Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 What excuse could I make for going out into the garden ? "
2 ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner .
3 if it is favourable you obviously benefit by sailing in it , otherwise you should concentrate on keeping out of the flow .
4 Do you often feel like dozing off during the day when you need to be awake ?
5 When you keep getting hit on the nose you do n't feel like getting back into the ring . ’
6 It was peaceful with the plop-of the gas fire and the dark sky outside through the window , for like many old people Doris did not draw her curtains till late and Linda did not feel like going back to the bustle of tea-time , but she could n't keep them waiting for their tea .
7 ‘ Jane Eyre , you need not think you can succeed in getting out of the room like this .
8 The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink .
9 ‘ I am particularly excited about the opportunities that it will provide for opening up for the first time higher educational facilities in the area .
10 Albert was talking to them as they waited to leave , and the boy had a large rubber ball that he would insist on throwing about in the compartment .
11 I love camping and do n't feel that anything can compare with waking up in the morning with the day just a few hours on from dawn , dew still on the grass , so that when you open the tent flap the smell of a new day comes to you with the early morning sun .
12 But Souness must sell before delving back into the transfer market to continue his rebuilding programme and will have to accept cut-price offers for the big trio .
13 And then she could n't cope with going out to the people there .
14 on your own , you can cope with waking up in the night ca n't ya ?
15 However , he can start by moving off in the direction of the local vector itself , and in this case parallel transport is well defined .
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