Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if God , embittered by the recalcitrance of humanity , has turned to behaving in the same manner as that imputed to him by the serpent in the Garden in its dialogue with the woman . |
| 2 | One kind of ray , the manta , has reverted to swimming in the surface waters . |
| 3 | He nevertheless insists that the " range of plausible " and " scale of valid " interpretations is constrained by the theory to which he adheres , although argument is admissible and he himself has progressed in understanding within the constraints imposed by the theory ( rejecting the PATH schema in favour of the BALANCE one ) . |
| 4 | In his letter to Labour MPs , Mr Foster has asked for backing on the grounds that he has seen the parliamentary party through the dark years , and now wants to guide them through better times . |
| 5 | A successful group of sponges has taken to boring into the shells of other organisms . |
| 6 | Sunday , BBC1 , 9.35pm LADY CHATTERLEY has taken to walking in the woods in episode two of this lavish adaptation of D H Lawrence 's love story . |
| 7 | Health Secretary , Kenneth Clarke has insisted in continuing with the case , arguing that the government risked establishing a dangerous precedent if it paid compensation when the N H S was not to blame . |
| 8 | ACT include two players in their squad who are no strangers to Scotland — centre Jim Swan who has returned after playing in the junior teams at Gala , and flanker Mark McInnes , who toured with the Wallabies to Canada and France in 1989 and spent some time with Peebles . |