Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professionals have a choice between imposing ‘ appropriate ’ needs on their clients or attempting to break down the latters ' 'dein-dividualisation' ( e.g. as an unemployed person , as a schizophrenic etc. ) and assisting ‘ real ’ needs to be collectively voiced . |
| 2 | It could be on the other side of the island or asleep or waiting to leap out the water and swallow them whole . |
| 3 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 4 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 5 | It will take a fair amount of skill and cajoling to pick up the pieces . ’ |
| 6 | Each year has four seasons which in their coming and going mark out the passing of time in their distinct ways . |
| 7 | On Jan. 20 the chairman of the National Security Court announced that " about 20 " people had been charged with murder , treason and attempting to take over the government by force . |
| 8 | Breakfast was not yet over at the curator 's house when Orrie came to announce that the police were in occupation , and beginning to stake out the ground . |
| 9 | The climate was turning warm and humid and beginning to dry out the swamplands . |
| 10 | The mechanical process of elegant correction and rephrasing cut out the ugly , self-stultifying labouring of mistakes . |
| 11 | These matters should be sorted out before assuming that the conversation is impossible , and starting to write down the information one wants to communicate . |
| 12 | It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar . |
| 13 | Mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests , and having logged out the Caribbean and West Africa , merchants are now moving back to Brazil . |
| 14 | He sighs : ‘ The rights I threw at Lou were n't punches , I was just feeling his face and hoping to line up the target for my lefts . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Coming back and trying to pick up the threads ca n't be easy . ’ |
| 16 | Obstinately , she remained standing , looking at him and trying to shut down the traitorously receptive part of her that was assimilating the way his formal evening attire enhanced his devastating masculinity . |
| 17 | Cecilia had closed the window and gone on upstairs to find dear little Tina up and dressed and trying to brush out the tangles in her golden hair . |
| 18 | Only two were going through , but having toted up the scoring , the judges discovered three contestants only five marks behind in joint third place ! |
| 19 | But having opened up the debate , most critics joined Pearce in immediately trying to close down the political questions raised . |
| 20 | But having weighed up the two options , at the end of the article , he concluded : ' … in every language it turns out that almost all the results lie within a relatively short stretch which we may call the sentence … |
| 21 | We learnt that working together was a lot easier than going solo ; but arguing brought out the better ideas . ’ |
| 22 | Freud is not to be taken to be providing a theory of instinct for all species , but trying to puzzle out the complex similarities and differences between man and animals . |
| 23 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |