Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every day they gazed with trembling at the cloud covering the mountain ( Exodus 19:16–20 ) , for it signified God 's coming down to speak with them . |
| 2 | It was all too clear that the writers actually understood little about the subject matter , and that the understanding they succeeded in imparting to the public was correspondingly less . |
| 3 | Even if they succeeded in breaking through the sepoy lines , where would they go ? |
| 4 | They succeeded in closing off the third of five underground conduits formed beneath the surface crust and through which red-hot magma has been flowing . |
| 5 | They passed an Emergency Powers Act which , under the guise of doing anything they felt necessary to ‘ relieve the distress of the people ’ , allowed them to do as they pleased without resorting to the Volkstag for authority . |
| 6 | Mostly they consisted of reporting upon the current state of affairs in Vienna , with particular reference to the activities of certain persons suspected of being hostile to the French and their emperor . |
| 7 | They allowed for marking to the market , transactions costs ( which differed between institutions and members , and between long and short positions ) , and for capital gains , income and futures taxes . |
| 8 | It was some distance and they refrained from talking throughout the hour-long trip . |
| 9 | On several occasions , people who had been drinking in the Sparrow Farm tenants ' association club opposite the shop left the club and attacked the Ks , both inside the off-licence and , sometimes , as they left after closing for the night . |