Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after an hour or so of trudging into the stiff wind , a slight feeling of despair crept over me . |
| 2 | With just the ghost of a headwind , our only method of going about was either by dragging our bows round with ten men furiously paddling the dugout canoe , or simply by drifting into the opposite shore and poling our bowsprit off whatever fulcrum presented itself . |
| 3 | He tried once or twice before hopping to the farmhouse , wincing in pain whenever he jolted the injured ankle . |
| 4 | Sir , — I wonder if I might use your publication to enquire of the members in practice as to their success or otherwise in dealing with the Inland Revenue on the matter of dividends paid to directors ' wives where shares have been transferred to the wives following independent taxation . |
| 5 | It is suggested that only by acting on the systems which constrain them can women hope to free themselves , and each of the three novels explores different possible forms this discursive action can take . |
| 6 | Ceauşescu was already the heir-apparent and perhaps hoped to improve his chances of taking over sooner rather than later by siding with the pro-Soviet lobby . |
| 7 | Wear can not therefore be simulated by just sand-blasting the whole object , nor even by concentrating on the vulnerable parts with a coarse file . |
| 8 | ‘ I have certainly had it put to me that there is now no positive tax advantage to be had from donating agricultural land early , nor indeed in retiring from the family farming partnership , ’ said Mr Pardoe . |
| 9 | A committee of clerics and nobles meeting at Scone in 1295 persuaded the so-called King John that enough was enough , and that instead of pandering to the King of England he should seek an alliance with the King of France . |
| 10 | Her face was like a beautiful landscape except that instead of changing with the weather , it changed with her moods . |
| 11 | It 's a bit like that with me , except that instead of going into the technological future I had to go back in time . |
| 12 | Carefully she pushed the door open and looked left and right before stepping into the corridor . |
| 13 | Above them will be the set of newly retired warriors , while above this set will be sets of elders , their relative status depending on their social ages , who will be responsible for internal political and legal matters and perhaps for communicating with the gods . |
| 14 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 15 | Linguistic research which was meant to help women understand and change their reality is being used here to hurt them , if only by creating in the mind of the female reader one more problem , a linguistic inadequacy for which she must blame herself . |
| 16 | I was a passenger in a microlight and just after taking off the engine spluttered and we had to make an emergency landing . |
| 17 | With the front foot on the pedal , the track is moved forwards by pushing downwards on the boom and backwards by pulling on the boom . |
| 18 | ‘ Companies need to focus less on dividing their refining and chemical interests and more on capitalising on the tremendous synergies from integration ’ . |
| 19 | Often people realise this almost unconsciously , and immediately on walking onto the court , commence a vigorous bouncing/stretching routine . |
| 20 | She had resold after there was no longer any requirement to repay discount and immediately before moving into the house about to be bought from the district council . |
| 21 | The program is menu driven but one of the best features is the ability to input new data at practically any stage , i.e. if you are entering an invoice and the product does not exist you are able to create it there and then without exiting to the previous menus . |
| 22 | All this was to be achieved by heading straight for Kuwait City and pinning down the Iraqis there ; and then by moving from the west in substantial force , enveloping and destroying Iraq 's elite reserve , the Republican Guard , with its T-72 tanks , described by French sources as ‘ the priority target . |
| 23 | I could go on , but I think that I can make my points simply and graphically by quoting from the documents that I have with me . |
| 24 | This year Jenna was going on holiday with Glyn , a fact which brought a twinkle to the bright eye of her scheming neighbour Shirley , but they were not lovers , no matter what Shirley thought , and Jenna had pondered long and hard before agreeing to the holiday . |
| 25 | Its shares slumped from around $170 before the October 1987 crash and instead of recovering with the Index have just touched a seven-year low at $96 . |
| 26 | Unfortunately for Thacker the wind was offshore and instead of drifting over the island he went the opposite direction out to sea . |
| 27 | This is the ice-cream tent and this is the Ladies and changing rooms for some of the performers and instead of looking at the back of the bar during the interval , the audience can look out over the rolling Oxfordshire countryside . |
| 28 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 29 | She was a fine pedigree pig and instead of lying on the butcher 's slab today she would be starting to bring up her family . |
| 30 | However , at the end of the film , the car driven by Mark ( Sean Connery ) drives right down to the end of the road , and instead of falling into the ( non-existent ) harbour , turns right into a previously unsuspected street or quay along its edge and disappears from view . |