Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The six , among 55 individuals banned by a High Court judge from trespassing on or causing a nuisance at the site , joined 500 others in a peaceful invasion of the construction site ; 27 were arrested . |
| 2 | How do you spend the rest of your time when you 're not on or planning an expedition ? |
| 3 | Some people think that holding the wing down or putting a tyre on the wing will stop the glider blowing over . |
| 4 | ( b ) Notwithstanding paragraphs ( 2 ) and ( 5 ) ( a ) of this rule , a registered foreign lawyer will not be in breach of these rules by virtue of setting up , operating , actively participating in or controlling a business outside England and Wales , provided : |
| 5 | Mr Jack Hayward , the wealthy benefactor , claimed that the article meant that he was guilty of participating in or condoning a murder plot . |
| 6 | Mechanically , it works almost as well on land as it does in water , so that providing a creature can find a way of breathing , there is little to prevent it walking straight out of the sea and up the beach . |
| 7 | It is fair to say that in the last instance , it will not actually produce a design with the colours separated out into their appropriate rows , but will make a card design showing the colours so that punching a card from this is made easier . |
| 8 | Fundamental to the development of headhunting was the general acceptance of the payment of fees on a retainer basis , so that employing a search consultant was rendered comparable with that of engaging accountants , solicitors , or any other outside professional advisers . |
| 9 | It also offers 3D spreadsheets so that changing a value on one spreadsheet automatically changes a related value in another one . |
| 10 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 11 | He suddenly let her go , turning away impatiently and pressing a bell . |
| 12 | The first note , Disqualification of Directors — Statutory Reports , provides an explanation of the procedures involved in filling in and submitting a D-form to the disqualification unit at the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 13 | But , now , Volks actually looked at erm buildi putting a lift in and building a lift to it . |
| 14 | And there 's two houses here oh i it might be an idea , although I would n't mind going in and having a look . |
| 15 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 16 | In spite of our obtrusive entry he made us welcome , inviting us in and lighting a fire . |
| 17 | I remember planting my foot down and hearing a snap . |
| 18 | ‘ What , like this ? ’ you 're supposed to have said , reaching down and rapping a leg with your knuckles . |
| 19 | We took off into the last of the evening sun in poor visibility and I do not recall seeing any of the aircraft that took-off in front of me rise in the evening murk , I was too busy putting the nose down and squeezing a bit more speed out of the lumbering Whitley as we cleared the boundary . |
| 20 | The goal is made concrete by writing it down and making a commitment to it . |
| 21 | The groups took part in a number of incident simulations — attending to accident victims at the scene of an air crash , getting to the roof of a four storey burning building using an ariel slide to get down and rescuing a pilot from the bottom of a swimming pool . |
| 22 | I understood though I mean it , it looks from many of these er publications as though it 's meant to convey that Mr and Mr Wogan are sitting down and having a conversation or Ms Rippon is n't it ? , that 's how it 's presented , is that right ? |
| 23 | ‘ It 's all in the position of the head , ’ said Fred , sitting down and having a beer . |
| 24 | A man has admitted knocking down and killing a cyclist after drinking more than five pints of lager . |
| 25 | We are able to calculate the population for the late 17th century when a census was taken throughout Kent to enumerate the various religious bodies i.e. the number of Conformists , Catholics and Nonconformists , the return for Hailing showing 60 Conformists , no Catholics or Nonconformists , so allowing this figure was for adults only and allowing an average of 40 children for 60 adults this gives us a total of 100 . |
| 26 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 27 | By bringing the two parties together and structuring a transaction involving the use of Floating Rate Agreements ( FRAs ) , an overall package can be brought to the market . |
| 28 | It certainly is a trial — a trial in living together and forming a partnership . |
| 29 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
| 30 | Colin Parry breaks down while making a speech during his son Timothy 's funeral yesterday . |