Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could hear his great cry , and see the flash of his hat flung in the air , and the brown silk of his hair whipping free as a flag against his glistening eyes , and the bright joy-stained red of his cheeks . |
| 2 | Such as global warming — and the West using less of the oil that the Gulf crisis is actually all about . |
| 3 | Coarser gauges and of course knitting some of the more specialist yarns like Channel which in particular . |
| 4 | Wales , meaning the suffering Welsh public , desperately needed the comfort of Saturday 's epic encounter before a Stradey Park gathering fit for the occasion to remind themselves of the level of attainment of which their game is still capable . |
| 5 | An example of this attitude Chris Kissling , who was bowling for Christchurch Old Boys , when he was no-balled several times in one over for his rear foot landing wide of the return crease . |
| 6 | Problems arising from interviews are discussed and the task of case checking allocated for the following week . |
| 7 | The famous alphabet length below Nellies Beck saw most of the action producing five of the top six weights . |
| 8 | Then arrange the raw scallops , quartered , on a bed of lettuce and make the walnut vinaigrette using some of the lemon juice and a mixture of walnut oil and a non-scented oil such as a groundnut . |
| 9 | Continue every 25 cm around the edge of the ring using each of the different fabrics in turn ( illustration 4 ) . |
| 10 | With his popularity falling in the opinion polls , and the prospect of much of his planned legislative programme becoming paralysed by the Diet 's preoccupation with the two scandals , Miyazawa even hinted that he was considering calling an early general election . |
| 11 | By February 1890 , this temporary arrangement had extended its coverage and become permanent with the establishment of an Employers ' Labour Association representing thirty of the principal steamship owners and twenty master stevedores and porters who together employed some three-fifths of the seamen and dockers in the port . |
| 12 | It now appears the lawyer representing some of the drug cartel 's ‘ extraditables ’ once headed the Justice Department 's extradition division . |
| 13 | Piling on the confusion , Ramish Vassen , a Cape Town lawyer representing three of the prisoners , said he went yesterday to Pollsmoor prison , where they have been kept in recent years , to deliver a suit for one of his clients , Elias Motosaledi . |
| 14 | She 'd been so relieved at the news of Liz and Owen 's removal from Intensive Care that seeing the other girl 's still , slight figure lying motionless on the hospital bed had been a deep and severe shock . |
| 15 | Like some animated corpse in a horror movie , the dying oriental had somehow risen to a kneeling position , blood pumping unchecked from the torn stump of his missing arm . |
| 16 | ‘ And it could just as easily be the shepherd lying still with an old sheepskin thrown over him . |
| 17 | In one of the tombs we peered through a dark gap and saw a broken mummy lying exposed at the bottom of a shaft . |
| 18 | The usual cause of this is the spring going weak on the little valve on the throttle butterfly . |
| 19 | Perhaps he did not touch her very deeply but he did not shock her either , her body moving easily , without apprehension , beneath his ; her mind remaining open to the possibility of sensation , observing his pleasure with affection — glad that he should have it — yet wondering more and more frequently if a similar capacity for such joyful sensuality lay concealed somewhere within herself . |
| 20 | Then she sees Trotter 's purse lying open with the money she has cashed from the county welfare . |
| 21 | The Second Division outfit , who had a magnificent 18–14 win at Salford , now face a Saints ' side lying third in the Stones Bitter Championship . |
| 22 | In view of the legal uncertainty surrounding many of the terms which are likely to be included , that may be a dangerous course ; it may also damage the business 's commercial standing . |
| 23 | Bingham does not question this opinion but indicates that more explanation about the uncertainty surrounding some of the loans would have been helpful . |
| 24 | With nickel-plated handlebars , new pedals , a new saddle , a basket to carry things in and a brightly coloured net over the rear wheel to stop my skirt getting tangled in the chain , the finished bicycle would look brand new . |
| 25 | ’ Killer Bombs ’ The sirns waled , The sirne ecoed through the streets as the planes ( zoomed ) across the sky Droaned there was a quick burst of ack Ack fire Then a whistling of Bombs all around Suddenly here was silence Then a rumble , Then a boom getting louder like a volcano The sky filled smoke and flames Black Bright orange leeping through the air across the sky in the middle of the noise a child 's crying Then the shouting of people trapped in the rubble House in flames all around The loud ringing of fire engines rushing to the fire More and more voices ( shouting ) for help screaming Body lieing all around . |
| 26 | The idea that the educational achievements of black students can be explained by genetically inherited lower intellectual ability relative to whites , as measured by IQ tests , has been even more vigorously challenged , with Kamin providing one of the most effective critiques ( Kamin , 1977 ) . |
| 27 | The captaincy has been handed to pack leader Phil Kearns , who will lead a side containing eight of the team that figured in the record rout of the Irish when the Aussies open the Welsh leg of their tour at Swansea tomorrow . |
| 28 | Wind-surfing , water-skiing , sailing , scuba-diving and horse riding all at an extra charge , together with tuition in most sports . |
| 29 | Another useful item is the Orb of Thunder which you can use to darken the skies and prevent the enemy flying high into the air . |
| 30 | The swimming was n't very good ; the whole place stank of sardines , and the noble castle turned out to be a youth hostel ; also there was a forty-mile-an-hour gale blowing much of the time . |