Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bringing tea out on the lawn , |
| 2 | do you want strangulating ? , or hanging upside down on the clothes line by your toe nails ? |
| 3 | And the next thing he know he remembers he 's hanging upside down with a half feet around his the chain had slipped 't was round his ankle and he was hanging upside down in the dark twenty feet from the ground . |
| 4 | Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches . |
| 5 | Marshes play an important part in keeping sediment out of the bay 's waters . |
| 6 | He was thirty five yesterday but Oldham ruined the celebrations , knocking Town out of the Coca Cola Cup , one-nil … |
| 7 | Once you 've done that , you can then start taking really strong action about keeping traffic out of the City , because you 've got the alternative . |
| 8 | The Pontins League includes the reserve teams of most of the North 's top clubs , with Everton gaining promotion back to the first division last season after being relegated 12 months previously . |
| 9 | As for the comment you attributed to me , that Britain has a budding romance with pressurised water reactor , I have always been an advocate of keeping government out of the bedroom and would , therefore , never have allowed such a comment to pass From my lips . |
| 10 | By drawing engine cooling air in through the left-front wheelarch , for example , Renault engineers have not only been able to enhance the Clio 's aerodynamics , but also protect the engine from damage caused by ingress of foreign bodies . |
| 11 | ‘ Tweed was seen driving east out of the city . |
| 12 | Both knew it would not end with tricking information out of the Versorelli Institute . |
| 13 | On Forbes 's ‘ throne ’ by the VDUs sat the queen bee of admin , weaving order out of the potential chaos of paperwork . |
| 14 | Delaney turned the already hosing gun on to the nearest . |
| 15 | Using a single prong transfer tool , lift the two long strands of weaving yarn on to the selected needles . |
| 16 | There is increasing independent evidence that the first trusts are proving that bringing management back into the hospitals is already bringing benefits to patients and staff . |
| 17 | First , there may be a case for shifting the evidential burden of establishing consent on to the shoulders of the defence in certain cases , such as where there is evidence of injury inflicted by the defendant , where weapons are used or where sexual intercourse takes place in the context of the commission of another grave offence . |
| 18 | Another rider fell in front of him , spilling coolant on to the track and , for once , luck deserted him . |
| 19 | Apart from transporting rubbish out of the area , which is costly , Cullen has discussed the advantages and disadvantages of four methods of on- or near-site disposal . |
| 20 | Children are likely to play ball against your side wall and you may find yourself picking litter out of the garden which has been thrown over your wall or fence . |
| 21 | One evening he clambered down with an armful of tin pipes and funnels , scooped a cupful of fermenting liquid out of the barrel , and disappeared into the lavatory . |
| 22 | Well is that fetching I mean is that a is that the routine that 's picking information back from the lexicon or something ? |
| 23 | And that looks like bringing rain along for the afternoon . |
| 24 | If there 's a dinner or special occasion like the installation of the Chancellor , she might be bringing wine up from the stores , overseeing the table lay-out , arranging flowers , scheming the candles and napkins . |
| 25 | Now Dr A. Noyan and colleagues from Hacettepe University in Ankara have discovered that the lymph nodes ( small swellings ) found at intervals along the lymph vessels act as tiny hearts , pumping lymph up from the extremities of the body towards the neck , where it enters the venous circulation ( Journal of Muscle Research and Ceil Motility , vol 4 , p 103 ) . |
| 26 | The idea came from the experience of pulling hair out of the bathtub ; ‘ this made me think about the things that are worthless , that we want to get rid of , the embarrassing hidden things like body hair , and the things we value and cultivate — in our culture , for instance , the head of hair is usually the first thing people register when they look at someone , a great deal of energy and money is , therefore , expended on hairdressing and styling . |
| 27 | This Barth saw as the irreplaceable basis of Christian theology ; and , he insisted , once it had been recognised , there could be no possible reason for casting around in other directions , and certainly not for turning theology back into the contemplation of our own spiritual navels , or for blunting the challenge and promise of the gospel by seeking to reinterpret or ‘ improve ’ it in the terms of some alternative ( and therefore competing ) theological or philosophical frame of reference . |
| 28 | This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mine workings at Griff Colliery , Nuneaton , from 1723 , and was later moved to other sites , ending up at Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry Canal , where it remained in use until 19 13 . |
| 29 | Tory agent Kathy Lever said : ‘ Our vote is holding up well and we will be going flat out over the next ten days to win over the undecided voters . ’ |
| 30 | Kalchu was carrying Lāla Bahādur on his back in a shawl and gently coaxing Hārkini along by the hand . |