Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A method for toning down after concentrating on the outside of the body , while at the same time exercising the internal organs , was invented by the old Chinese masters . |
| 2 | She leaned on the wide sill , looking out with longing at the part of Gullholm visible from the window . |
| 3 | She should also be at school , and Noreen threatened to send her back to Uncle Michael who would take her to school every day , if she did n't stop going on about coming to the theatre . |
| 4 | You may have only intended to have a small black coffee but given all the antecedent events ( that is , the things we have described leading up to walking into the café ) , the probability is high that you will break the diet . |
| 5 | Turning round by steering into the wind and stepping around the front of the mast . |
| 6 | Think of the prospect of John Major lining up at the London Marathon , or Neil Kinnnock limbering up before taking to the squash courts . |
| 7 | Getting up from rummaging in the wastepaper basket , she bumped her head , very lightly , on the sink . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one . |
| 9 | Just closing a little bit on the vehicle in front , waiting for these hatchings to finish then gently accelerating through after checking in the mirror again . |
| 10 | It is worth shopping around before choosing as the scope of cover , sums insured and premium costs vary considerably . |