Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calling to find out how the book 's going ? |
| 2 | Small numbers of aphids and other soft-bodied insects can be quickly rubbed off plants , while a forcible spray from a hose-pipe will disperse larger colonies , few of the insects surviving to climb back up the plant . |
| 3 | So she 's trying to find out well the ones these are all one that Kerry suggested . |
| 4 | In the meantime , I understand you have been trying to find out how the Carmel Woods inquiry went . |
| 5 | IT would be , presumably , rewarding to work out exactly the implications of the names of the four characters who figure in Philip Ridley 's play . |
| 6 | In a few hurried situations I forgot to switch on , and missed the picture opportunity while trying to figure out why the camera was n't working . |