Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whether it 's a case of preaching to the converted , but it 's fun |
| 2 | It draws attention to the centrality of preaching in the New Testament . |
| 3 | They realized that the old technique of depending upon the trained observer 's overall impression to characterize the natural vegetation of an area was unreliable . |
| 4 | Following consultation with Assistant Managers and Officer members in Bank of Ireland throughout the country in respect of the rumoured implementation of Performance Related Pay , it was agreed that the Bank be contacted for the purpose of elaborating on the views as expressed by the members at those meetings . |
| 5 | A lifetime 's habit of apologising to the person who treads on one 's toe is hard to break ; and ( in common with most middle- aged and middle-class women ) I have hardly ever encountered overt hostility from strangers , and never been ‘ chucked out ’ before . |
| 6 | Instead of apologising for the article , the Mirror , in an act of ‘ pure undiluted hypocrisy ’ , published a second article ‘ Maggie 's Clay Test ’ and a leader on the subject the following day . |
| 7 | And interestingly , one review by Mawer contains the only mention of the Newbolt Report to be included in the Review during the whole of the inter-war period , and this solely in the context of attributing to the Report responsibility for generating a good deal of subsequent discussion of grammar . |
| 8 | He made the mistake of attributing to the press the importance that they themselves give to newspapers and journalists . |
| 9 | Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible . |
| 10 | In the garden of the Adam and Eve , Theodora drank sherry and gave herself the pleasure of gazing at the spire of the cathedral . |
| 11 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 12 | At the end of the first public showing of her new collections Lisa was obliged by the uproar of cheering from the crowd to step out on stage and take a bow . |
| 13 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 14 | Sharing and co-operation between siblings can be observed , and if fights break out the method of handling by the parents provides on-the-spot evidence of management skills . |
| 15 | Chairman , instead of primarily addressing the issues of overspending on the education budget and the future of the elderly persons ' homes and also the securing of a secure unit these are pushed into second place when the Labour group can see the opportunity of headline grabbing and satisfying their overriding need to tell everyone how to live . |
| 16 | Mr Robert Mayor was n't too sure how he would vote in a council election , because of concern over reports of overspending by the hung Wirral authority and the effect on the poll tax . |
| 17 | You would n't offer them art if you did n't see the chance of slapping on the cost of paint as an extra . |
| 18 | Occasionally mainman Simon Breed will become so preoccupied with his crazed exhibition , he neglects the art of singing into the mic , grappling with his guitar as if it were a rabid pitbull while savagely screaming and throwing himself around the stage like an out-take from Nightmare On Elm Street . |
| 19 | In 1880 he decided to settle in London permanently , and , also in 1880 , Queen Victoria appointed him teacher of singing to the royal family . |
| 20 | In 1952 he became a professor of singing at the Guildhall School of Music before retiring to Fife in 1964 , where he continued to teach for many years . |
| 21 | In 1894 he became teacher of singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and many famous singers were his pupils . |
| 22 | Following her sister 's death in early infancy , her parents ' divorce when she was three years old , and her mother 's remarriage , Marguerite was brought up at the Earls Court residence of her mother and her mother 's third husband , Albert Visetti , a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in London . |
| 23 | The latter occurs as a trick used to fool the natives in Stevenson 's ‘ The Beach of Falesá ’ , where ‘ the sound of singing in the wind ’ caused by an Aeolian harp is mistaken for spirit voices near a mock-temple of imitation gods , ‘ idols or scarecrows , or what not ’ . |
| 24 | Nessie had the pig bucket in her hand when she heard the noise of singing in the early evening air . |
| 25 | Lee realized that there was no longer a sound of singing in the bar and when she looked up saw ‘ Patricia ’ staring down at her . |
| 26 | Pillai was sent as assistant commissioner of the Raipur District of the Central Provinces , where he learned ‘ on the job ’ the art of administering to the needs of half a million people . |
| 27 | Its shares slumped from around $170 before the October 1987 crash and instead of recovering with the Index have just touched a seven-year low at $96 . |
| 28 | There was sadness at the absence of Steffi Graf , who had to return home without playing because , within days of recovering from the flu that had disrupted her appearance at the Hopman Cup , she went down with German measles . |
| 29 | I think what really happened then [ the third time ] there was a sort of crackling in the noises as if someone was falling down . |
| 30 | Over the years he has played league cricket and county cricket for Sussex and Glamorgan with resounding success , and on his last trip to England thrilled the crowd with a magnificent display of strokemaking at the Oval , scoring 260 as Pakistan ran up the imposing total of 708 . |