Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Carlo was sitting next to her , overhearing the conversation , indolently gazing round the table or raising his glass to sip the delights of the Princesse 's cellar , only made things worse . |
| 2 | Something told her that turning her head to locate the source of that laugh would be a really bad idea from the pain side of things . |
| 3 | Rachel even thought of going down to Phoebe 's bed room and using her phone to reassure the outside world , and protect themselves from its invasion . |
| 4 | If he can not lift the leg unaided , he may move it by clasping his hands together just below the knee , holding the shin bone firmly , and using his hands to lift the leg up , shifting his weight sideways towards his unaffected side as he does so . |
| 5 | Volley : Putting your arms up and opening your hands to hit the ball upwards with your fingers . |
| 6 | She filled the basin in the downstairs bathroom and bowing her head plunged the heavy dark mass into the hot water . |
| 7 | You can help by joining the Research Defence Society and supporting our work to safeguard the future of biological and medical research . |
| 8 | The record industry , of course , runs on hyperbole , and Virgin Records , like any other , had a press office feeding stories to the music or national press when it profited them to do so , and doing their utmost to keep the press at bay when it did n't . |
| 9 | He was like an animal , like the dogs with their bowls , snapping and bolting their food to prevent the others getting it . |
| 10 | When Thorfinn was never to be seen in one place for more than a few hours , and when he no longer looked like a man with a fleet ready loaded for sea , but like a man already on board and lifting his ship to meet the first swell of the storm . |
| 11 | But assuming your resistance stays the same , your resistance is about one mega million ohms . |
| 12 | By the time the PAC had returned to the negotiating table in April , after boycotting an earlier round of talks within the framework of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa , it had adopted a highly equivocal stand on violence , committing itself to a negotiated settlement but asserting its right to continue the ‘ armed struggle ’ . |
| 13 | It is now more than a decade since the authors of the World Conservation Strategy , an influential report by WWF , IUCN and UNEP , defined conservation not in terms of cleaning pollution or saving whales but as ‘ the management of human use of the biosphere so that it may yield the greatest sustainable benefit to present generations while maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Shamir , who now leads a caretaker government , must play for time while doing his utmost to talk the religious parties out of making a deal with Labour . |
| 15 | It believes this would prevent legal challenges to its status while retaining its flexibility to interpret the code according to changing circumstances . |
| 16 | The NSPCC , an independent body incorporated by royal charter , claimed ‘ public interest immunity ’ as justifying its refusal to disclose the identity of its informants . |
| 17 | Lastly , when acting for a buyer prepare your land registry cover or application form ( which you 'll require when lodging your application to register the transfer or for first registration of title , as the case may be ) at the same time as you make your requisitions and prepare the draft conveyance or transfer and other documents preferably in that buyer 's package described at p22 . |
| 18 | The priest had to act as both choirmaster and precentor , setting the pitch and intoning the first line of each hymn , as well as training his people to sing the Merbecke setting which Father Jackson had adapted for Burmese use . |