Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , although it was a little slower in use , no time was lost in the field through frequent breaks for sharpening with the rub-stone as were needed with both swap-hook and scythe . |
| 2 | If the view is taken that ‘ civil disputes are a matter of private concern of the parties involved , and may even be regarded as their private property … and that the parties are themselves the best judges of how to pursue and serve their own interests in the conduct and control of their respective cases , free from the directions of or intervention by the court , ’ forms of alternative dispute resolution must be considered as worth pursuing for the control that is provided to the parties over their dispute . |
| 3 | An infant uses the mouth as the first organ from which pleasure can be derived , through sucking at the breast and imbibing the warm milk . |
| 4 | Aphrodite 's lie about a non-existent human father , ‘ King Otreus , of Phrygia ’ , is designed to conceal her divinity from her human mate , who is applauded for seeing through the fiction because of something uncanny in his bed-mate 's bearing — sometimes specified as her gait , her way of walking . |
| 5 | The tapetum is so useful for seeing in the dark that some reptiles , moths and deep-sea fish also have one . |
| 6 | We are very grateful for Dr Carey Griffiths and Vic Smith for stepping into the breach and presenting us with a two-part programme . |
| 7 | There are several models on the market — in fact , I 've got quite a collection outside my office — but I think the best ones are those made of clear plastic , with a couple of suckers for sticking to the glass and a removable tray for easy cleaning . |
| 8 | Finally , it is worth returning to the feature that puts SuperCalc first among DOS spreadsheets — its multipage and multiple spreadsheets . |
| 9 | The ideal working dress would , therefore , be one in which you could reach up high to bring down the best china , bend down low to pick up the dropped toy , feel comfortable in for walking around the park and pushing a pram or playing ball , not worry about if baby food was deposited on it , move around in easily with a baby on your hip and cover up totally for rolling out pastry or helping with painting . |
| 10 | The latter form handles for winding in the line and the handles can be at opposite ends , or have one central to act as a pivot , rotating in the free hand . |
| 11 | Should I refuse to do so , the soldiers themselves were to return after announcing to the Danakil that the authorities took no further responsibility for my safety . |
| 12 | After writing for The Observer and The Times he returned to The Guardian as cricket and , subsequently , wine correspondent in the late 1960s . |
| 13 | After searching in the wind and rain for 40 minutes Selissa 's crying was heard from the base of a tree . |
| 14 | He died on the scaffold in Aylesbury market square on 28 March 1845 , after confessing to the murder while in prison . |
| 15 | For this reason , handwashing is the single most important personal activity in preventing infection , so it is essential that people wash their hands after going to the toilet and before touching food . |
| 16 | After going to the door and reassuring himself that they were entirely alone , Colonel Moore recited the wealth of his ward . |
| 17 | Almost a year after presenting to the accident and emergency department she was referred to our chest unit for observation and treatment . |
| 18 | After testing for the role when he executive-produced We 're No Angels , he has taken it up full time , setting up his own company Tribeca Productions and building his own mini-studio in New York . |
| 19 | In Russia Catherine II , after conniving at the overthrow and murder of her husband in 1762 , was on continuously bad terms with her son and heir , Paul , who feared and hated her and whom in the last two decades of her reign she scarcely ever saw . |
| 20 | A reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of burglars who escaped with thousands of pounds after breaking into the Alliance and Leicester Building Society in York Road , Hartlepool , between 10pm and 11pm on Saturday . |
| 21 | But the company 's Canadian parent , The Thomson Corporation , lost ground on its publishing side after providing for the sale or closure of titles in the UK and north America . |
| 22 | Member Johnny Day of Bexhill , envies the other member who after complaining to the Diary that his service must have been a dream , was subsequently contacted by old colleagues . |
| 23 | Several Sunderland fans were escorted from the ground after running on the pitch when their team scored the winning goal . |
| 24 | He snapped his achilles tendon last night after jumping in the air and landing on his microphone stand . |
| 25 | Stewart Raynsford and Peter Kemp were found slumped in their unlocked cell just hours after arriving at the jail and it was assumed they had been attacked by fellow inmates . |
| 26 | He was booked by Gallagher for ungentlemanly conduct after falling to the ground as he squared up to Pearce . |
| 27 | Earlier the judge , after referring to the rule that money paid under mistake of law is irrecoverable had said , at p. 745 : |
| 28 | A thief made off with £45 from a shop in Easington Village after leaning over the counter and snatching a cash bag . |
| 29 | He told the American writer , John Malcolm Brinnin , that he had learned , from working on the film production , more about writing for the theatre than he had learned in the theatre itself , but that did not prevent him from vetoing the idea , proposed by Sherek , that The Cocktail Party should also be filmed . |
| 30 | We have as yet no direct proof that the actin cable provides the driving force for epidermal wound closure in our system , but this interpretation seems far more plausible than alternatives such as pushing from the rear or hidden crawling movements of cells behind the wound front . |