Example sentences of "[vb -s] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attendance at these affairs , which involves queueing for the sandwiches , queueing for a glimpse of the Queen , queueing for the lavatories , queueing to leave , is potent evidence of the continuing talismanic influence of the monarchy . |
| 2 | This job also involves assisting in the organisation of promotional events in the UK and overseas . |
| 3 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
| 4 | Meanwhile a carefree Madonna goes jogging on the beach with her personal trainer . |
| 5 | ( Where sounds correspond aurally yet the concept differs depending on the context , further confusion can arise . |
| 6 | The tempo of speech differs depending on the urgency ( rapid ) or deliberation ( slow ) of the speech . |
| 7 | It is an iterative process which involves trawling through the design space of possible configurations until the optimal solution is found . |
| 8 | If they dream up a bright profit-winning idea , even if it involves walking in the dirty waters of pornography as the 0898 service does , the Government are unable or unwilling to do anything about it , even over a six-year period . |
| 9 | The farm has nine acres of land , including the ruins of an old British indigo factory — a long redbrick wall with trees and bushes growing on the old factory floor , weeds climbing along the bricks . |
| 10 | He stands gazing at the middle barrel . |
| 11 | But if there is no molecular symmetry other than the plane , the x and y axes are not uniquely determined by the symmetry and in-plane vibrations and may give a/b-hybrid bands depending on the relative directions of the A and B axes and the dipole change . |
| 12 | He also has the awkward problem of a narrow marginal seat in Bath which desperately needs nursing in the ordinary course of events , let alone during an election . |
| 13 | The aquarium is a prime example of an out-of-date building which badly needs bringing into the 1990's . |
| 14 | It is an assertion that certainly needs bringing into the debate about the Primal Event , and the usefulness of that speculative hypothesis can be seen in relation to the content of Christianity , at least . |
| 15 | No one surely needs reminding of the intimate ( and , on the face of it , incongruous ) relationship between advertising and surrealism — the surrealism of Magritte in particular . |
| 16 | Wray is first seen being chauffeur-driven in his limousine and from that moment until he lies dying on the floor of a Pullman car with a bullet in his stomach and uttering the words ‘ Never call a sucker ’ his performance for Daugherty was one in which he never stepped out of character and never eased his ‘ taut , cat-like , steel-wire tenseness ’ . |
| 17 | Our dad loves walking over the fields when he comes home tired from working in the city . |
| 18 | Literally everything in the room starts vibrating to the beat of the bass drum . |
| 19 | He lies looking at the waves touch the land , crying for his cousin . |
| 20 | Yesterday , Prof Pikas outlined his methods at a seminar in Dundee to teachers , psychologists and the bullying and truancy team which starts operating in the summer . |
| 21 | Leeds lies glittering between the valleys of Yorkshire 's dales and the heather of Yorkshire moors . |
| 22 | The latter study was based on GNP data for 141 countries and territories , ascribed to latitude bands according to the location of capital cities . |
| 23 | A freckle on one of those angular cheekbones pulses in a tiny tic ; a cowboy-booted foot starts tapping against the base of the chair . |
| 24 | Party discipline in the Senate is even weaker than in the House ; several powerful senators have a better-than-nodding acquaintance with the petrochemical industry ; and the Senate Finance Committee , which starts looking at the bill on June 7th , has a Democratic majority of only 11 to nine . |
| 25 | He does n't come up to the desk straightaway , but gives me a nod and starts looking at the flowers , really closely , like he really knew about them . |
| 26 | This man with long greasy hair and a sleeping bag sort of rolled into a ball comes over and starts looking in the bins . |
| 27 | The blade needs replacing at the moment it is snatching at the grass . |
| 28 | Whichever style is used in plotless ballets the choreographer should submit to the structure of the music , particularly if the score develops according to the classical techniques of composition . |
| 29 | Skinner ( 1948 ) states that " verbal behaviour is emitted behaviour which is reinforced by a listener and develops according to the same principles as other operant behaviour . |
| 30 | Please prioritise these training needs according to the following table : |