Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | long time see , see such an impression of dodgy back acting , poor old William Roche who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street has been moaning and groaning and wincing and rising in the most frightful and indeed the most convincing of manners , he has even for the match of the |
| 2 | Firstly , it is important to look at the stages of budgeting and move from the functional processes of acquisition , allocation , spending and control to the more strategic resource activities of planning , choice and evaluation . |
| 3 | This assignment involved practising each shape chromatically up and down the entire fretboard so as to build confidence and technique in every position , starting on the highest note descending or starting on the lowest note ascending in each key . |
| 4 | Nearly all prisoners were out of their cells , either employed in the workshops ( see later ) or standing around talking or exercising on the sparsely grassed areas between the barracks . |
| 5 | Athelstan stared into the flames , half listening to a wind which had suddenly sprung up , now whining and clattering against the tightly secured shutters . |