Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead his working life has been devoted , as one might expect from that neck of the woods , to the shoe trade , helping build up the family firm into a multinational concern . |
| 2 | Instead his working life has been devoted , as one might expect from that neck of the woods , to the shoe trade , helping build up the family firm into a multinational concern . |
| 3 | Short and plump , with receding hair and a peeved expression , Pietro looked at first sight like an English tourist who had come to complain about his belongings being stolen from his hotel room , full of righteous indignation about Italy being a den of thieves and demanding to know when the authorities proposed to do something about it . |
| 4 | Again and again , the playmaster threw down his rider before Lucie , breathless and slow of movement , began his speech demanding to know why the donkey kept stopping . |
| 5 | The families of two teenage joyriders shot dead by troops in Belfast are demanding to know why the checkpoint patrol had to kill them . |
| 6 | We advise our composers , helping to sift out the bad songs and to search out opportunities for our writers to compose ‘ covers ’ for particular artists . |
| 7 | Liz wanted to get on to the exciting bits , in which Job demanded why light was given to him that was in misery , and life to the bitter in soul : in which Job desired to argue with his God : in which the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind : but she knew it would be cheating to miss out the she-asses and skip to the livelier parts , so she plodded dully on with the dull narrative . |
| 8 | Karen also rose , muttering something about checking to see how the meringue was coming along . |
| 9 | In the more stable area people were returning to pick up the pieces of their lives . |
| 10 | On the whole , considering the close contact of a hundred Macleans and three hundred Campbells each itching to do down the others , politely of course , the week 's visit went off quietly . |
| 11 | After a fortnight drying out , the sheaves will be stacked in a rick ready for thrashing to separate out the grain . |
| 12 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 13 | How wonderful , I thought , if today 's humans could find themselves on the shores of England seeing and getting mixed up with Caesar 's army in 54 BC , landing to take over the country ; be in burning Rome as Nero fiddled ; get involved in Europe 's tragic thirty years war , etc. , etc . |
| 14 | She said they were taken off waiting list after applying to take over the tenancy at Heydean Road in 1954 . |
| 15 | They were taken off after applying to take over the tenancy at Heydean Road in 1954 . |
| 16 | Occasionally , he managed to obtain temporary work : once checking stock in a publisher 's warehouse — hardly the sort of job for an ex-officer and far below his not inconsiderable intelligence — and on another occasion , because of his clerical and administrative experiences in the War Office , helping to sort out the vast archive of a deceased general . |
| 17 | It will take a fair amount of skill and cajoling to pick up the pieces . ’ |
| 18 | He revisited the USA in 1917 to play a decisive part in helping to set up the first official American military intelligence service . |
| 19 | Jack Boyle ( Brian Devlin ) showed very good comic timing , helping to set up the comic aspect of the play . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house . |
| 21 | Sensing this , the Coal Board struck what was intended to be a mortal blow — refusing to carry out the preventative works and offering us a mere £25,000 towards past damage which had been estimated at well over £100,000 . |
| 22 | Once I was in that job , I started looking to see where the bodies were buried . ’ |
| 23 | I was looking to see where the cha children were ? |
| 24 | Here , too , though we are not looking to carve up the territory between us a degree of competition never does any harm we should at least be getting together to think out how best to collaborate in the future . |
| 25 | Journalists rarely investigate , tending to report only the words and actions of others . |
| 26 | So this was not the equivalent of a father wanting to pass on the passionate love of his hobby to his children . |
| 27 | Police are wanting to find out the events leading up to the death , and work out the motive for the killing . |
| 28 | Companies wanting to try out the cards can buy an application test kit for $1,800 . |
| 29 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 30 | In connection with the role you have asked me to undertake in the dispute between Mr D Smith and the other directors of and shareholders in Smith & Co Limited , I am writing to set out the nature of the responsibilities which you wish me to perform . |