Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Other typical signs indicating a problem with sharp teeth are , as already mentioned , the evasion of the bit and the horse quidding while eating ( food drops out of the mouth ) ; nodding while being ridden , hanging on the bit to one side , ie pulling on one rein and , in more extreme cases , rearing and bolting. teeth should be left until they are mature . |
| 32 | Midnight , tall and still against a background of copper pans hanging on the wall , looked directly at Jess . |
| 33 | Now they sat in the tiny dressing room , their washing hanging on the radiators , eating health food and tirelessly sending information and soft-focus photographs of themselves to directors , theatres , agents , TV companies and producers . |
| 34 | ‘ We walked into this shop in Denmark Street , ’ relates Niall Linehan , ‘ with the intention of buying a spare guitar , and I 'd had my eye on this Gibson Les Paul hanging on the wall there . |
| 35 | I saw a yellow rescue helicopter with this guy hanging on the end of a wire . |
| 36 | I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire . |
| 37 | The two pictures hanging on the wooden beam in the left of the photograph perhaps show a more popular way of displaying miniatures , which is nonetheless very attractive . |
| 38 | She leaned back , her head resting against a red and blue carpet hanging on the wall . |
| 39 | It was an effort to reach up for my dressing-gown which was hanging on the back of the door and I felt bitter against Richard because he did n't see that I was ill and come to help me . |
| 40 | And it 's an end to the client hanging on the line whilst a despatcher finds out how long that cab will be . |
| 41 | The scene is before me as I write , the garden with its sun-warmed walls , the last of the black cherries hanging on the tree , the sky webbed with long pink clouds . |
| 42 | You start , as I said , with the claw weight hanging on the edge of the knitting . |
| 43 | Once you have cast off several stitches , move the weight , so that it is actually hanging on the cast off edge . |
| 44 | Berowne 's towel is presumably the one hanging on the chair and that looked dry enough . ’ |
| 45 | Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more . |
| 46 | It is a poor leader who does not know his opposite numbers , and while I do not go to the extent of General Montgomery in the desert with a picture of my primary competitors hanging on the wall of my office , I know them all , and have a healthy respect for them . |
| 47 | The exercises of relaxation then are gradually causing more and more muscles to act as dead weight , sagging down , hanging on the skeleton causing the weight and heaviness of the body to be seeming to increase gradually as we become increasingly relaxed . |
| 48 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 49 | We got back home and everything was still hanging on the walls , but there was more missing from the store . |
| 50 | The officer 's optional dark blue cape , with a black velvet collar , and a black cord fastening , seen here hanging on the left breast . |
| 51 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 52 | Hanging on the door is a dressing gown and in the wardrobe a change of clothes given to her when she arrived in the refuge with only the clothes she stood up in and a shopping bag . |
| 53 | Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump . |
| 54 | He found her new white Christmas-present nightdress hanging on the back of the dressing-room door , and heaved her into it , then opened the bed , and pushed her between the sheets . |
| 55 | We left our belongings hanging on the handlebars and |
| 56 | Daily inspections of the tank will indicate a few fry hanging on the tank sides and others hiding in the mops . |
| 57 | Okay where 's that it 's in the cu the cups They 're on the cup board , hanging on the cup board . |
| 58 | With that he started putting on the shabby jacket he always kept hanging on the hook on the back door . |
| 59 | The tide had risen a foot above the usual high water mark , and when they came to cut him free in the morning , they found him hanging on the outer wall — drowned . |
| 60 | In this new position he could see a picture of a woman hanging on the wall opposite . |