Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 2 | At the inquiry , called by the stewards after Willie Carson had driven Iywaan home along the rail , Eddery explained that Alhamad had been hanging badly left throughout the last half-mile . |
| 3 | The waves were crashing down rising into the air , then crashing against the water below , spreading the beach with a white spray . |
| 4 | However , it does not extend to the Regimental Headquarters , where the Adjutant appears to be becoming somewhat heated on the telephone as a local unit announce that a helicopter will be arriving at 1130 hours to collect maps from the adjoining map depot . |
| 5 | They heard a wide-ranging review of Courtaulds ' progress , in which Mr Huismans said the company was becoming highly respected in the chemical industry . |
| 6 | Any changes in the behaviour of domesticated animals have been minor , such as becoming less alarmed by the proximity of Man and being prepared to breed in captivity . |
| 7 | Now if you come to Caldmore , you 'll find out then that the majority of the married ladies had worked in I mean I should say that erm I know my mother was very snooty she 'd been an apprentice to some dressmakers in Street and work for one year for nothing she always used to tell me , and she was quite er toffee- nosed about these girls that used that er that used to go , well they were very respectable people , and when I was a kid when I growing up in my teens a lot of the girls I used to know were in the offices at er it they employed about fifteen hundred people at in those days you know I mean coming out of at night it was fighting your way against the crowd if you were going towards it , and the same thing going through the square for people who have worked in when they left that 's why all those shops in the square used to do reasonably well , it was the people walking through to go up the other side of Walsall , but there was a crowd of people I can , I can always remember as a kid a crowd of people and then there 'd be well you can tell it was along Street in those days I can remember fruiters ' carts where the girls used to go and buy apples , and that all sort of going along there you know people used to wait for them coming out , these are my impressions as a kid I mean I can remember the , the er and the men of course were cutters and various people and a quite a lot of my father 's friends were , were er had er skilled jobs at as cutters and managers of the cutters ' department and that sort of thing . |
| 8 | 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 9 | attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; |
| 10 | During my last visit to Bara in September 1992 Ian Jack , Manager at Lochboisdale and the Manager responsible for Castlebay , came across in this self-same partly-open-to-the elements ferry becoming totally saturated in the process and had to spend the morning drying himself at the Castlebay heater . |
| 11 | This contrasts the earlier description of shape as becoming more defined with the onset of Aids . |
| 12 | Files New to PhotoFinish. but becoming more established in the professional graphics sphere , is JPEG compressed file formats . |
| 13 | The bag just did n't go with silk : it was too big and bulky , no doubt stuffed full with notepads and pencils , Mitch observed , his photographer 's eye altering her and becoming more exasperated with the hat every second . |
| 14 | The mind shifts from one alternative to the other , becoming more entangled in the net of its own thoughts as it does so . |
| 15 | She will run in another 5K road race in Carlsbad , California on Sunday : ‘ It should be a cracking race , judging by the field , ’ said Boyle , before returning home to prepare for the outdoor season . |
| 16 | Sound symbolism is not just a matter of a certain number of words containing certain sounds happening also to fall into the same semantic area . |
| 17 | The dual carriageway is just of the motorway and people are gearing up to go on the motorway . |
| 18 | It has the effect of increasing the surface area of a solution , thus increasing its speed of activity , and assisting in the total capability of a solution to suspend dirt much of it ending up trapped in the foam . |
| 19 | Challenging also refers to the need that sometimes arises to confront the counsellees with alternative understandings of the problems they face . |
| 20 | This was at a time when British opinion was becoming evenly divided over the pros and cons of seeking prominence on the global stage . |
| 21 | ERNEST LEE faces a fine and possible suspension this weekend after becoming unwittingly enmeshed in the red tape which is also likely to bring punishment on Derby Rams . |
| 22 | An article published in the USA in 1867 under the title The Influence of Sewing Machines on Female Health warned against the inherent dangers of seamstresses becoming sexually aroused by the constant motion of the foot treadle , and advised the use of bromide to counteract any improper stimulation . |
| 23 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
| 24 | On 18 September ‘ Lord Haw-Haw of Zeesen ’ was formally christened in the same newspaper , the name soon becoming exclusively attached to the tones of William Joyce . |
| 25 | Ore was also carted down from a hopper at Top Level , the track crossing the beck directly below the waterfall then winding around to connect with the Levers Water — Paddy End track . |
| 26 | In private it would seem that he was becoming increasingly fixated on the idea of a Third World War . |
| 27 | He envisaged modern states as becoming increasingly embroiled in the reproduction of a fit and healthy workforce ; a service which capitalist enterprises needed but was itself unable or unwilling to undertake . |
| 28 | Outside the state apparatuses public opinion was becoming increasingly polarized over the contentious issue of greater state powers . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , it is recognised that the young person is becoming increasingly influenced by the world in which he/she lives — in the main a pluralist and secular world . |
| 30 | Many photographers are currently becoming increasingly worried about the impact of electronics on the industry . |