Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So by keeping out of the way and staying at sea he hoped to put himself right . |
| 2 | You may even want to produce the sort of book that is popular in America , the police procedural concerned with as many as half a dozen different crimes investigated by as many officers linked to each other only by working out of the same squad room . |
| 3 | Anyway , whatever , it got pretty popular for a bit before everyone got bored with it and went back to staring out of the window and hiding Brian Smart ( and his accessories ) in the stock cupboard . |
| 4 | They got an extra lot of teasing countryside management in conservation and this is why the countryside 's three most active guardians , the association , the and the Council 's protection of rural England are all strongly against breaking up of the forestry commission and selling off this land . |
| 5 | And er he he was having a conference in , course with dropping out of the Labour Party , the Labour Party finished with him and did n't bother and anyw he he someone I do n't know who it was , it was n't him himself but someone told me that he was looking for somebody to organize this conference in , so I said , Well I I 'll do it . |
| 6 | Success would encourage young people to stay in the inner city instead of moving out of the area . |
| 7 | Even where a bituminous felt layer was laid on top of the boarding , this form of construction is likely to compound problems of rainwater penetration once a gap appears in the roof covering because the water which enters , instead of draining out of the construction at the eaves , settles on the upper edges of the local slate-fixing battens , inducing rot both in them and the boarding . |
| 8 | Really , it was because she looked forward to getting out of the house by herself ! |