Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now British American Tobacco is desperately trying to fight off the predatory raid of James Goldsmith , Rothschild et al . |
| 2 | After all , ’ she said simply , ‘ it 's all Stephen has , and he 's never going to excavate it , not really , nobody 's ever going to put up the money . |
| 3 | In three years of misery at White Hart Lane , the former England Under-21 was cruelly nicknamed ‘ Booby ’ Mimms — and he is still struggling to live down the tag , despite being the Premier League 's least charitable keeper this season . |
| 4 | Despite riding high at No 14 with House Of Love , the star is still battling to pay off the loan . |
| 5 | Unless the bank see new management , Virginia , the company your grandparents established is rapidly going to go down the pan — ’ |
| 6 | He 's always looking to take on the back row and his sheer physical strength is phenomenal … |
| 7 | Anybody who 's still trying to work out the story about the wreath and the river , there was n't any point to it . |
| 8 | He is now trying to pull down the house about the ears of Winchester 's Tories . |