Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will prevent flower buds from developing ; if flowering is important , allow the hedge to grow less formally , pruning it annually in spring or after flowering according to variety . |
| 2 | I mean for me I I 've gone beyond hoping in a way I mean it 's just a question of keeping going from week to week and I do n't know how to measure success . |
| 3 | It was the Book of Remembering coming to life . |
| 4 | The questions were of the multiple choice type , which allowed for routeing according to response . |
| 5 | v. avoiding working with food in its preparation or serving . |
| 6 | The motive behind this may have been the desire to assist monasteries in living according to canon law ; for the Second Lateran Council of 1139 had forbidden churchmen to participate in justice de sang ( the trial of crimes punished by corporal or capital penalties ) . |