Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such actions may be indicative of a climate of fear , or of caution , or of simply teaching to the test . |
| 2 | And they stabbed at him and caused his whole body to tremble as if in shame because , in a way , he knew she was right : his inadequacy to face his future was there for even himself to see ; he had considered volunteering in order to avoid the responsibility of making the choice either of going to University to read for a degree in English Literature or of just plumping for a teacher 's training college course . |
| 3 | It is also important for the leaders to take the lead in public worship in prophesying or in publicly speaking in tongues , or in the use of the word of knowledge . |
| 4 | As You Like It is also very British — it mixes ages and accents and acting styles enough to suggest an island-full of people falling in and out of love , or at least bumping into each other . |
| 5 | As soon as she entered the room she knew that Clare had already been telling tales ; or at least complaining to her colleagues . |
| 6 | it probably needs erm probably cleaning , or at least looking at . |
| 7 | I saw them all in control of a class ( or at least presenting to a large group ) and I was well pleased with their competence . |
| 8 | This approach has enormously suggestive potential for analysis of listening , for it fully accepts the significance of new perceptual attitudes and situations while by-passing or at least putting in question the usual , too easy Adorn Ian assumptions of passivity . |
| 9 | n political affairs they found themselves calling upon , or at least coming to terms with , bourgeois liberals of the more moderate sort and , however nominally , their kind of representative institutions . |
| 10 | This may be provided within the office system itself , or by automatically dropping into an appropriate application tool . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister has the capacity to determine the scope of the various offices , or to take-over a department either in practice or by actually adding to his or her own responsibilities . |
| 12 | The match was a hard-fought contest and after much cheating on their part , the prisoners ran out 3–0 victors with a doubtful hat-trick by Rudolph Hess . |
| 13 | He will be unable to discover possibilities of buying from those who underestimated the eagerness of potential buyers and of then selling to these eager buyers ( who might in turn have underestimated the eagerness of the sellers ) . |
| 14 | He is charged with ensuring that the Operator providing the signal complies with the rules of coverage , with coordinating committee coverage , and with generally liaising between HOCBUL , the Operator , the broadcasters , the Committee itself and Members and Officers of the House . |
| 15 | It is best treated with relaxation therapy and with just lying in bed , resting , even if sleep does not come . |
| 16 | Prevention is better than cure , and before even entering into a tenancy agreement you should seek independent legal advice from a solicitor . |
| 17 | And without even waiting to be asked ‘ what 's up ? ’ he laps up the attention . |
| 18 | She never walked on the beach , and without ever thinking about it he had assumed she did n't because she did n't want to spoil her shoes . |
| 19 | Or you can add a little food to the unstocked tank , and by regularly testing for nitrites , monitor the gradual increase of the bacteria as they ‘ feed ’ on the wastes and multiply . |
| 20 | This significant discover is being further evaluated during 1992 and 1993 , by an extended well test of Tempa Rossa 2 which is currently underway , a new seismic survey and by further drilling including a re-entry and deepening of the original discovery well in the Laurenzana permit . |
| 21 | The way he gained ‘ the word that sustains the weary ’ was not like a bolt from the blue , but through patiently listening to God morning by morning . |
| 22 | I refuse , but after much heckling from the others , I agree to sing ‘ Nancy Spain' , if Cal will accompany me . |
| 23 | The shape , style and content of these items can be altered at will as can their position but without ever reaching for scissors or glue . |
| 24 | I had no idea how she would take it , but on past showing from other senior staff nurses I suspected badly . |
| 25 | Preferably by retaining the two-thirds majority , but at least ensuring as my Noble Friend Lord has suggested , a clear majority and I myself will go on reiterating the principle , enunciated by Professor in the er and also much commended by some elements in the Conservative Party and he said you can not have real effective democracy without real effective local self government , and he said that in the light of his experiences in pre-war Germany . |
| 26 | Initially they both showed signs of running a mile and denying all knowledge , but by cunningly playing on their male pride , their desire to believe they were ‘ a better man ’ than their rival , she made each one mad with jealousy of the other , and finally had her pick of which she preferred , leading him up the aisle of the Methodist Chapel well before the bulge began to show . |
| 27 | Do they see erm , if , if they migrate to the city in the urban areas then they realize they wo n't get a job , and have a job straight away , er well paying job but by actually living in the area they would and taking in at a job and they get a lot of contacts and then eventually after a period of time they job . |
| 28 | The older villagers mainly watched , but by so doing at least attached themselves to and reinforced the validity of the actions of the young . |