Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Readers can check this result by subtracting Project C's cash flows from Project D's cash flows and solving for the IRR as outlined in the previous paragraph . |
| 2 | There have also been occasional errors of judgment , regretted by all but recognised to have been caused by the harsh financial climate on the one hand and the immense flood of new books demanding funds and shelving on the other . |
| 3 | She doubted then that he had felt very much like climbing trees or swimming in the river for some long while after he had lost his parents . |
| 4 | Many women took over men 's duties in the public services , operating railway signals , acting as porters , driving buses and working in the Fire Brigade and the Police . |
| 5 | Hand hoes of the Dutch or triangular pattern are used for singling roots and weeding in the row . |
| 6 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 7 | Now aged 38 , Harwood has been making things , perfecting techniques and designing for the last twenty years but is barely known outside a small group of cognoscenti . |
| 8 | He was speaking during a special service on Tuesday to give thanks and blessing for the life of a hospital , whose hallmark has been the ‘ quality of its service . ’ |
| 9 | They sat in the back of the Dacia for the drive from Otopeni Airport to the outskirts of the city , holding hands and staring at the lights flashing past . |
| 10 | How many people do you see every day — cycling , walking and even driving — wearing headphones and singing to the music ? |
| 11 | The followers say the exhiliration and the spectacle of horse and hounds is a vital part of country life , providing jobs and helping with the management of the countryside . |
| 12 | When news of this double disaster reached Addis Ababa the town was panic stricken with the German and the Turkish Legations spreading rumours and adding to the confusion . |
| 13 | I saw women dealing with having kids and working at the same time and the kids were happy because of the closeness with their mother . |
| 14 | Dr Gysi had the advantage of being a completely new face in mainstream East German politics , after previously concentrating on defending dissidents and fighting for the recognition of opposition groups . |
| 15 | Is the road to Scottish-style democracy and a Scottish parliament just plain littered with members of opposing parties linking arms and striding towards the new tomorrow ? |
| 16 | It seems that the majority of those attending courses or travelling to the national parks and other environmentally sensitive areas are relatively well-off , and their parents are using adventure , or at least what is perceived as being adventure , as a kind of finishing school for the modern citizen , without taking the trouble to come to terms with the environment in which this happens . |
| 17 | Since arriving in Perugia the Neapolitan 's days had been spent slumped in the Alfetta in the car park beneath Zen 's office window , reading comics and listening to the radio . |
| 18 | Has the church grown through traditional evangelistic methods of knocking on doors , evangelising , leafleting streets and campaigning in the open air ? |
| 19 | Engraved on my memory are the words , ‘ There is a complete embargo on taking photographs or sketching in the precincts of a court . |
| 20 | Engraved on my memory are the words , ‘ There is a complete embargo on taking photographs or sketching in the precincts of a court . |
| 21 | Lifting weights or exercising in the college gym three times per week will help build strength . |
| 22 | She said I 'd have a real good time here — playing sports and sleeping in the dorm with all the other boys . |
| 23 | They visited pubs all over the country , immersing themselves in pub culture — playing darts and drinking with the lads . |
| 24 | Cancelling commands and returning to the window |
| 25 | His team-mates — notably Guy Smith , Justin Keen and Jonathan Clues — were winning races and battling for the title . |
| 26 | A Spanish recruit I had been playing poker against started making faces and gesturing behind the Padre 's back , when suddenly , without taking his eyes off the Frenchman to whom he had been talking , the priest jerked his elbow backwards into the Spaniard 's face , slamming him against an oven . |
| 27 | When the main doors were thrown open , there was a general rush of men and women in all directions , carrying umbrellas and jumping over the pews to get to the very nearest available seats , and almost immediately every seat in the church was occupied and great crowds were standing against the wall in the back galleries . |
| 28 | When we have left behind the turbulence of adolescence and shed some of the more harrowing demands of responsibility for making careers and caring for the next generation , we may seek opportunities to assess our lives and face its later stages with some serenity . |
| 29 | Women are doing what they can in the controlled zones — this means anything from making tortillas and looking after the kids to political and military work . |
| 30 | One of Phyl 's Plaza chums , Mignon Harman had an unhappy life at this time ; she had been adopted by a doctor and on the surface was a vivacious person spending her time playing cards and laughing with the rest of them . |