Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry for coming in under the wire at er nine fourteen according to this clock . |
| 2 | Make a hitch with the tarred string around the stake adjacent to the top of the sacking collar , lock knot it between stake and stem , and leave 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) hanging ( you will need this for tying off at the end ) . |
| 3 | The two became inseparable after working together on the BBC2 drama series , Salam Sha-lom . |
| 4 | They may be worried about how to be gay , but far fewer of them are as desperate not to be and though they may be afraid of reaching out to the gay world , mostly they know it exists . |
| 5 | 49% of you are more afraid of driving alone in the dark than you used to be . |
| 6 | To prevent this from running down on-to the rest of the body and the swaddling clothes , it was immediately covered by a narrow linen band known as the ‘ chrysom ’ ; and it was the custom , should a child die before it was one month old , that this chrysom was used as the head-covering to the funerary swaddling . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've had businesses and lots of youth groups contacting me extremely interested in going out in the boat . |
| 8 | By the way , there will be room in the car for anyone interested in joining anywhere along the way . |
| 9 | The purpose of these days will be to join with others who are interested in finding out about the work of Cafod or Faith and Justice and to support and encourage those working with poverty both in our own diocese and in other parts of the world . |
| 10 | Does the Prime Minister recall my earlier concern that the parameters that he was instrumental in drawing up at the Rome summit , to separate an incipient European Community defence policy from NATO 's responsibilities for the defence of Europe , should be preserved ? |
| 11 | He does this by moving away from the shoal of fry and then thrashing about in the water as if injured . |
| 12 | You can prove this by going back to the start of the paragraph and pressing the Backspace key . |
| 13 | Perhaps I can make this clear by distinguishing tentatively between the notion of prestige and the notion of standard language . |
| 14 | The small swimming pool is perfect for cooling off under the force of the midday sun , and the snack bar serves a great range of food into the early hours of the morning . |
| 15 | To be an active dealer entails taking positions in currencies such as going long in the dollars and short in DMs . |
| 16 | ‘ Such as going back to the house and making love to you until you start begging for mercy . ’ |
| 17 | Other major things such as er doing away with time consuming exercise such as travelling even to the store for tools . |
| 18 | In the end , she got very bored with staring out of the window at all the greenery outside . |
| 19 | Before they parted it seemed to Sophia that he was trying to draw Ianthe aside , as if to make an assignation with her , but she gave him so little encouragement , indeed seemed almost to avoid him , that he had to be content with looking forward to the doubtful pleasure of meeting the whole party the next evening after dinner at the Trevi fountain . |
| 20 | This is very much in keeping moreover with the nature of comparative clauses , since , as has been seen in the discussion of need and dare , they contain an inherent non-assertiveness . |
| 21 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |
| 22 | America inherited Britain 's thankless task of trying to maintain a semblance of stability in the Middle East , and has been singularly unsuccessful in doing so over the three decades that have passed since Suez . |
| 23 | We are just under one inch taller on getting up in the morning than we are on going to bed at night . |
| 24 | Instonians will be delighted at coming out of the hat first against Leinster kingpins Avoca at home , but now will have to join Holywood in having talks with competition organiser Brian Hanna . |
| 25 | As a coach to both a colts XV and a senior team I have seen the game my charges play become more free flowing by doing away with the juggernaut mentality . |
| 26 | Mains-voltage festoon lights are ideal for stringing decoratively through the branches of a tree . |
| 27 | This is because the way that these patterns are read is by knitting two rows of each colour , starting with colour one , then colour two , then colour three before moving on to the next line of the double length pattern . |
| 28 | Its role , however , is increasingly important as an ancillary to selling both in the receiving and giving senses . |
| 29 | For his purpose they had to become accustomed to going about in the fields and the wood . |
| 30 | Having to hold the button down all the time made it a bit awkward for looking out of the side window , but by craning her neck she could just manage to see the hole to the rear of the craft . |