Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the quiet of night I lie in bed and hear the rattle of stones tumbling down this cliff , as , far below , the North American tectonic plate strains against the Gorda plate to its north and the Pacific plate to its west . |
| 2 | So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know . |
| 3 | Last night driving down this bit , it 's terrible ! |
| 4 | It was 11.00 p.m. at night when the victim , in her early 30s , was walking down this alleyway off Barton Street in Tewkesbury . |
| 5 | Kemp has performed a valuable service in opening up this area . |
| 6 | The benefits of this route could be substantial : about half of the Currie High roll comes from the Baberton and Juniper Green area , and when I carried out a survey , among parents , of travel to the school from these areas last year , a substantial number of families were in favour of opening up this path . |
| 7 | It will be gearing up this year , but is unlikely to repeat the 1991 rights issue . |
| 8 | Brian Anderson , the Quakers ' club secretary , added : ‘ It 's awful to hear of a young fan ending up this way . |
| 9 | Provided a mains transformer has a single primary winding there should be no difficulty in wiring up this section of the supply . |
| 10 | Forward on the MGB 's exposed foredeck , Able Seaman Savage racked the Sperrbrecher with his 2-pounder pom-pom , knocking out this mine destroyer 's 88mm ( 3.5in ) gun and setting fire to its ready-use ammunition lockers on deck . |
| 11 | ‘ The officer says , will you kindly oblige by filling in this form ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Good , now I just want you to save me and yourself a lot of trouble by filling in this form for the Red Cross . ’ |
| 13 | This April , Dent is venturing down this path , with paperback reissues of works by eminent names : Beth Chatto , The Dry Garden ( 0460 86087 9 ) , The Damp Garden ( 86088 7 ) , and Garden Notebook ( 86095 X ) , Allen Paterson , Plants for Shade ( 86096 8 ) , and Herbs in the Garden ( 86094 1 ) , all at £9.99 , and two books at £11.99 , Alan Mitchell 's Gardener 's Book of Trees ( 86085 2 ) and Graham Stuart Thomas ' Perennial Garden Plants ( 86051 8 ) . |
| 14 | Oral tradition played a major part in transmitting and passing down this culture of superstition . |
| 15 | If I press the Control key whilst picking up this range of cells using the mouse , this tells Excel to copy the cells instead of simply moving them |
| 16 | Do n't you have any proofreaders or subs capable of picking up this sort of elementary mistake ? |
| 17 | And there 'll be an endless-renewed harvest of dissatisfied young souls filling up this phase which is your constituency , a.k.a. adolescence . |
| 18 | Although things are looking up this year , operating profits in 1990 fell to $201.3m compared with $266.1m in the previous year . |
| 19 | My answer to that would be that er since the only permissible reason for pushing out this inset boundary would be a need for expansion , expansion involves built development , and built development would not seem to be within er the possibility of er Policy E N V One as well as within the possibility of er other policies |
| 20 | I think in a way we were all Ziggy Stardust and we were all living out this myth of Ziggy Stardust and treated him as if he was Ziggy Stardust . |
| 21 | We got her to help by writing out this queschun for us . |
| 22 | You going down this weekend ? |
| 23 | I too pondered over making up a few of my own out of spring steel , but decided to try the cheaper option of a note to Warwick themselves before going down this route . |
| 24 | The company chose to divide its business in this fashion , Ferry says , because not only is the market going down this route , but Granada 's business is too . |
| 25 | I thought I 'm going down this time . |
| 26 | What are the odds on them going down this time I wonder … |
| 27 | ‘ The opportunity is there but funeral directors considering going down this path should consult a VAT expert as every case needs to be considered on its merits , ’ says . |
| 28 | They had a good night 's sleep but they had a tremendous job waking up this morning . |
| 29 | you still have your W going up this way and you have your N going along that way . |
| 30 | So we can get to it by going up this way . |