Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] they [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Duke and his brothers began trimming sideways across the face of the waves , as their ancestors had done , rather than riding them straight into the beach . |
| 2 | They bark and jump around excitedly , becoming particularly frenetic if you stop somewhere else , rather than taking them immediately for a walk . |
| 3 | Attention should surely be directed towards eliminating such anomalies , rather than entrenching them further into the law . |
| 4 | This means leaving faeces in a prominent place , rather than covering them up in the litter tray . |
| 5 | The effect of interrupting sleep after two or three hours is to deny the subjects almost all REM sleep , while allowing them much of the deep slow wave sleep that they might be expected to have in a normal night . |
| 6 | Their performances have , over the years , given ordinary people a much-needed reason to feel pride in their native city , while binding them together in the sharing of two terrible tragedies . |
| 7 | BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN TAKING THEM OUT OF THE OVEN AND USE OVEN GLOVES . |