Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can use a submersible pump , which you 're using for a fountain or cascade to empty most of the water , but only do this to the level of the pump intake — then it 's a matter of bailing out with a bucket . |
| 2 | And we 've allowed for the fact that cooking for a family or organising a dinner party may take you away from the cooker when you want the food to go on cooking . |
| 3 | Urged on by their riders with short metal-tipped bamboo rods , the elephants lowered themselves slowly to their knees , facing towards the throne , and remained kneeling for a minute or two , their trunks curling and swaying in front of them in time with the cacophonous music . |
| 4 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
| 5 | a ) If P = is a b , x-normal for program and F is a finite set of constant expressions we define unc to be unc where y is the list of all variables appearing free in P. b ) If P = is a b , x-ALT pattern and F is a finite set of constant expressions we define unc to be the program in which unc is applied to each normal form appearing after a communication or within a minimal acceptance . |
| 6 | The least uncovering of a hand or foot causes chilliness |
| 7 | The least uncovering of a hand or foot causes chilliness or cough . |
| 8 | It can be released through physical action such as sawing logs , by stamping one 's foot onto the accelerator and driving like a maniac or simply by smashing a plate . |
| 9 | In this business , a sense of direction can mean the difference between laughing like a drain or getting caught with your trousers around the ankles of a friend you never had . |
| 10 | We hazard a guess that they 're lurking in a shoebox or , worse still , the ubiquitous carrier bag ! |
| 11 | We hazard a guess that they 're lurking in a shoebox or , worse still , the ubiquitous carrier bag ! |
| 12 | ( In comparison , the risk of a person dying in a traffic accident is 1 in 10,000 , and the risk of dying in a fire or a gas explosion at home is 1 in 1,000,000 . ) |
| 13 | The development of the exchange , from a meeting place for buyers and sellers , to futures trading in a pit or ring leads logically to the assumption that every member of the floor should be aware of the prevailing price of business being done and have an equal opportunity to participate in it . |
| 14 | Ways of explaining to a child or showing things for a child , or showing a child how to do things . |
| 15 | Cook admitted stealing the bus from Kelvin Central Bus depot in Kirkintilloch on 20 March last year and driving without a licence or insurance . |
| 16 | If you do not understand what is happening to a patient or the rationale behind any action you are asked to take , be sure to find out . |
| 17 | This art was continued by his son Thomas until 1826 , the scenes often relating to a description or incident in the book chosen for decoration . |
| 18 | Thus section 236(2) ( c ) refers to ‘ any person whom the court thinks capable of giving information concerning the promotion , formation , business , dealings , affairs or property of the company , ’ and by subsection ( 3 ) such a person may be ordered to produce ‘ any books , papers or other records in its possession or under his control relating to a company or the matters mentioned in paragraph ( c ) of the subsection . ’ |
| 19 | If not , the suspect is to be let go , unless , once again , detention is ‘ necessary to secure or preserve evidence relating to an offence or to obtain such evidence by questioning ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 20 | Then , again , and in this they point ahead to the invention of collage , the letters and numerals stress the material existence of the painting in another way : by applying to a canvas or sheet of paper letters , other pieces of paper or fragments of glass and tin — elements generally considered to be foreign to the technique of painting or drawing — the artist makes the spectator conscious of the canvas , panel or paper as a material object capable of receiving and supporting other objects . |
| 21 | Whether it 's rape by a former boyfriend , abuse by an older authority figure , repeated groping by a brother or cousin , or assault by a casual acquaintance , the emotional scars go deep and a woman 's life can be destroyed if she does n't get help in coping . |
| 22 | It is observed with all transparent or translucent colloids consisting of a gas or liquid dispersion medium . |
| 23 | A sort of heat haze , as opposed to the intense burning sensation of the stripe paintings , emerges as if we are looking through a veil or over a great distance at flat lands . |
| 24 | But this , of course , does not mean that they are not enjoying your company , if you show that you are quite happy just to sit quietly with them , looking through a newspaper or reading a book ; for silence is for sharing too on the right occasions . |
| 25 | Group C dressing for a play or any kind of stage production in the dressing room . |
| 26 | Acting for a buyer or a seller |
| 27 | In so far as the approach to a new transaction has not been covered by the general comments made above , much depends on whether the conveyancer is acting for a seller or a buyer . |
| 28 | This lists the documents that you 'll need on or shortly before completion , acting for a seller or mortgagor . |
| 29 | These regularly include at least one actor standing in a position intermediary between the dramatic characters proper and the audience by acting as a narrator or declaiming a prologue . |
| 30 | So the citizen could only flourish as a person by acting as a part or member of the whole , the community . |