Example sentences of "[v-ing] they [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he will be continuing with Mary 's work of dealing with residents ' worries and complaints — ‘ pointing them in the direction of the right person to help them ’ — and assisting them with official forms , etc . |
| 2 | Several older NCT children have started school this year so we sha n't be seeing them at Open Houses now … |
| 3 | I remember seeing them on Ready Steady go and liking Ronnie Lane 's smile . |
| 4 | In summary , his presentation allows readers to suppose that the Pioneers were wrong in establishing , or attempting to establish , the producers ' societies as bodies separate from the consumers ' societies , and wrong even in seeing them as genuine co-operatives . |
| 5 | Bankers welcomed the appointments , seeing them as positive moves which would revitalize the QMA 's management of the economy . |
| 6 | Feminist psychology also finds it difficult to deal with apparent irrationalities in women 's subjectivity except by pathologizing the women , or seeing them as social victims . |
| 7 | Twelve interactive computer terminals allow visitors to take an ‘ electronic walk ’ through Pompeii 's forum , theatres , amphitheatre , villas and baths , seeing them from various perspectives . |
| 8 | The role of the museum is to present the collection in a fresh way , both showing unfamiliar paintings and hanging them in natural light ’ . |
| 9 | An official media campaign criticized the leaders of the DU ( formed in May 1988 — see p. 36038 ) , accusing them of personal ambition , corruption and links with anti-Soviet emigré organizations , and of seeking the overthrow of the social system . |
| 10 | So when the station came clean , they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias . |
| 11 | Now a group of about 4,000 former residents of the institutions in the 1950s and 1960s has filed a lawsuit against seven religious orders that operated a dozen orphanages or mental hospitals , accusing them of physical , sexual and psychological abuse and seeks damages of almost £1 billion . |
| 12 | The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police might care to ponder why it is that juries increasingly dismiss the sworn evidence of his officers in favour of those accusing them of gross impropriety . |
| 13 | He began gathering the books together , handling them with exaggerated care and opening them a second time to gaze at Melissa 's signature . |
| 14 | Exporters can raise prices in sterling terms ( so maintaining them in foreign currency terms ) without losing competitiveness . |
| 15 | The present research involves making extensive video recordings in the homes of eight carefully selected families and submitting them to various forms of analysis . |
| 16 | Processing items as soon as possible after soiling and/or submitting them to preliminary treatment . |
| 17 | He made his way through the twisting streets of the harbour district , crossing the little squares where the market traders were spreading linen sheets on the ground before decking them with neat conical piles of vegetables and spices whose reds , yellows and greens shone out brightly against the white . |
| 18 | She had a way of shaping them into round balls , raising her arms in a wide , swinging movement and hurling them straight at Elizabeth . |
| 19 | Mountain bikes do n't have guards because if you 're using them on wet and muddy terrain you do n't want to constantly have to stop to unclog the wheels . |
| 20 | The leaflet accused the Moslem of kidnapping children and using them for ritual purposes . |
| 21 | Once again there are different ways in which such data are used , but all share the object of analysing the data anew , using them for different purposes than originally intended . |
| 22 | These individual ‘ building blocks ’ are called phonemes , or in some instances allophones , and by using them in various combinations any word can be constructed . |
| 23 | More often , two or more rhythms are used to give not only a more varied rhythmic interest but also a bigger canvas by using first one rhythm , then another , or by using them in various combinations and expansions . |
| 24 | The children were being encouraged to learn about sentences by using them in real contexts . |
| 25 | Anyway , I like them , and will certainly be using them in future paintings . |
| 26 | You are already familiar with the mathematical operations curl , div , and grad ( I prefer using them in vector-operator form ) , and you need no introduction to the concepts of electricity . |
| 27 | This way we would give each student on our list a two-digit number , from 01 to 50 , and then run through a page of random numbers , using them in two-digit sets , until we had got ten within the range of 01 to 50 . |
| 28 | One other scheme allowed for one-to-one tests but left the decision about including them to individual teachers . |
| 29 | One of the most successful ways of giving a different quality to the steps and poses of classical dance and of transforming them into demi-caractère style is to relate them intimately to appropriate music . |
| 30 | Ohtake has recently been experimenting with objets trouvés , transforming them into architectural forms ; these are not , however , completely divorced from the spirit of the assemblages , collages , ink drawings and graffiti typical of his earlier work . |