Example sentences of "without [v-ing] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the physical violence that Dick Francis writes of so well , without glorying in it , without dismissing it in the way cruder writers do as they allow a hero to leap into action after some terrible beating-up if this does not fire your imagination you can still write suspense novels that will satisfy readers every bit as well . |
| 2 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 3 | Time is regarded as a crucial aspect of experience in English , so that it is virtually impossible to discuss any event in English without locating it in the past , present , or future . |
| 4 | First , how dare she assume that our main goal is to walk , without consulting us in the first place . |
| 5 | I used the privacy to make some calls on the house phone without logging them in the red exercise book Mr Goodson had drawing-pinned to the wall . |
| 6 | Some men get just as turned on by nuzzling and licking the cock and balls without taking them in the mouth . |
| 7 | To compel a pupil to obey a teacher makes no sense without placing it in the context of compulsory schooling enforced legally . |
| 8 | The emphasis is on conduct , on leading the reader ‘ on the way to heaven , without intricating him in the labyrinths and wild turnings of questions and uncertain talkings ’ . |
| 9 | Such specimens as we collect are obtained without bothering him in the slightest — smears for chromosome checks , the occasional blood sample , and so on , that 's all . |
| 10 | Sam said , ‘ You 'll be taking my sodding job next , ’ without meaning it in the least , and Nolan , bitter-eyed and cursing , saw Tremayne 's warning glare and subsided with festering rancour . |