Example sentences of "without [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lost over £4,000 dealing with two letting agencies which closed down without paying them the rent and tenants ' deposit owed on their Wembley flat . |
| 2 | And then , without caring what the headmaster might think , he ran after Maisie as fast as he could . |
| 3 | ( As I can speak of red without calling it the colour of blood . ) |
| 4 | ( As I can speak of red without calling it the colour of blood . ) ’ |
| 5 | The idea of target setting based purely on ‘ doing better ’ without considering what the cost of that doing better is , just does not stand up to rational examination . |
| 6 | Two people lingered , fingering the scarves , and she put her head down , feigning ignorance , or ineptitude , or just plain stupidity — whatever , so long as they went away without asking her the price of anything ! |
| 7 | This has to be suggested to her with some care , without giving her the impression that you think her sudden collapse into illness is in any way imminent or inevitable ; and it should not be suggested at all if it is felt that it might upset or frighten her . |
| 8 | She had left the previous night without speaking to him , without giving him the chance to say how sorry he was . |
| 9 | And without giving him the satisfaction of knowing how deeply he had hurt her . |
| 10 | This is that , in my view , if a decision-making body is to exercise powers such as those of serving an intervention notice without giving anybody the opportunity to make representations beforehand , its procedures should provide that those who might otherwise expect to have been allowed to make representations should at least be allowed to make immediate application to set the decision aside and to appeal against it . |
| 11 | In practice that is a recipe for disaster since , without knowing what the brain and its components do , we will never know whether we have a good description of how they work . |
| 12 | I think it would be very foolish of er of the government to stop that kind of er innovation , that kind of er er research going forward without knowing what the end results are going to be . |
| 13 | Suppose somebody read to you , without telling you the author , but telling you the date — the early seventeenth century lines like this ‘ But let my due feet never fail to walk the studious cloisters pale and love the high embowered rough with antique pillars and and storeyed windows richly dyked , casting a dim religious light , there let the pealing organ blow to the full-voiced choir below in service high and anthems clear , as may with sweetness through mine ear dissolve me into ecstasies and bring all heaven before my eyes . |