Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worth seeing for the performances , especially those of George T Odom , Ann D Sanders and Rich himself . |
| 2 | Although the Macmillan cabinet pressed management to delay a settlement , ministers were not prepared to take responsibility for a breakdown in negotiations ; when the industry settled , the Prime Minister publicly rebuked management for capitulating to the unions and breaching the pay pause ( 1982 : 225–6 ) . |
| 3 | Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings , and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours , as he had done before Christmas . |
| 4 | Erm there there were quite a few interesting debates that that came up about policing after the riots , I mean initially it was the fact that you did n't see any policemen in the flats at all . |
| 5 | Accordingly , subject to work permits being forthcoming , I have accepted a post as Rector , and Elizabeth as a Diocesan Counsellor with special responsibility for helping with the problems of AIDS . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , at the risk of confirming suspicions that he was a political reactionary , he scrupulously avoided discussion of internal French politics ( except to criticize Vichy for collaborating with the Germans ) . |
| 7 | It was so enjoyable that at the headwall I took a line up the steepest part , just so I could play about hanging from the holds . |
| 8 | Plenty of that , no doubt , in this overgrown , untended woodland , even after it had been combed for firing by the urchins of the Foregate . |
| 9 | With a background in ICI 's pharmaceutical and paints operations , he told The Economist a year ago that a case could be made for hanging onto the jewels and getting rid of the tarnished tinsel . |
| 10 | He would never forget how Samuel Reichmann and his partner , Emmanuel Hollander , had been fined for trading with the Germans by the Jewish Court of Tangier , and how one or both of them were on the blacklist of the British Consulate . |
| 11 | But the motive for praying for the saints is to equip them to minister in the world . |
| 12 | The tactics for keeping off the ropes , so to speak , had been explained to every platoon commander the previous June , and they knew ‘ every mile towards the east was a serious loss ’ . |
| 13 | Charged four times with the offence in between 1640 and 1652 , he came before the Court yet again in 1691 for keeping on the Downs far more than his ‘ stent ’ or allotted number of animals . |
| 14 | And also the marks of the little side axe used for trimming off the sides . |
| 15 | All necessary and desirable directions for disposing of the proceedings should be given at the pre-trial review , and the parties should as far as practicable ask for all the directions they need at the pre-trial review , giving prior notice to all interested parties ( Ord 17 , rr 1 and 3 ) . |
| 16 | The income of these farmers is partly from wool , but mainly from lambs or young store cattle which are sold for fattening on the farms of the lowlands . |
| 17 | First there was the illustrated slide show he gave in the village hall about walking in the dales where , sensitive to the good burghers of Sedbergh , he modified his vocabulary . |
| 18 | ‘ Sure , ’ he said , ‘ the only reason for walking into the jaws of Death is so 's you can steal His gold teeth . ’ |
| 19 | It is also a fine place for walking along the cliff-tops , inventing stories for your children ( or yourself ) , and watching the changing moods of an ocean . |
| 20 | ‘ There are an awful lot of free activities such as walking along the walls and sampling the atmosphere in the streets . ’ |
| 21 | The cutouts were used for matching to the shoes . |
| 22 | That may teach them a lesson for kowtowing to the Germans and it should warn us to be wary of both countries . |
| 23 | It represents a direct divine revelation that delivers a capacity for understanding beyond the parameters of normal discourse . |
| 24 | People with a record for interfering with the likes of the Pitts , not ones with their social standing , though . ’ |
| 25 | She came in every day , after seeing to the babies , if there was no-one about . |
| 26 | After speeding across the moors and winding through woodland he at last found her and together they flowed slowly as one out into the Hamoaze . |
| 27 | The insects either come to a sticky end ; lured by sugary solution onto a sundew which then slowly digests them , or they get the chop in more dramatic fashion after landing in the jaws of a Venus flytrap . |
| 28 | Last month , after checking with the experts in Moscow , we felt compelled to publish the disappointing news that Ivan the Terrible 's library has not after all been found , whatever Pravda and The Times might say . |
| 29 | After returning to the Reds , he signed for First Division Stoke , making his debut at Goodison and playing his final match at Anfield . |
| 30 | Public outcry followed the revelation that Ben Silcock , who was mauled after climbing into the lions ' compound at London Zoo , was severely mentally ill and was not getting adequate treatment . |