Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry about that whingeing on at the end of the last letter . |
| 2 | Despite this stirring up of architectural disorder into what one unkind French critic called a ‘ cultural Chernobyl ’ , the powers at Disney , led by its dashing chief executive Michael Eisner , have managed to persuade a handful of élite and influential American architects to participate . |
| 3 | However , if we also add the timings of such movements from two more manuscripts of Lalande motets , F-Pn , H387 , a reduced score of the Miserere a grand choeur ( illus.4 ) , and F-Pn , Rés. 1363 , a reduced score of Dominus regnavit , both being copies apparently dating from the 1740s and probably prepared for the Concert Spirituel , we begin to notice the familiar syndrome of some slowing down in some tempos , compared with those of the earlier H400D . |
| 4 | All of this racketing around with has-beens and yet-to-bes , filming on rented sets in disused warehouses , ought to have been doomed to failure , even laughed off the screen . |
| 5 | Right because we 've picked that three sixty a penny for each degree makes it easy then no problem none of this messing about with fractions and all the cancelling and ooh dear , which is where all the hard part is that 's where all the hard work is this doing the fractions . |
| 6 | None of this playing around with it like we do with our family services at the moment . |
| 7 | More recent extensions include office units built along with extra hardstanding , around 1980 , all of this blending in with the character of the remainder of the site . |
| 8 | One of the least anticipated results of this working out of opinions , morals , and institutions under the guidance of positive philosophy , is the development which must take place in the modes of expressing them . |
| 9 | of 1826 coming in at a deserved third in the field . |
| 10 | They were a party of six travelling up from Kings Cross . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
| 12 | I am careful to make this only the slightest of tints , then from the top down I was in a tone of cerulean fading out into the orange . |
| 13 | Fewer than 30 per cent of those earning up to £8,000 go , and fewer than 40 per cent of those earning up to £15,000 . |
| 14 | Fewer than 30 per cent of those earning up to £8,000 go , and fewer than 40 per cent of those earning up to £15,000 . |
| 15 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 16 | Have half a dozen of those floating around in the garden . |
| 17 | Chuck Sherman , who had noticed the excited gleam in his young brother 's eyes , grinned and punched him affectionately on the arm as he took the binoculars , but before he could lift them to his eyes a tumult of shouting and screaming broke out suddenly among the throng of Chinese pressing up against the iron grille below them . |
| 18 | The rationalisation is one of several going on between various European defence companies in a shrinking market . |
| 19 | We follow him in treating these aspects of the life course as a moral career , since they are concerned with a person 's reputation , a kind of continuous summing up of his life in terms of what sort of person he is supposed by his fellows to be . |
| 20 | Ooh great big patches like that coming out from here ! |
| 21 | There 's nothing finer than standing on the edge of a Dales hill like this looking down at the landscape strung out below . |
| 22 | Higher pensions were payable to those who remained in work beyond this age ; these rose by annual increments for all retiring up to the age of 65/70 . |
| 23 | The real and only alternative to Thatcherism , at least for the foreseeable future , was a return of the old two-party system , with Labour moving back towards credibility . |
| 24 | The sleeping bag liner and bivvy bag also have their own small stuff sacks with each packing down to roughly the size of a bag of sugar . |
| 25 | Everyone 's house , and that 's another thing , if you wanted to paint as your house inside , the cupboards and the doors , they were painted brown and that was a lifetime 's job , they were never done again , not like you do now with this freshening up of paint every so often . |
| 26 | Most of the alleged incidents occurred during 1985–89 , with some dating back to the late 1970s . |
| 27 | Historic bells including some dating back to Henry VIII 's reign are to go on show at the Ryedale Folk Museum , Hutton-le-Hole near Kirkbymoorside from tomorrow . |
| 28 | He watched the slim body of Samantha dive into the pool and thought that by the time she came of an age for love he would no doubt be drifting round eternity in the unwelcome company of his wife with all rogering out of the question . |
| 29 | At the time , there were one hundred and twenty looms in various sizes from 10′ 6″ wide ( 20 quarter ) to 18″ wide ( 2 quarter ) in his department , all belt driven with many dating back to 1900 . |
| 30 | These included stars of stage and screen , all of whom entered into the spirit of the ball 's " Around The World in 80 Days " theme , with many turning up in fancy dress . |