Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I might of thought still send out omitting the letter actually this month . |
| 2 | One of our students , an IMC rated PPL with around 400m hours experience was asked to plan a let down using the chart below . |
| 3 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 4 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 5 | From the engineering point of view the hardware technology is central and the operators tag along supporting the activity of machines which are basically doing the work . |
| 6 | Raise the toes of the back leg and — without the toes touching back on the floor — stand up using the thigh strength of the front leg . |
| 7 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 8 | For each key stage , programmes of study are to be drawn up specifying what pupils of different abilities are to be taught in each subject , and attainment targets set out specifying the knowledge , skills and understanding that they are expected to have acquired by the end of the stage . |
| 9 | And this time China 's rulers knifed it in the back with shameless savagery — then set about hounding the survivors in a reign of terror . |
| 10 | So I applied my ‘ sandwich ’ neckline , then set about neatening the fronts . |
| 11 | This helped my Group when we set about persuading the teaching profession , represented mainly by the National Association of Teachers of English , to accept our recommendations . |
| 12 | He was fortunate in finding a good post — as a draughtsman of Gothic work — and in the company of congenial colleagues set about enjoying the experiences London had to offer in the 1860s . |
| 13 | They set about loosening the ropes just enough for them to be able to reach the knot once Graham gave the signal . |
| 14 | There was a large fireplace in the dining-room and she now set about wedging the cage up the chimney and out of sight . |
| 15 | S I set about answering the query for myself . |
| 16 | As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity : |
| 17 | Richard Clutterbuck , who was an official of the Bristol Customs House , built the beautiful Vanbrughian mansion in the early 1730s and soon afterwards set about glamorizing the garden and grounds . |
| 18 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 19 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |
| 20 | Holes in the floor outside , and inside , the orphanage served as toilets , and water had to be drawn from a single well in the grounds , so first they set about unblocking the drains and opening sewers . |
| 21 | We drift around looking the place over for accommodation , eventually selecting a wooden building called Sand Dune Apartments . |
| 22 | The much-rumoured move was not seen as a surprise at Westminster where Mrs Currie , who entered the Commons vowing never to just ‘ sit around adorning the backbenches ’ , had slim prospects of ministerial rehabilitation . |
| 23 | Problematic as sexual difference may be , there is no alternative : we must , continues Kristeva , ‘ go on waging the war between the two races without respite , without a perverse denial of the abyss that marks sexual difference or a disillusioned mortification of the division ’ . |
| 24 | By drawing the polymer off , new cross-links are formed and you go on drawing the thread until all the constituents are used up . |
| 25 | In the end , whether applicants have their experiential learning counted in the admissions process , or whether students go on expanding the degree of influence they exercise over the curriculum , will be up to them . |
| 26 | Please thank them all very much , and go on using the barn for as long as you like . ’ |
| 27 | Never even crossed my mind that Hurley would carry on like nothing had happened — that he 'd keep Eurame open and go on using the pipeline . |
| 28 | And you sell the game to — ’ he pointed skyward ‘ — and go on running the show . |
| 29 | I go on whacking the side of my leg . |
| 30 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |