Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider a rebel stretch of human DNA that is capable of snipping itself out of its chromosome , floating freely in the cell , perhaps multiplying itself up into many copies , and then splicing itself into another chromosome . |
| 2 | and they come to MPs like me to try and find some way of helping themselves out of the dilemma . |
| 3 | In other words , watching the film persuaded me that despite the intricacy of the life-producing process , it is not wrong to think of helping it along in certain ways . |
| 4 | after that we sort of passed it on to the one next you know what to expect , but if it was down to my mother she 'd never tell you . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the Whips pursued the government in the hope of catching them out in a snap vote ; at the least this would disrupt their progress and there seemed an outside chance that the government would tire of the interminable pressure and throw in the sponge . |
| 6 | She knew that even if Miss Clinton had n't had so long a start , her daddy would have little hope of catching her up in his old car . |
| 7 | Imperials both , they did not follow the local custom of farming him out to a neighbour . |
| 8 | Since he regarded the crutches as extensions of his arms he had the habit of windmilling them about in moments of excitement . |
| 9 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 10 | You should , we told you you should of had a little dog like ours and it could of ripped them up for ya . |
| 11 | It is clear that the derivation of the high number of word paths from mid-classes and the problem of filtering them out at the lexical access stage means that syntactic/semantic information must be brought to bear as soon as words are accessed . |
| 12 | We started the gradual process of bringing him back into work , hoping that he had been through all his disasters in one go : first he cut himself and had to be stitched , and then he got kicked on the hock . |
| 13 | We toyed with the idea of bringing her down from the gallery and onto the set one evening . |
| 14 | They stood , in silent vigil , at her side : Tiguary implored the chief to find a way of bringing her back with them , offered himself in exchange , but Ariel knew that Sycorax could still not be moved any distance without endangering her life . |
| 15 | Your mother , abandoned by your unknown father , had the job of bringing you up on her own . |
| 16 | This , however , is not the thinking — and it may be presumptuous — that moved BBC2 to hit us between the frontal lobes with Jonathan Miller 's states of mind ( 20 February ) , a series that will march on for 15 weeks in the cause of bringing us up to date with what is happening in psychology . |
| 17 | He would never have thought of bringing it out against Yussuf . |
| 18 | Thus it is a general policy to ensure that mineral working is carried on ‘ with proper regard for the appearance and other amenities of the area ’ , and that when the working is finished the land should ( wherever practicable ) not be left derelict but ‘ restored or otherwise treated with a view of bringing it back to some form of beneficial use ’ . |
| 19 | Such was the improvement in turbo cars in such a short space of time that they were soon capable of producing anything up to 1300 b.h.p . |
| 20 | He had actually taken the trouble of ruling them out for all his business contacts as well . |
| 21 | A disabled rider who 's accusing a horse trader of cheating her out of twelve hundred pounds says more than a hundred and fifty people may have suffered a similar fate . |
| 22 | We need the discipline of opening ourselves up to compassion . |
| 23 | We need the discipline of opening ourselves up to compassion . |
| 24 | Almost imperceptibly the practice began of signing them on for voyages to Britain , Europe and North America so that the numbers of Chinamen and Lascars on ships based in these areas gradually increased and with it the Chinese , Indian and half-caste population of such ports as Cardiff and Liverpool . |
| 25 | Cycle parking is actually I wish they 'd actually pay a bit more places to actually put your bike and you did n't have to sort of tie it up to some lamppost or something |
| 26 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
| 27 | Now you can look at that and sort of chant it out to yourself and learn that as a table or learn it visually or vaguely remember some of it and fill in the gaps by going back , What happened when we tried when we dripped ac acid on a metal ? |
| 28 | If the motion was a feint , then indeed we shall by our advancing be less in reach of keeping them out of Derbyshire . |
| 29 | But there seemed to be no way of keeping her out of trouble ; her maid , ‘ seeing discomfort on every side ’ , first refused to obey her , and then left her . |
| 30 | This is a good means of keeping it out of harm 's way and it could not be better camouflaged . |