Example sentences of "down and [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When insulin was introduced its use in less severe form was continued with the intention of keeping the dose of insulin down and controlling the blood glucose . |
| 2 | looking down and seeing the young man again . |
| 3 | SUMMERCHILD : A feeling of — I don t know — looking down and seeing the world stretching away over the horizon . |
| 4 | Milton 's top goal scorer , Nigel Mott was now settling down and causing the lanky Bob Styman problems at the back for Bishops Cleve with his probing runs down the right . |
| 5 | Well t I mean to the extent that that is happening , that there is a development of trade on the sort of , you know , with the periphery of the empire and with erm areas outside the empire , and that was certainly happening in this period , I do n't see why it should have a significant impact on the peasant population because there is n't really any evidence that it 's , in a sense , trickling down and enriching the peasantry . |
| 6 | She turned and spurred Fontana forward , leaning down and dragging the bag over the ground . |
| 7 | It rejoices in the unrivalled might of Israel 's God , the creator of the world , and in his habit of turning human affairs upside down and bringing the powerless to positions of strength . |
| 8 | She nearly lost her balance as she brought her left foot alongside her right , but by bending down and clutching the stone she was able to stay on it . |
| 9 | Only after ‘ tedious battering the top thereof with pick-axes ’ did they eventually undermine two of its six sides bringing them down and leaving the tower in the state in which it is today . |
| 10 | you know , getting used to the feel of it , it 's alright just talking about it or just doing some calculations and just thinking , oh yeah , I can do that now , but you ca n't beat really getting down and drawing the pictures , and |
| 11 | There is a kind of feedback into the black community : stories about going for a job , getting turned down and explaining the failure as caused by being black get fed back to other blacks and so nourish conceptions about the structure of society . |
| 12 | Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls . |
| 13 | It is at least worth a footnote to any textbook on handling disputes that few employers have to contend with their management arm solemnly sitting down and condemning the negotiating strategy and then publicly relating their views to the press . |
| 14 | The Yugo finally skidded to a halt upside down and straddling the middle lane . |
| 15 | Clarke had already achieved fame as a law enforcer by tracking down and executing the famous dandy highwayman , Jack Rann . |
| 16 | By now they will not be eating , so all the food you threw in and did n't bother to remove ‘ in case they got hungry ’ , will be rotting down and raising the ammonia level . |
| 17 | But he was clambering down and opening the door , to take part in whatever was going on . |
| 18 | During training Catherine had to acquire a few hair-raising skill such as flying upside down and rescuing the aircraft from a stall . |
| 19 | Hamilton came back into the shop , rolling his shirtsleeves down and buttoning the cuffs . |
| 20 | A CALL for Christians to join Muslims in hunting down and killing the novelist Salman Rushdie was made yesterday by the speaker of Iran 's parliament , Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri . |
| 21 | A CALL for Christians to join Muslims in hunting down and killing the novelist Salman Rushdie was made yesterday by the speaker of Iran 's parliament , Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri . |
| 22 | There was only a handful of tourists and a few gardeners in orange overalls and hard yellow hats batting the undergrowth down and checking the stonework . |