Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] the [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get a new constitution by tearing up the old one unlawfully ? |
| 2 | She said , ‘ No , that one is the biggest ’ , picking out the tallest one . |
| 3 | No more being shy and going up the high one . |
| 4 | Prime with two to three coats of eggshell , thinning down the first one with white spirit to avoid ridges . |
| 5 | ‘ Want a sweet ? ’ he said , holding out the last one in the packet . |
| 6 | The mighty Great Eastern not only laid a new cable ; it succeeded in hauling up the earlier one splicing on a centre-piece , and lowering it again to the sea-bed . |
| 7 | ‘ He was trying out the new one that Joe bought for his little Beth to learn on , and even I knew he was playing well . ’ |
| 8 | than working out the other one . |