Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vote for Labour is a class vote and a barometer of how confident workers are in fighting back against the system of which Blackburn talks . |
| 2 | One practical point that might be worth talking over during the consultation process is whether there are any alternative posts for which you are suitable . |
| 3 | Not wearing a shellsuit at Center Parcs would be like running out on the pitch at Wembley in a dinner jacket . |
| 4 | Intimation had been received during the previous year that they were considering paying over to the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds the sum of £12,000 , the interest on which would be sufficient to maintain their endowment of £300 . |
| 5 | The guide prices indicated are the manufacturers ' recommended retail prices — it 's worth shopping around for the best buy . |
| 6 | Will the Secretary of State accept that there are those of us who have never made the point that trust status is about opting out of the national health service , but have said that it is about local accountability and the views of local people ? |
| 7 | That 's for going round with the tape |
| 8 | It is worth pointing out to the group that the first session is always the most anxiety-provoking , after which future sessions become progressively easier . |
| 9 | The walk follows a winding road out of Ballycastle for a short while , but it is worth branching off at the sign for Kinbane Castle . |
| 10 | Pelota is a confusing and various game , and before going to watch it being played it is worth reading up on the technique and the scoring , if you want to follow it . |
| 11 | This is worth clearing up on the list now , before anything is sent , so what d'y'all think ? |
| 12 | If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below . |
| 13 | It is worth shopping around for the best quote possible . |
| 14 | How 's about easing up on the sentence , it is Easter after all . ’ |
| 15 | But you do need to do good voice and movement workouts — it 's like going back to the keyboard for a musician . |
| 16 | As in After Strange Gods , he is concerned in his conclusion with a return to sources , that is with going back to the savage and working forwards towards his solution to the problem– of modern industrial life ; again such a movement is presented in terms of a familiar encounter . |
| 17 | The remainder of the analysis is carried out by ‘ rolling back ’ the decision tree , that is by moving back from the final pay-off figures , node by node , multiplying each pay-off by the probability of each event passed through in the network . |
| 18 | The remainder of the analysis is carried out by ‘ rolling back ’ the decision tree , that is by moving back from the final pay-off figures , node by node , multiplying each pay-off by the probability of each event passed through in the network . |
| 19 | It might just be that the best way forward in Africa is by falling back on the spirit of silif , and building on it . |
| 20 | Obviously he 'd decided it was worth putting up with the foul-smelling smoke for the sake of picking Michael 's experienced brain . |
| 21 | Olla was bargaining with nightmarish persistence for a carpet , and Mart was considering nipping back to the boat to see if anyone could lend him five hundred quid so he could buy a really wicked sword . |
| 22 | It seems stupid now but you ca n't imagine what it was like stumbling about in the dark and then seeing him daubing away … whoever heard of painted flowers … ’ |
| 23 | Who is to say what it was like living out on the plains for months on end , at first in a tent and then in a small house , not much more than a hut , built of saplings , mud , and cow dung , which she equipped with Somali fabrics and safari furniture ? |
| 24 | Gregory himself thought he had married Rachel when he became a monk ; but being pope was like waking up in the night to find oneself in the arms of Liah . |
| 25 | And my job was to going round with the keeper and feeding them every morning . |