Example sentences of "someone [v-ing] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willie was in the town garage , giving good advice to someone stripping down a motor bike . |
| 2 | It is rather like someone switching on a cassette in one room and then walking into another . |
| 3 | The four Commandos on the 3″ mortar were still firing their bombs , each as it left the muzzle of the mortar making a distinctive musical sound like someone blowing down a length of drainpipe . |
| 4 | It is likely that someone taking up a post direct from library school will have far less practical or quasi-practical experience of book selection than of the two preceding activities , and this may mean that the manager needs to introduce his staff to the basic elements of book provision work in addition to the special features of a particular system . |
| 5 | The management problems encountered by someone taking up a first managerial appointment in a medium-sized branch . |
| 6 | someone tugging off a pair of tights … |