Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She was heard to pause before going into the bathroom , the latch of which gave its distinctive click . |
| 32 | I had nothing much to do before reporting to the banker at four o'clock . |
| 33 | Individuals are not accorded the protection given to third States to treaties of having to assent in writing to the imposition of burdens upon them . |
| 34 | I recognise that we have a great deal of work to do in planning for the next steps in taking our strategy forward . |
| 35 | So often I have been forced to submit to playing on the worst courts or not at all . |
| 36 | This appears to be the first contradiction which the bishops later sought to resolve by withdrawing from the direct contact method . |
| 37 | This is impossible to do by staying within the lines , although it is easy to get close to success . |
| 38 | A new firm would have to invest in learning about the business , and the audit fee would have to reflect that . ’ |
| 39 | The possibility of asking such questions shows how far the courts have to go in dealing with the issues raised by representative standing . |
| 40 | For the last thing I wish to see alongside skimping on the police is local authorities reducing the number of teachers where they are needed to teach pupils . |
| 41 | The loss of reformist energy on the domestic front was another potential problem ( as de Gaulle seemed to acknowledge in returning to the old theme of participation in 1966 – 67 ) . |
| 42 | Och , just round to my Mother 's , basically , just to get out the house — I 've never been one just to sit in listening to the Central Heating switching itself off and on . |
| 43 | They saw Cipollini , a winner five times this season , lead Abdoujaparov with 50 yards to go before veering across the road in a blatant attempt to block the approach of the Tashkent rider . |
| 44 | This is a worthy guide which I will take care to read before alighting from the train at Aldershot station to begin what will be my tenth election campaign . |
| 45 | I dropped my rope at the base of one of the trees and started to rake , struggling to keep from slipping on the steep slope with its loose pine-needle surface . |
| 46 | The car swung to the right and pulled on to the verge , and he swung towards Caroline , his eyes blazing with such anger that she had to keep from cringing into the corner . |
| 47 | C Company withdrew to barracks in order to rest before embarking on the next operation early the following morning . |
| 48 | At five o'clock precisely , it was time for Dame Edna to catnap before changing for the evening for some glittering social round . |
| 49 | And Dr Frome was clearly not willing to smooth over the terrible event , to refrain from raking over the coals . |
| 50 | On the verge of tears , Mr Wolk went on television to appeal to people to refrain from taking to the streets , and urged them instead to keep a lit candle in their window . |
| 51 | A majority of those attending the meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party had favoured the abolition of the death penalty ; and the strength of their feeling on this issue was such that it was most unlikely that they could be persuaded to refrain from voting for the amendment . |
| 52 | This right of control is manifested in , among other situations , the consignor 's retrieval of goods from the carrier or the carrier 's warehousing agent and in the consignor 's instruction to refrain from delivering to the named consignee or to deliver to another consignee . |
| 53 | It therefore behoves the courts to be ever sensitive to the paramount need to refrain from trespassing upon the province of Parliament or , so far as this can be avoided , even appearing to do so . |
| 54 | Although it is not a matter for me , I would hope and expect that Parliament would be similarly sensitive to the need to refrain from trespassing upon the province of the courts . |
| 55 | It also asks customers to refrain from talking to the press about Pentium-based machines or product prices until May 20 and warns that it might cut off supplies of the new chip to transgressors . |
| 56 | Essentially the message is that nobody knows how far community care can be made to stretch without snapping under the strain . |
| 57 | Then Monica , in apparently wanting the ITF to change the Olympic eligibility rules to suit top players who did not want to qualify by playing in the Federation Cup , said ‘ without Gabriela , Martina or I in the Olympics , they would n't really be the Olympics and Steffi could win the gold medal playing left-handed . ’ |
| 58 | They were to start by talking to the officers in the Drugs Squad that Nicola had met . |
| 59 | Pointer needed no further encouragement and I was too intrigued to object to floundering through the frozen bracken . |
| 60 | And he points out , being private has made it easier to invest without worrying about the effect of reduced profits on the city . |