Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But passengers pursued me along the road , gathering up my garments and vowing aloud never to succumb to the pleas of their offspring for riding lessons . |
2 | And that would be that : thousands of years of generation succeeding generation , unable to learn from the experience of the past and dying too soon to benefit from the present . |
3 | It is also a mark of the wavering course the Tories have pursued , hopping uncertainly from blue-rinsed stage set to matey bar stool to Mr Major 's rediscovered soapbox , but seldom pausing long enough to get across the gravity of their message . |
4 | Depth is half the game in lock-picking ; the other half is getting enough leverage for the turn , since even a proper pick has no shaft going right through to rest on the end ward like a real key . |
5 | I was learning very fast to walk in the opposite direction . |
6 | That 's a laugh ! she thought miserably , trying hard not to listen to the quiet voice at the back of her head which seemed to be suggesting that she might , even after all this time , still be in love with her husband . |
7 | They took great care and were concentrating on a small area , trying hard not to tread on the bones . |