Example sentences of "[prep] eating " in BNC.
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| 1 | Puts you right off eating ! |
| 2 | In this case the materials which are used must be strong enough to withstand placement of the crown by the dentist and the subsequent stresses created during eating . |
| 3 | Preparing potatoes at the sink with her back turned to the child can be a helpful way of encouraging her to ignore the child during eating . |
| 4 | Logically , even consumption activities such as eating could be viewed as an investment required to sustain the producer ; this is perhaps clearer in the case of the agricultural labourer 's meal which is essential to production , than the executive 's expense-account lunch which may actually impede it . |
| 5 | The first panel showed people in a tavern , indulging in various forms of merriment , otherwise known as self-abuse , such as eating , drinking , carousing , kissing , cuddling , squeezing the barmaid 's tits and fucking under tables . |
| 6 | Others denoted actions such as eating , walking and swimming . |
| 7 | For eating , leave to ripen fully on the tree . |
| 8 | Plums intended for eating should be left to ripen fully on the tree |
| 9 | Flowering mid-season ‘ James Grieve ’ is almost guaranteed to give a good crop of very juicy fruit with fine , slightly acid flavour , lovely both for cooking and for eating . |
| 10 | She must go to sleep next to her murdered lover , talking of breakfast , and she must then persuade the Cook to prepare the body for eating . |
| 11 | This eye contact unnerved the girl and sent the mother near hysterical , but having decided that they either meant no harm or , alternatively , that they were no good for eating , the orca lost interest and left . |
| 12 | Olive oils are described on p29 , so I am concentrating here on olives for eating . |
| 13 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 14 | So symptoms that are common and occur in most or all cases of that type of complaint are useless when selecting a remedy , for example , nausea worse for eating , pains worse for touching the sore part , dry mouth with thirst . |
| 15 | Mealtimes were not just for eating , but were important social occasions . |
| 16 | It was possibly one of hundreds carried and used in this hall for eating . |
| 17 | What with that and the dried blood , his wife refuses to eat them , so berries for eating are grown separately . |
| 18 | Although they were eventually eaten , the Hamwic sheep were not reared primarily for eating , and there are lower quantities of fowl and poultry than at early- and middle-Saxon farms . |
| 19 | Vessels may have been used for eating , drinking , containing and carrying liquids , but each type may have had a specific function such as the use of open bowls as lamps . |
| 20 | It worked out electronically that it took a fish finger less time to defrost than a leg of lamb , and when your designer-label , calorie-counted tagliatelle was ready for eating , it told you so with five bleeps rather than the paltry three offered by the cheaper models . |
| 21 | In Victorian times baked potato sellers were a familiar sight in most towns and cities throughout Britain , particularly during the winter months , when not only were potatoes bought for eating , they were also bought as hand warmers . |
| 22 | Some were salted and stored in brine in stoneware jars , some were laid between rushes and turned daily until ripe for eating . |
| 23 | There was a time for everything — a time for eating , a time for talking , a time for writing . |
| 24 | Edible plants that stained the skin while being prepared for eating , or being eaten , such as blackberries , would have been amongst the first to be tried for dyeing ; gradually the range of colours available from plants increased by using combinations of dyes to take in every shade possible . |
| 25 | It is very common for eating habits to change during the week or two leading up to your period , particularly cravings for sweet foods . |
| 26 | ‘ Tell us how bad we are for eating , buying , selling so much , through pictures of starving children or selfish indulgence — this is the style favoured by charities . |
| 27 | The living room has to house some or all of these things and if it 's used for eating has to come up with storage for china , glass and cutlery too . |
| 28 | And that means that you do not have a table surrounded by chairs — except , of course , when you are actually going to use it for eating . |
| 29 | A nice wide hall is a natural for dining , and again , the table should be an object in its own right , in use for display and general dumping space when not in use for eating . |
| 30 | He did n't even want it for eating . |