Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theodosiou was the first to go for stamping in the 72nd minute and Greg Downs followed after protesting at a penalty decision . |
| 2 | We will tell you all you need to know about surviving despite the twentieth-century diet , and the real facts about obesity . |
| 3 | Lady Street had returned to what must have been normal for any morning at this time ; the delivery vans had gone , there was sporadic traffic in the one-way street , and people had no time to stand about gawping at the bookshop though they slowed their pace in passing and tried to look in without appearing to do so . |
| 4 | I can not help but marvel over the miracle of cordless technology when perched 40ft high , drilling through roof rafters with a cordless tool , not having to worry about tripping over the cable or whether it 's going to rain . |
| 5 | My understanding from your letter of [ Date ] is that I am jointly instructed by the vendor , Mr D Smith , and the purchasers ( as set out in the Agreement between the parties dated [ Date ] ) and that I am requested to certify in writing to the parties , the value , in my opinion , of Mr D Smith 's shares at [ Date ] . |
| 6 | The opening chapter gives an in-depth and simple to understand account of all you need to know before taking to the water . |
| 7 | He was playing in a match at Windsor Great Park when , after stretching for a ball , he was seen to wince before going to the side of the field to lie down . |
| 8 | He intends to concentrate on writing for the next year , with a summer break to make an irreverent beginner 's Guide to Opera , co-written with his colleague Paul Whitehouse . |
| 9 | In recent months many software vendors which used to concentrate on producing for the Commodore , Amiga and Atari have started to supply versions for the IMB-PC and its clones as well . |
| 10 | Okay so if you can learn to concentrate on looking for the patterns and looking for , Oh well what sort of word is this , is it going to end in a K end in c sound so it 'll be C K. |
| 11 | These are all provided in a manageable package , leaving the teachers free to concentrate on teaching in the classroom , identifying needs , and directing self-study activities . |
| 12 | Pearl uses none of the electronic or ‘ sound enhancing ’ techniques currently fashionable , and aims to concentrate on extracting from the original grooves the essence of music . |
| 13 | I more or less fell into it , and without quite realising what I was doing obeyed a primitive instinct to hide by crawling under the track . |
| 14 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 15 | The Co Antrim team certainly had cause to celebrate after storming to the title after five years in the doldrums … and now they aim to go from strength to strength . |
| 16 | Such consent would not be an answer to a charge of assault , and the policy reasons that forbid consenting adults to engage in fighting for the purposes of assault should apply equally in the case of an affray . |
| 17 | On Oct. 22 , Gorbachev and the leaders of the seven republics and Azerbaijan appealed to Ukraine to participate in working on the draft union treaty . |
| 18 | then it may be appropriate for it to progress to operating at the skilful stage . |
| 19 | Alters the relationship between Crown land and the planning system , in particular by allowing the Crown to apply for planning before the disposal of assets . |
| 20 | There were several students on hand to help with moving of the furniture etc . |
| 21 | There has to be a force which operates truly in the best interests of the child , and there has to be recognition and understanding of the very difficult and narrow lines many social workers have to tread in dealing with the most harrowing cases . |
| 22 | Work is currently going on to prepare a book so that parishes can be helped to develop the part they have to play in handing on the faith to our children . |
| 23 | However , the small number of implied covenants have a part to play in contributing towards the comfort of tenants and some have attracted the attention of Parliament . |
| 24 | Chiang tried to escape by running up the mountain , and a pavilion has been built to mark the place where he tried to hide in a crevice before he was caught . |
| 25 | I managed to escape by diving into the river . |
| 26 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 27 | Turning now to the income-related benefits , as the House knows , the uprating is , in this respect , based not on the full retail prices index , but on what is known as the Rossi index , which , in essence , is the RPI less housing costs but which we have this year brought more exactly into line with what the benefits are intended to cover by including in the calculation 20 per cent . |
| 28 | This brought a swift end to the Marquis 's exploits and he and La Tour had to go into hiding for the next few years . |
| 29 | Anything to do with going to the loo makes children laugh . |
| 30 | This chapter is therefore an invitation of sorts — an invitation to pause before plunging into the specific issues that follow and to consider some of the broader questions about the nature of education management . |