Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's got nothing to do with the fact that he got bent out of shape at an early age and has been shaping laughs out of the kinks ever since . |
| 2 | In the street below the house with the dome people were pausing to look up at the arrows in the spike . |
| 3 | It was like nothing she had ever experienced before — she had always been aware she had the capacity for passion , but it was an element of her own make-up she had kept sternly suppressed , her mind refusing to give in to the demands of a young , healthy body . |
| 4 | The consequence of the Knoyles ' poverty and the Hutchings ' absenteeism over the previous two centuries was that the Manor House had a miraculous escape from Georgian owners wanting to keep up with the times . |
| 5 | Sterland announced his return to fitness by saying : ‘ I am picking up my training steadily and looking to turn out for the reserves in the middle of next week . |
| 6 | The ethics of the universal religions take a different course in pursuit of objectivity , seeking to break out from the limitations of local custom by submitting to standards acceptable from the viewpoints of all mankind . |
| 7 | Bleating bookies are still refusing to pay out on the bets while Bola make their inquiries . |
| 8 | We 're going to go on to the effects of chilling and what damage does that do ? |
| 9 | I 'm not going to go on to the things of the brain because we are going to do them further down the list . |
| 10 | Or are we going to go along with the priorities that our non-Christian friends have ? |
| 11 | There 's nobody more sensible , but underneath all the sense there 's the woman , and her needs , and the feeling that she 's going to go down through the years alone . |
| 12 | I mean we 're not going to go back to the days of the commonwealth and relying on you know , lamb from New Zealand all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ so you really think , ’ she said , ‘ that that poor little chap is going to zoom in from the clouds and wipe us all out ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Dad 's going to drive out to the woods and we 're going to open the cage door and let him out . |
| 15 | They had taken refuge from the insects and the dew when sanity returned , and were lying gazing up at the stars . |
| 16 | I think perhaps I 'd put that another way , but I do think there 's a definite sense in which change is going to come up through the colleges . |
| 17 | Next , her long red hair was pulled so hard she felt as if it was going to come out by the roots . |
| 18 | ‘ I walked round her bed I could see her lying face up under the bedclothes , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I mean he was saying look we 're going to go out and we 're going to market Britain to the overseas visitors and they do bring a lot of money into this country , but I mean are we really going to get back to the levels that we 've seen in recent years ? |
| 20 | There are many difficulties in getting supplies through to the zones and priority is given to medicines , not to contraceptives , Campesina combatants are generally opposed to using contraceptives for religious reasons and while women from urban areas may wish to adopt some form of birth control , it is not always available : |
| 21 | The sun was beginning to float down on the mountains , and the sea glittered lazily at the foot of their ashy , opaque shadows . |
| 22 | There are also early signs that the increased cost of imports resulting from the devaluation of sterling last September is beginning to work through to the shops . |
| 23 | More importantly , close examination of the practice uncovers fundamental issues which are beginning to seep through from the pages of research journals to the consciousness of many individual teachers in the classroom , and to affect the way they see their role . |
| 24 | Filth , dust , pollution , children getting run over on the roads , road traffic . |
| 25 | This is the last year of the real recession and people are beginning to wake up to the opportunities . ’ |
| 26 | Britain 's savers and pensioners are just beginning to wake up to the possibilities of independent taxation of husbands and wives . |
| 27 | Fabbiano would not mind if he saw the girls beginning to blend in with the guests . |
| 28 | He is beginning to move on from the subjects which have dominated the last couple of years , feeling that he has gleaned all the experience he can from them . |
| 29 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 30 | Indeed , having grown up with the privations of autarchy , they could see the potential benefits of inclusion in the international capitalist system . |