Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [pron] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consultant has explained that Tourette 's Syndrome is a rare and unfortunate condition , and he should fucking well know about those , he 's right off the Christmas tree , probably spent half his life sucking strange men 's cocks or taking it up the arsehole in a public loo in the Charing Cross Road . |
| 2 | But if the flag is at all close to the top of the bank , look once again at getting the ball down on the ground as quickly as possible and running it up the bank . |
| 3 | After long deliberation , they settled on a dark bottle-green , and the elderly assistant measured off the required length , pulling yards of cloth from the bale and running it down the length of the counter , measuring it against a fixed brass rule . |
| 4 | They act out their role in a number of scenarios with an actor , such as meeting for the first time , attracting the man 's attention , and putting him off the trail . |
| 5 | The most hair-raising operation at Honister was not digging the slate , but getting it down the fells to sheds where the material was riven and dressed for transportation by packhorse to ports and river barges . |