Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 2 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 3 | The examination will be conducted by means of a cassette recording for dubbing on to the audio equipment at the Local Centre to achieve universal standards of dictation . |
| 4 | But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books . |
| 5 | The decapitated head spun like a ball in the air , lips still moving ; his trunk stood for a few seconds in its own fountain of hot red gore before crashing on to the blood-stained ice . |
| 6 | As we were stepping on to the adjoining barge , the man on the bench called out to us . |
| 7 | She paced up and down ; she went backwards and forwards to the windows , stepping on to the little balcony where they sat together in the afternoon sun , peering down the street . |
| 8 | But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals . |
| 9 | Another powerful reason why improved mud buildings are not catching on in the tropical Third World is that for poor families , housing is not the first priority . |
| 10 | A determined show of political resistance from Mr Yeltsin and his supporters in other republics might help convince many old-fashioned Russian nationalists that hanging on to the Baltic republics is not worth a fight . |
| 11 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 12 | I will definitely be hanging on to the sweat-stained handkerchief that Tom Jones tossed to my mother back in the Sixties . |
| 13 | There may be more security in hanging on to the old and acquiring something new as well . |
| 14 | At the beginning , although I felt that I wanted to get better , I was hanging on to the secure feeling that being ill brought . |
| 15 | Delegates placed an overriding emphasis on hanging on to the foreign investment the country has ; on winning back firms wooed away to the Third World ; and on finding new customers . |
| 16 | Kurdish people are hanging on in the northern part of Iraq , desperately in need of support and aid that must come to them before a harsh winter sets in . |
| 17 | Verity wiggled her bottom , plonked it back down , calmly braked and shifted up to fifth , dawdling along behind the green Parceline truck while she waited for it to overtake an Esso tanker . |
| 18 | It should have calmed her , gazing down at the burbling river , should have helped her to think about the problem uppermost in her mind ; but it was impossible to concentrate , knowing that he was close by . |
| 19 | He paused only the once , gazing down at the burnt meat that had been his friend and comrade for so long . |
| 20 | For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle . |
| 21 | She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate . |
| 22 | Could you repeat the bit about the insect-headed aliens gazing down from the spinning globules of light ? |
| 23 | Michael Lynagh is still rattling along towards the four-figure mark but not at the same rate . |
| 24 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 25 | Touching down on the main wheels first , the Ercoupe twitched into line ; they even tried it with the rudder pedals locked , flying on elevator and aileron only , but found the feeling ‘ rather disconcerting ’ ! |
| 26 | This was The Who touching down after the conceptual splurge of ‘ Tommy ’ , knocking out faves like ‘ Magic Bus ’ and re-reading touchstone '50s songs in a deranged but affectionate way . |
| 27 | Having anticipated that Nana would be unable to supply gin and Safex , even in an emergency , Mada Joyce had sent her oldest boy loping down to the Chinese store in the lowest village for these essentials . |
| 28 | Kneeling down on the dusty pavement , she made as if to tie her shoelaces . |
| 29 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've always thought of the guitar as another voice , so I start with a voice , singing along with the vocal , and from time to time you can hear a place where other voices would come in , like backing harmonies , which then become part of it . |