Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inference was obvious , and in a letter to his brother , a distinguished mycologist , Lister proposed to try using the mould for treating patients . |
| 2 | W. S. I tried to avoid using the stick . |
| 3 | Graham , almost automatically , tried to imagine drawing the scene , |
| 4 | I sometimes tried to imagine blocking the Maggot during a game of American football and simply could not . |
| 5 | Mr Delors yesterday tried to deny scuppering the agreement . |
| 6 | Below decks , Grace was shipshape , but after calling on Lord Jim Nenna always felt impelled to start cleaning the bright-work . |
| 7 | As he moved to start dousing the flames , Ashley fled into the small whitewashed bedroom on the other side of the hall . |
| 8 | As an aside Jackson promised to investigate providing the blind with the paper on weekly cassette . |
| 9 | This was indeed his year for honours since in January he had been awarded the Order of Merit by George VI ; some have said that this gratified him more than the Nobel , and certainly he seemed to enjoy wearing the medal and ribbon on ceremonial occasions . |
| 10 | Becker revealed that he 'd considered quitting the game earlier in the year . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been meaning to give you these of Uncle John 's , Phil , ’ he 'd said taking the medals out of his pocket . |
| 12 | But I have n't gone really as I hoped cos I 'd envisaged having the membership list with sort of names of who 'll make cakes , who 'll help on the stall and then know who to phone |
| 13 | As soon as they reached Bagno di Romagna Zen had phoned Geraci , who he 'd left holding the fort , and inquired about Ivy Cook . |
| 14 | ‘ When I 'd finished writing the book I had lunch with a publisher ; she walked in with this crestfallen expression on her face , saying , ‘ I expected somebody taller , blonder , and just more … |
| 15 | When he 'd finished eating the spaghetti he 'd call round and see her . |
| 16 | ‘ By the time I 'd finished reading the report I was fairly confident that if I , as an adult , accepted what was on that screen as being right , valid and interesting , then it would be the same for a child — provided I took out any excessive sexuality and violence . |
| 17 | And as soon as they 'd finished questioning the Tomorrowman 's barman about the beer mat heist , they 'd get around to the rest . |
| 18 | And it was n't until she 'd finished doing the washing-up , and the kitchen had been cleaned to her satisfaction , that she began at last to simmer down . |
| 19 | well we had in the bank , we had calor gas lamps and when the power cut came we had to have the calor gas lamps on , and er , at night you 'd get home and you knew what area was going off at what time and you used to have to rush round , I remember once , it was going off about six and it went off early , it went off about five instead , and I 'd started cooking the tea , luckily got a gas cooker and this was at Abbott Road , it started |
| 20 | Imagine my shock when , just as I 'd begun thumping the bottom of the big brown pot , I chanced to look inside the bin and there , half buried in rubbish , was Cymbeline 's red plastic teapot . |
| 21 | After four months back in traffic however , the discovery of further traces of blue asbestos on parts of the Pullman underframes , caused the set to be impounded again … at which point InterCity took the initiative to run its own refurbished VIP stock on the Scenic Land Cruise trains , albeit with Pullman Rail contracted to continue booking the trains . |
| 22 | Shipwrights and workmen arrived to start stripping the wreck to the waterline . |
| 23 | The Home Secretary sought to justify placing the burden of disproof on defendants by remarking that it is ‘ in common with other statutory defences of this kind ’ ( H.C . |
| 24 | After two sessions , I really began to enjoy driving the I.A.M. way . |
| 25 | Every hill-walker dreams of seeing a wildlife drama unfold in front of them as they peer over a crag , hoping that the next rise will reveal an osprey fighting off a wildcat which it returned to find attacking the nest , forcing the great bird to drop its intended dinner , a pine marten , which runs for its life , stopping only to catch and eat a grounded , flapping , pipistrelle bat . |
| 26 | Not only were connections with the Labour Party broken but the Bradford Conference , against the advice of the NAC , decided to discontinue paying the Trade Union political levy ; to withdraw from membership of the Co-operative Party ; and to forbid ILP Members from holding any position in the Labour movement which involved giving support to the policies of the Labour Party . |
| 27 | I then decided to try putting the plants in a piece of plastic drainage pipe . |
| 28 | Having just produced the film of Gore Vidal 's political play The Best Man , Turman started to consider making the movie from Webb 's book . |
| 29 | Mr Tudor said : ‘ I decided to start selling the Nightstick when a friend of mine had his car broken into . |
| 30 | And er put a dollop er dipped your hand into this the grit as well started rubbing using the water we 'd got . |