Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is structured by hourly changes of sail or course , so that the crew can learn as much as possible about handling in the time they are aboard . |
| 2 | Beaten again : Martina Navratilova lost in two straight sets at Flushing Meadow yesterday but she in not definite about retiring from the game . |
| 3 | I lost my temper too — I 'm sorry for shouting about the fire . |
| 4 | Southend pumps its sewage into the sea after primary treatment ; the beach at Westcliff has just been called unsuitable for swimming by the Heinz Good Beach Guide . |
| 5 | He jumped , feeling guilty about staring into the car . |
| 6 | Salmond had been the recipient of abuse all that day , mainly from Labour for voting with the Government on Maastricht the night before . |
| 7 | I have an instrument like this for listening to the TV . |
| 8 | Was , was everybody embarrassed about going to the pawnbrokers or did n't did n't some people |
| 9 | The provision of an adequate flat-rate pension would also prove a better vehicle than pension-splitting for dealing with the problems that are likely to face older women in the future as a result of divorce . |
| 10 | Liz Kennedy was hit in face by flying debris when a special effect went wrong during filming of the BBC 's £850,000 political thriller ‘ Love Lies Bleeding ’ . |
| 11 | Engineering is a professional subject and the BEng and MEng degrees offered in the School are all accredited by the appropriate Professional Engineering Institution as acceptable for leading to the status of Chartered Engineer . |
| 12 | The Italians are getting jumpy after drawing against the Swiss in Cagliari . |
| 13 | Historical and geographical facts were intertwined : the country had been ‘ founded in 1821 after fighting between the Zulus and the Boers ’ ; it was surrounded on all sides by South Africa and contained mountain ranges , and so on . |
| 14 | I shall return to this after looking at the other two models ( see pp. 46 – 48 ) . |
| 15 | Om Prakash Chauthala resigned as the Janata Dal Chief Minister of Haryana on May 22 after serving in the post for less than seven months . |
| 16 | There was a certain story my father was fond of repeating over the years . |
| 17 | Writers about midlife are fond of referring to the empty nest syndrome , much to the annoyance of feminists , who deplore the notion that women need children to bolster their sense of self-worth . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 19 | Pacepa says that Ceauşescu was afraid of poisoning after the CIA 's attempt to murder Fidel Castro by impregnating his clothes with potions to make his beard fall out , and so he ordered the Securitate department which provided all his personal needs free of charge to arrange for the manufacture of a new set of clothes for every day of his life . |
| 20 | But it is absurd to be unduly afraid of borrowing by the state . |
| 21 | 'Are you afraid of going into the glory of our Lord Hapexamendios ? ’ |
| 22 | May I help you by suggesting that if you could persuade the Prime Minister to fix the election date now there would be no need for this pre-election period — if the Prime Minister would stop shilly-shallying because he is afraid of going to the country . |
| 23 | Partly it was pride ; I could n't countenance exposing all that I was feeling ; but — and I know this does n't mitigate anything , but perhaps it balances the self-interest , self-protection or whatever it was — even then I was also still afraid of succumbing to the temptation to use the power I sensed I could have over you , and the use would have been abuse . ’ |
| 24 | Let us reconsider the example of the person who is afraid of shopping in the supermarket ( see Figure 4.8 ) . |
| 25 | Wanting to be sick and afraid of choking under the gag . |
| 26 | All except two of these forty women do their ‘ big ’ shopping once a week — that is , stocking up on goods like sugar , flour , etc. — and it is customary to combine this with shopping for the weekend . |
| 27 | What 's wrong with flying round the M25 once in a while ? |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , what 's so wrong with going to the lavatory ? |
| 29 | If people need a rest on the way what 's wrong with sitting on the ground ? |
| 30 | There is nothing wrong with starting in the middle or wherever you find it easiest to begin , but beware of leaving the most difficult sections until the end . |