Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gate admits to a path , presumably made as a droveway for bringing sheep down from the fell ; this spirals up to the ridge where a turn to the right leads to the summit cairn . |
| 2 | Still on the gardening scene , I 've used these for years in place of plant pots for bringing seeds on in the greenhouse . |
| 3 | Watercolour paper is very difficult for using crayons on as the ‘ pits ’ in the paper interrupt the crayon colour . |
| 4 | Another organisation , ‘ Rock Against Terror ’ emerged from a nighttime incident in which musicians from two groups in Moscow were roughly treated by the police for singing songs loudly in the streets . |
| 5 | ‘ He said it had hardly ever been used intentionally to murder people in Europe , though it 's being used all the time out East for helping relatives on to the next world . |
| 6 | Managers get the blame EDUCATION managers in County Durham were blamed yesterday for keeping money away from the schools which need it most . |
| 7 | What thanks is this for keeping vigil outside in the street nearly all night ? |
| 8 | The rugged David McIvor — at No8 on the Scottish scrum feed but on the flank on France 's — was the one man who showed any real propensity for knocking men back in the tackle . |
| 9 | Nigel dared to disagree with her — he had hated his own school and he thought he divined Gina 's reason for wanting Anthony out of the way . |
| 10 | This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mine workings at Griff Colliery , Nuneaton , from 1723 , and was later moved to other sites , ending up at Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry Canal , where it remained in use until 19 13 . |
| 11 | McLaren well receive continued supplies of Honda engines for testing purposes through to the end of the year . |
| 12 | For a start , you need a bricklaying trowel for spreading the mortar bed in which each course of bricks or blocks is laid , for buttering mortar on to the end of each brick before you place it , and for trimming off excess mortar afterwards . |
| 13 | This Barth saw as the irreplaceable basis of Christian theology ; and , he insisted , once it had been recognised , there could be no possible reason for casting around in other directions , and certainly not for turning theology back into the contemplation of our own spiritual navels , or for blunting the challenge and promise of the gospel by seeking to reinterpret or ‘ improve ’ it in the terms of some alternative ( and therefore competing ) theological or philosophical frame of reference . |
| 14 | This has led officials from the Department of Antiquities to offer rewards to anyone who helps them recover a lost item , as happened in Kirkuk where some people have already received between two and three thousand Dinars ( less than £1 ) for turning items over to the Department . |
| 15 | Perhaps he is the Quorn 's latest recruit for getting badgers out of the ground . |
| 16 | He was all for sending Gladstone over to the ‘ bloody ’ Russians . ’ |
| 17 | The group would also be using a base in Perth as a central point for sending cranes all over the country . |
| 18 | The frenetic pace established to get an episode ‘ into the can ’ each Friday certainly left very little time for breaking tension even with the odd unscheduled moment of humorous diversion . |
| 19 | It 's a relic from the building 's yacht pavilion days , and was originally used for hauling drunks out of the water . |
| 20 | No doubt you have the proper facilities for taking statements down at the station . ’ |
| 21 | Mixed exhibitions are ideal for spotting talent ahead of the market , as well as being a significant source of income for many artists . |
| 22 | But this is not a satisfactory reason for leaving teachers out of the management of any attempt to opt out . |
| 23 | He also put some of the onus for countering terrorism back onto the public . |