Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases . |
| 2 | A white face was the only qualification required for work , modelling or hamming it up in a TV commercial . |
| 3 | Someone who 's forever pushing her hair out of her eyes , or stuffing it up in a clip on top of her head simply looks harassed . |
| 4 | I had to say something humorous without being a smart-ass or putting her down in any way . |
| 5 | Fishermen of tropical seas who regularly catch sea snakes display little or no fear of them , handling them with impunity and either killing them or throwing them back in the water . |
| 6 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 7 | But it must be equally obvious that during spells of prolonged rain the rabbits are much more likely to stay underground in the warmth and security of their burrow systems rather than braving it out in the open and being constantly soaked . |
| 8 | It 's pleasanter than chopping him up in little pieces . |
| 9 | We 've tried to love both dogs equally , and simply separate them for a cooling-off period after a fight , rather than telling them off in any way . |
| 10 | This means leaving faeces in a prominent place , rather than covering them up in the litter tray . |
| 11 | But he was a proper But it was in his back yard , he was killing it and hanging it up in the window there . |
| 12 | Or is this yet another example of the Government and their supporters talking up human rights in theory and knocking them down in practice ? |
| 13 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 14 | Then I would be an artisan , quietly learning my trade at the feet of a master and passing it on in turn to my apprentices . |
| 15 | ‘ How do you mean , you wrote this ? ’ demands Howard , taking the book and turning it over in his hands . |
| 16 | The difference was that the teacher in the first group really related to the material and to the children , and she had understood the underlying purpose and challenge of RE and was able to point up the discussion , listening carefully to what the children said and leading them on in their thinking . |
| 17 | These group-living females show remarkable degrees of social tolerance and sometimes take up residence in large , communal nests , carrying all their kittens in there and piling them up in a huge , squirming mass . |
| 18 | I think it 's only a question of taking it out turning it round and screwing it back in again . |
| 19 | One was heard to complain ‘ we were shipping the money to New York in boxcars and getting it back in tips ’ . |
| 20 | Just look at that ( stabbing a piece and holding it up in mid-air ) . |
| 21 | Those respondents who insisted on strict anonymity — to the extent of removing coding on the questionnaires and sending them back in plain brown envelopes — not surprisingly pointed to the anonymity factor as an attractive feature of headhunting when compared with in-house recruiting . |
| 22 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 23 | Kept on pulling his trousers down and putting his out in his pockets . |
| 24 | He was obviously embarrassed at his lack of preparedness and when he saw me glance involuntarily at my watch he grew more agitated , pulling his pipe from his mouth and putting it back in again , tucking the hammer under his arm , rummaging in a large box of matches . |
| 25 | ‘ Nice one , Greg ! ’ chortles the yellow shirt , folding a bra and putting it back in the drawer . |
| 26 | To the Indonesians , we found out later , one of the quainter of our many vulgarities is our predilection for depositing the contents of our noses in embroidered cloth and carrying it around in our pockets with us . |
| 27 | Soften hard skin on your feet with pumicestone then a rich foot cream and wrapping them up in aluminium foil . |
| 28 | ‘ But it 's a good life , ’ the Dodger said , taking some coins from his pocket and throwing them up in the air . |
| 29 | Yes , I think really it 's a er , faulty gene in the system and no matter how men hate women , the majority of men really like women other than perhaps envy , or jealousy , or women earning more than their husbands and throwing it back in them , in their face , but the main subject , the main point to me is , there is a faulty ge gene in their system and there 's no way you will eradicate that ! |
| 30 | ‘ They may seem Mordor-made ’ , he explained in the letters column , ‘ because of rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar 's — uncovering society 's hypocritical filth and throwing it back in its teeth . |