Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Robert 's son , also a banker and MP , who in the early 1830s set about dressing up the newly named Bridehead , making a lake beside it and a complete ‘ model village ’ at Little Bredy . |
| 2 | Pressures for increased production are forcing out the naturally regenerating forests as commercial propositions , though very specialized woods are difficult to grow otherwise . |
| 3 | Its provisions included : enforcing a 20 percent reduction in Californian carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000 , with a 40 percent reduction by 2010 ; protecting the earth 's ozone shield by speeding up the internationally agreed phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons and other damaging chemicals ; banning offshore drilling for oil in state waters ; saving the ancient redwood forests ; and requiring that a new tree be planted for every 500 square feet of development . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't understand , ’ she said , sinking back into her chair and gathering up the hastily discarded slice of bread . |
| 5 | They even dug up graveyards , dragging out the freshly interred bodies . |
| 6 | The most fundamental reason was evidently that Hitler was proving incapable of bringing about the fervently desired end to the war , either victoriously or even through a creditable compromise peace . |
| 7 | Spying out the unevenly crossed legs , he steered his tiny shoe towards Murphy 's table . |
| 8 | Standard machines measure 600 mm ( 23⅝in ) deep by 595 mm ( 23⅜in ) wide , to fit between units and can be stacked one above the other , but , unless you have a separate utility room , that does not leave much space nearby for storing laundry supplies and accessories or setting down the just cleaned laundry . |