Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adv] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly the difference between understanding from inside and explaining from outside will seem to be pretty thin , if beliefs and desires can appear in scientific explanations . |
| 2 | Humid air permeating from below can cause condensation in the roof space , particularly where there is felt under the roof tiles , which can cause the timbers to rot . |
| 3 | Well I mean , I say you wo n't actually get a better selection than looking in here will you ? |
| 4 | Furthermore , if the world responded with sanctions , an isolated regime potentially crumbling from within might attempt to forestall public discontent by blaming outside interference for the country 's travails . |
| 5 | The census of 1785 confirms that the Titfords were still on Pig Street , not having been driven out by the noise of falling stone or splintering wood ; not that noise would have been anything unusual for them — they already had Thomas Addams ' blacksmith 's shop down the street , and the ringing sound of metal on metal emanating from there must have mingled nicely with the constant clip-clop of horses ' hooves as Henry Webley went about his business as the Bristol carrier a few doors away . |
| 6 | Anyone entering from outside would only have seen Jim with his feet up in front of the fire , reading a thriller . |
| 7 | Although competitive sports are fine , the type of exercise we are talking about here should not involve competition , particularly if you are the type of person who usually feels that winning is important . |
| 8 | Well if that 's firm it 'll erm be washing over there wo n't it ? |
| 9 | The three small inner-city communities that we studied in this way would have been assumed by traditional scholars to be homogeneous in language , and the fine-grained but systematic variation I am referring to here would not have been thought possible . |
| 10 | Now the others she 's referring to there must be God , but she can not immediately go on and so bluntly say , in the very next line anyway , you know , it was only the serpent who showed it to me , God is going to be envious of me . |