Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before going on to describe the basic features of these techniques , a few words are necessary about the general field of quantitative techniques . |
| 2 | Before going on to discuss the stylistic changes in the Cubism of Picasso and Braque during 1910 , it is necessary to interject a word about Picasso 's bronze Head , the most important early Cubist sculpture . |
| 3 | People are flooding in to get the exceptional bargains on offer , ’ said a House of Fraser spokesman . |
| 4 | And all I ken was that we got word that there was to be a school trip and that we were leaving I forget what tie in the morning , and going down to see the German ships . |
| 5 | ‘ But why , Karim , especially as you pretended to me you were going off to take the damn exams . |
| 6 | They were supposedly going out to hit the high spots together , leaving me to throw some things into a bag and drive down to the cottage . |
| 7 | Well black leading was a sort of erm going out cleaning the old fireplaces , for people that were slightly better off than we were , their husbands might have been a tram driver or a railway driver . |
| 8 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 9 | Before moving on to tackle the other types of gybe , you should aim to perfect the standard carve gybe with a success rate of nine out of ten . |
| 10 | Before moving on to consider the different variables , the question of timing should not be overlooked . |
| 11 | The whole army was then to advance on London , crossing the Thames to the west at Hampton Court , Kingston , Kew and Putney and moving round to occupy the northern heights of Hampstead and Highgate , to cut off London from relief from that direction . |
| 12 | Tabitha hung her bag on her shoulder and came walking nonchalantly down from the cockpit , not even glancing up to see the great cables gliding rapidly down towards her head . |
| 13 | And still she did not go , but hovered , touching with long fingers along his shelves of vessels , reaching up to rustle the hanging bunches of herbs overhead , keeping only her profile towards him . |
| 14 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 15 | This he was stupid to assume as they refuse to put up with this strain on their own households and rather cruelly send him fleeing out to face the hard elements in the stormy night . |