Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that if I did n't do it he 'd stop me having baths or going out in the cellar . |
| 2 | All those boarded-up shops and only old people about , dreaming on doorsteps or creeping along in the sun . |
| 3 | Other options open to the council include reducing the opening hours of all libraries or cutting back on the money it pends on books . |
| 4 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 5 | Whether they are jamming the bustling streets of Kowloon , elbowing their way on to ancient trams or leaping about on the terraces at the races , Hong Kong people are enthusiasts . |