Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A happier fate than ending up in the cooking pot at Berkeley Castle . |
| 2 | Nor is it necessarily fatal if you give notice to terminate your contract and work that notice out , rather than walking out on the spot . |
| 3 | A good tight-fitting cap or hat is useful since there is nothing worse than groping about in the dark to recover a wind-blown hat . |
| 4 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 5 | Hazel realized that until they were rested they would all be safer where they were than stumbling along in the open , with no strength left to run from an enemy . |
| 6 | When voices started rising and violence seemed inevitable , Kalchu told me that it would n't be resolved for hours and , rather than waiting around in the cold on the off-chance of getting some meat , we might as well set out for home . |
| 7 | Oh I might go to that fourteen quid , yeah it is cheap , than going up down the road . |
| 8 | I wanted to put that in , rather than going on about the deprivation and the tragedy of divorce and broken families . ’ |
| 9 | Do you think perhaps the problem is that , through no fault of their own , they spend far too much time in the police station doing other work perhaps , than going out on the beat ? |
| 10 | Whenever that happens , rather than going back to the track I play something else that will fit , or I leave it as an improvisational section , so to speak . |
| 11 | But there was more to it than coming out with the begging bowl because of a particular crisis . |
| 12 | It 's much better than standin' out on the cobbles like we used ter do . |
| 13 | Similarly , in Leningrad the CPSU committee took sole control of the daily Leningradskaya Pravda and the weekly Leningradsky Rabochy , albeit handing over to the city soviet the daily Vecherny Leningrad . |
| 14 | These were films that had been grafted onto the Gaumont-British production programme , rather than emerging out of the script department as projects with potential that called for higher expenditure . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is better , rather than roaming back into the recesses of geological time to consider the sudden and simultaneous extinctions that happened in Our geological yesterday . |
| 16 | Freud 's hypotheses are not upheld : if the child is father to the man it is for reasons other than missing out on the breast and a too early acquaintance with the potty . |
| 17 | Connections of Laurel Queen , Walking The Plank and Buzzards Bellbuoy the trio to sneak in at the bottom of the race will have to send them a percentage if ending up in the money . |
| 18 | Just a couple of weeks ago Emerson was down the in the dumps and considering pulling out of the Maxol series . |
| 19 | Senior ministers and officials are urgently considering cutting back on the number of nuclear warheads carried by Britain 's powerful submarines . |
| 20 | In another mood , while gazing down into the vapour one could imagine the turbulent creation of the Earth with the alpha tracks like mountain ranges constantly forming , disappearing and reforming . |
| 21 | He put out a hand and smoothed the bear 's shaggy head , giving it embarrassed pats , while looking up at the bear-leader as if to say , Is that all right ? |
| 22 | There 's a big dent in the nearside sill , but that was the result of Darren hitting something solid while pulling on to the grass verge of a Lake District lane to let another car through . |
| 23 | The manager has to be honest , competent and use common sense , while getting on with the artist . |
| 24 | It was a typical late afternoon scene , with the pool full of children playing ball , splashing and laughing , the older ones talking confidentially while holding on to the side , perhaps making assignations that they would have to negotiate with parents to keep . |
| 25 | They bubbled with enthusiasm , all talking at the same time while raving on about the beauty of the bush walk . |
| 26 | He scored 218 runs , won the Man of the Match award and caught Imran while standing in as the understudy wicketkeeper for Kiran More . |
| 27 | It was the feeling he got while watching out for the bookies when the police were in the area . |
| 28 | Then he hangs from one hand while feeling about with the other in his chalk-bag . |
| 29 | Whilst lying down with the baby beside you in line with your body . |
| 30 | Whether purring along to the chatter rhythms of ‘ Kiss And Make Up ’ or merely blowing away her fringe , eyes struck heavenward , she 's an instant star in a country that patented the idea of reckless innocence , from Jane Birkin to Vanessa Paradis . |