Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Although the line can be wrapped overarm onto the handle easily , there is always the risk of generating that ‘ twist ’ .
2 Rather than start from a symbol and find what sentences can be generated from it , one can begin with a sentence and a grammar , and find a way of generating that sentence .
3 Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands .
4 Ultimately , however , Egyptian Christianity 's most lasting effect was less its simple perpetuation of Nazarean thought than its development of an administrative system for housing and transmitting that thought .
5 It romanticized revolution and regularized insubordination , sanctifying that preference for violent individual action that was to bedevil the politics of nineteenth-century Spain .
6 Now such respected independent institutions as the Fraser of Allander Institute are forecasting that recovery will not arrive until the second half of the year .
7 Icke , whose only previous North-East connection was in forecasting that Teesside later amended to Tayside would be under water by Christmas , has been signed as a goalie by Jewson Wessex League club Ryde Sports .
8 The adolescent Bisus were coming out of trance , and now sat bruised and perspiring together , simpering and repairing each other 's damaged make-up .
9 However you may be interested to know what goes into producing each issue .
10 Women marry and change their names , he thought , there was no point in pursuing that one .
11 Whether or not he believed Maureen 's claim that her father met his death at the hands of political opponents , Brian Berg was dutifully pursuing that line .
12 However I am pursuing that with the Property Services Department , who act for both the Council and the Board , and they have given authority for us to enter the land for the purpose of drilling bore-holes etc .
13 We are actively pursuing that now .
14 My right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade is actively pursuing that .
15 So it may well be that indirectly , whether consciously or unconsciously Trivers ' own thinking was influenced by Freudian findings erm , I do n't know , I 'm pursuing that possibility .
16 But I hope that by pursuing that course we can also help others set high standards — help others win the argument for paying for good journalism : for supporting good journalism ; for scheduling good journalism .
17 ‘ A Government with any heart and sense would already be pursuing that strategy . ’
18 that it comes in the context of massive university cuts , but I do n't think it 's worth pursuing that very much further .
19 erm I 've arranged for an independent assessor to view this vehicle , and the view of that independent assessor is this is a straightforward claim against the insurance company , and I at the moment am pursuing that , so it 's a little bit of a conflict of interest that one , but that does give you some background on that particular case .
20 You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong .
21 ‘ Jorja , stop poisoning that boy 's mind against me . ’
22 They are a lovey-dovey couple , much given , for reasons that remain obscure , to roguishly gagging each other with bits of masking tape , but tension sets in with the arrival of Clara 's best friend Lillibet from America .
23 The apple trees covered the whole orchard and were very close together , most of their branches touching each other .
24 And if the herd is threatened , they will gallop off together or maybe huddle together , touching each other for reassurance .
25 But it should n't make people scared of touching each other .
26 And she reached up and rubbed out the two upright strokes , replacing them with diagonal ones leaning in and touching each other at the top .
27 A set of teeth like pincers , biting upon one another , i.e. both rows of the incisors touching each other directly , is still admissible .
28 They have developed the pleasant habit of touching each other on the shoulder in time of trouble , as a sort of physical sympathy .
29 And if you dream you see two moons touching each other , you will certainly be marry 'd very speedily , whether you be a young man , maid or widow .
30 They were always touching each other ; they fucked the lecturers and asked them for money for drugs .
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