Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore even in a fused profession , the barristers in chambers in the Inns of Court and elsewhere would undoubtedly enter into partnership as specialist trial advocates and do agency work for other solicitors , whose own staff were unable to act as advocates in every case or where the complexity of the case justified bringing in a specialist advocate . |
| 2 | True to his belief in the efficacy of competition , he avoided building up an extensive chain of outlets , and preferred to thrive by vigorous marketing . |
| 3 | ‘ I intend hanging on to junior for a while longer yet , but I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 4 | Joined using binding off , a welt knitted separately should feel the same in wear as a welt knitted at the same time as the garment piece . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean eating up ! |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he 's here to look after my boat , not to go sniffing around my cousin ! ’ |
| 7 | The Hercules aircraft have now stopped bringing in aid . |
| 8 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 9 | France has had seventeen constitutions since 1789 and , as the figure suggests , seems rather to enjoy drawing up new ones . |
| 10 | MacDonald 's rescue plan for Norton involves bringing in new sources of finance , selling the German FUS subsidiary ( he says he 'll get £100,000 — Norton paid £8 million ) , and designing ( personally ) a new , lower-cost bike to replace the F1 . |
| 11 | Much of discussion at the talks centred on Kuwait 's attempts to continue building up production as Gulf war damage to its oilfields was repaired . |
| 12 | The main stumbling block was a demand by Kuwait to be given freedom to continue building up production to cover a $50 billion bill for the Gulf war and subsequent reconstruction costs . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , much smaller North West neighbour Liverpool is looking to continue building up domestic and regional aviation-related business following its becoming the first local authority-owned airport to transfer from the public to private sector when it was bought by British Aerospace in 1990 . |
| 14 | That 's why the best magazine is one which give you all the practical information and advice you need , so you can get on with enjoying bringing up your children your way . |
| 15 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 16 | What 's Karen got hanging on the washing line erm are we up are we up for erm the Bare Naked Ladies there I think we are . |
| 17 | ‘ In my experience ’ , ’ she mimicked , ‘ men hate hanging around while women shop . ’ |
| 18 | Many of the knitting pattern diagrams are very simple shapes and make drawing up to full size and shaping , as far as armhole and neck , quite basic . |
| 19 | Many salespeople believe that the most efficient routing plan involves driving out to the furthest customer and , then zig-zagging back to home base . |
| 20 | Environmentalists also fear that the National Institute of Forestry and Natural Resources ( INFEAN ) is controlled by those who favour opening up all of Ecuador 's national parks to organised mining . |
| 21 | I 'm not allowed to go jetting off to the Caribbean , that 's all . |
| 22 | All I 'm saying is that we do n't have to go groping about in corners looking for motive , there 's plenty of it lying about . |
| 23 | Even when I 'm on days I have n't the cash to go gallivanting up West every night . ’ |
| 24 | I ai n't got time to go gallivanting off |
| 25 | That was just about the only redeeming feature of that winter because it formed a kind of bridge which made walking up to the road a lot easier . |
| 26 | ‘ We are not doing what we could have done , which is to go steaming in with lots of transport police officers and arrest them . |
| 27 | The Junkers , predictably , wanted none of this and their interests in the government , civil service and the military persuaded the government to continue shoring up the ailing Ost-Elbian estate system through continued tariff protection , artificially high grain prices and a policy of grants and loans . |
| 28 | This is not the moment to go toddling back to the office to fart about over some fine print in sub-clause seventy-nine with a bunch of anal-retentives from Accounts . ’ |
| 29 | He was breathless with the effort of clinging precariously to the limited footholds and it was time , he decided , to risk climbing down to the ground . |
| 30 | As regards the current European Communities-European Free Trade Area negotiations [ see p. 37906 ] , the programme avoided ruling out the possibility of an eventual application for EC membership . |