Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car transporter ended up blocking the A40 northbound after going out of control on a sliproad . |
| 2 | There is no difference in principle between what we propose for finding out about single people and what is proposed in the so-called Bill put forward by the hon. Member for Sheffield , Brightside ( Mr. Blunkett ) , in which he would need to identify pensioners , pensioner couples and people on low incomes . |
| 3 | Forget about strolling down to the shops to get a newspaper or sauntering in the park with the family on Sundays . |
| 4 | You can choose which individual member fights the monster , but forget about ganging up on him . |
| 5 | Some German women are up in arms , No thank you , they say to going back to the role of mothers and home builders . |
| 6 | He suggests a minimum earnings level for contracting out of around £8,500 to £10,000 , while LAS similarly recommends £9,000 . |
| 7 | Seedlings of Platypodium elegans ( Leguminosae ) also in central America die of damping off as a function of distance from the mother in their first year , when the mortality rate can be up to 81% . |
| 8 | They speak of opting out in the primary , secondary and further education sectors ; as for social services , they speak of monitoring and enabling rather than providing . |
| 9 | You are all alone ; no one will interfere ; in a college no one helps your studies ( although your best friend may do the opposite and interfere by dropping in for a chat ) . |
| 10 | The reason I joined the G M B and I 'm sure most of you was , in good times the G M B looks for improvements in pay and conditions , in bad times we look for holding on to what we have got . |
| 11 | A Stealer tore a trooper 's chest open before darting back into concealment … |
| 12 | So begin by dreaming up at least three possibilities . |
| 13 | The solos still grate , but at least you can get the beers in at this point without fear of missing anything serious — although Hammett has included an axe-trashing coda to his widdly-widdly section ; that 's what you get for hanging out with Nirvana . |
| 14 | Moreover , if the centre parties succeed in breaking through into parliament in large numbers then the prospect of coalition government would be increased and this would give the Crown a role in the making of governments since it would no longer be a simple and automatic matter of sending for the leader of the majority party in the Commons . |
| 15 | Yet , with very few exceptions , they succeed in getting back to exactly the same stretch of river where they hatched . |
| 16 | ‘ Talk about going back to playgroup , ’ snarled Perdita . |
| 17 | It did n't used to but when I , I , I , I feel like going up to these girls and saying for god 's sake take that thing out of your mouth . |
| 18 | " But to tell you the truth , I sometimes feel like clearing out of this warren altogether . |
| 19 | Organic farmers believe in putting back into the land what they take out , not starving it of nutrients and piling on the fertilisers . |
| 20 | Just concentrate on watching out for the right opportunity to broach the subject of Janice , she reminded herself . |
| 21 | Where many dieters fall down is that they concentrate on cutting down on food , cutting out pleasure from their lives . |
| 22 | It 's very amusing , and you 've explained it amusingly to us , but er , there 's a lot of truth , I think in er , what you say and er how can we , er make the best of these unwelcome guests who insist on turning up at the most inopportune times , when we 're trying to enjoy ourselves . |
| 23 | All these rights , reasonable in themselves , become unreasonable if you insist on standing up for them every time they are infringed . |
| 24 | As winter draws on , many people 's thoughts turn to stocking up on vitamin supplements as a way of avoiding colds and flu viruses . |
| 25 | Some hotshot parents cheat by calling in at the food store and ordering a gourmet prawn salad for 20 — at a cost of $60 . |
| 26 | You can help your body detoxify by cutting down on coffee , tea , alcohol and refined foods . |
| 27 | I stir , and think about getting out of bed . |
| 28 | She looks real comfy there and I think about sitting down for a bit and watching telly , but I ai n't got nothing to sit on so I just carry on standing up . |
| 29 | I think of dashing off to the loo to drink it but I decide to wait . |
| 30 | Usually these situations arise from running out of height on the circuit , but they can also arise from arriving back far too high and by badly planned manoeuvring in an attempt to correct that kind of position . |