Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He successfully accomplished his design by the simple expedient of walking out of the gaol disguised as a workman while his doctor pretended that he was ill and confined to bed . |
| 2 | The fact is that as a consequence of climbing out of the depression in the early 1980s , of remodelling our business processes , and of becoming a serious entrant into the high tech race , the work force profile has changed and will continue to change . |
| 3 | From his experience with the Navy 's Coastal Airships on convoy escort and anti U-boat patrols , Binding was accustomed to the perilous practice of climbing out of the gondola cockpit high above the North Sea to service the airship 's two eight-cylinder 150 hp Sunbeam engines . |
| 4 | For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps if she admitted she was scared of going out of the room ? |
| 6 | Another way of getting out of the recession is by increasing public expenditure . |
| 7 | Destabilisation of the German economy could kill off Europe 's hope of getting out of the recession . |
| 8 | In their generosity , or relief of getting out of the kitchen , they ply me with bag loads of organic vegetables . |
| 9 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 10 | Gregory was seriously thinking of getting out of the music business at the time . |
| 11 | If they did know and blocked the main rides the verderers ' chances of getting out of the forest were small . |
| 12 | Hopefully , it 'll give some severely disabled people a means of getting out of the bath without having to rely on another person . ’ |
| 13 | At the time , the teenaged Bowie and Roxy Music fan dreamt of getting out of the rain and opening his own record shop . |
| 14 | He saw her look from him to the key , judging the distance , assessing the possibility of getting out of the room alive , and smiled inwardly . |
| 15 | What he did n't say , until he published his autobiography last year , was that he was also a high school drop-out who 'd been a heroin addict , a splendid example of rising out of the rot of the inner city . |
| 16 | The homework for these occasions offered the group two ways of breaking out of the bulimia cycle : |
| 17 | The garrison conjectured that the sepoys ' powder had been soaked by the downpour … there was even wild talk of breaking out of the enclave and escaping to safety . |
| 18 | Indeed , political activity at a variety of levels showed signs of breaking out of the loyalist versus republican deadlock . |
| 19 | If you actually read the code letters as they occur along the chromosome ( i.e. if you do the equivalent of breaking out of the discipline of the ‘ operating system ’ ) you find fragments of ‘ sense ’ , called exons , separated by portions of ‘ nonsense ’ called introns . |
| 20 | Paying attention to real readers is certainly one productive way of breaking out of the view that the text alone determines audience response , but it is not without its difficulties . |
| 21 | As a result he early on developed the habit of staying out of the house as much as possible . |
| 22 | Success would encourage young people to stay in the inner city instead of moving out of the area . |
| 23 | Whatever the technicalities of coming out of the recession , to those engaged in the industry it does not appear to be over . |
| 24 | This is your way of coming out of the closet as a writer . |
| 25 | Fleury thought of jumping out of the window , but it was too high … besides , a thousand sepoys were waiting below . |
| 26 | It was a perfect example of jumping out of the frying-pan into the fire . |
| 27 | Thanks to records above all we are no longer in danger of forgetting such joyous Purcell inspirations as this , pieces that have always been in danger of dropping out of the repertory simply for being ‘ occasional music . ’ |
| 28 | Even where a bituminous felt layer was laid on top of the boarding , this form of construction is likely to compound problems of rainwater penetration once a gap appears in the roof covering because the water which enters , instead of draining out of the construction at the eaves , settles on the upper edges of the local slate-fixing battens , inducing rot both in them and the boarding . |
| 29 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |