateful to the Government for stepping in with a £140 rebate because they saw their aunts , uncles , friends , cousins and others elsewhere in the country paying a great deal less . |
| 2 | Eyeing the police car , she wondered whether it belonged to Officer Hassan and whether it was worth hanging around for a word with him . |
| 3 | A service done out of friendship such as helping out at a barbecue or because of a threat is not within s.1 . |
| 4 | For high earners , the £75,000 cap is probably the strongest argument for hanging on to an existing Section 226 policy , since such policies are not affected by the earnings limit . |
| 5 | Scotland 's Olympic three-day event double silver medallist , Ian Stark , has not been nicknamed the ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ for hanging about on a cross-country course . |
| 6 | It is typical of options that if a particular contract does not exist in a ready made form for trading directly on an exchange , it can be manufactured from existing tradeable instruments . |
| 7 | Crystal talks about walking out of a relationship . |
| 8 | As the second round of European matches gets into full swing tonight , Rangers can only sit back and watch after tumbling out to a last minute goal from Levski Sofia . |
| 9 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 10 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 11 | A CONVICTED wife-killer who fled to the Irish Republic after walking out of a mental hospital was being flown back to Britain today , police said . |
| 12 | A notorious Australian criminal is behind bars again eight weeks after walking out of an open prison . |
| 13 | Spin out also occurs after landing badly from a jump . |
| 14 | And after dying horribly at a Nottingham University ball , I was confronted by a dandruff-afflicted sound operator in a Marillion T-shirt , who advised me to ‘ cut the left-wing politics , mate . ’ |
| 15 | After stripping off in a Levi 's ad and Thelma & Louise , Brad Pitt has been hailed as the new James Dean , a sex symbol for the Nineties . |
| 16 | Amanda was rescued after meeting up with a group of hikers who escorted her out of the bush . |
| 17 | After wandering about for a while she finally got her bearings and found the splendid staircase that led to the grand hall and the main entrance . |
| 18 | It reaches rivers only after passing slowly through an aquifer . |
| 19 | I began trying to play ‘ God Save the King ’ , but after tapping away for an hour with one finger I had n't made much progress . |
| 20 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 21 | A WORKER was fired after nipping out for a Coke and ice during a 15-hour shift at a sweltering print works , a tribunal heard yesterday . |
| 22 | Shrouded in snow and shivering with cold , I arrive at the door of the friary , and after calling out for a long time , the brother porter gets up and asks : ‘ Who is it ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We found Prune Island , as Palm was known in those days , after calling in for a spot of sight-seeing . |
| 24 | Intruders at the Bull and Dog pub in Greatham , near Hartlepool , stole £920 from the vending and gaming machines after getting in through a groundfloor window . |
| 25 | Now the police are looking for him again — he 's thought to be heading back to Milton Keynes after running away on a visit to court in London . |
| 26 | The dog he had raised from a pup went missing 31 days ago after running off on a country walk . |
| 27 | That was the end of his Test career until the present tour of England , for which he was chosen after doing well as an allrounder in Pakistan domestic cricket . |
| 28 | After starting out with a Honda VF500 in ‘ 84 , Bradl made it to factory rider in just four and a half years , making a name for himself on the way as a man bursting with aggression . |
| 29 | Dick was indentured to the Company in 1917 , ‘ admitted , allowed , and registered ’ to the Freemen in 1933 , became waterman to Thames RC in 1931 after starting out as a boatbuilder , became a Waterman to Her Majesty in 1953 , and an Extra Waterman to Her Majesty in 1967 . |
| 30 | And manager Joe Kinnear last night reported that John Fashanu was in agony after pulling his hamstring again after coming on as a substitute even though he was ‘ only about 10 per cent fit . ’ |