Example sentences of "or [v-ing] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |
| 2 | The hallway and various passages off it were full of visitors helping pyjama-ed relatives in and out of chairs , plumping cushions for them or fetching magazines from a well-stocked rack , or encouraging them to that last little drop of cocoa from what seemed to be a standard issue purple mug . |
| 3 | In Home Corner areas , replacing lids , using cups with saucers or hanging them on hooks provided . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Why are they resisting those arguments , or seeing them as concessions that might be made during negotiations ? |
| 6 | Equally , however , it has been driven from within the organisation by reducing beds , shutting old hospitals , or transforming them into nursing homes , and concentrating high technology investment in a small number of centres , well equipped and well staffed . |
| 7 | Ivory tower allergists discount reactions to food unless an IgE mechanism has been proved , but denying them or attributing them to hypochondriasis is a sign not of scientific superiority but of a head in the sand mentality . |
| 8 | So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers . |
| 9 | Some exercises they perform sitting on chairs or using them for support , but floor exercises have been out of the question . |
| 10 | So , against Clark , it must be argued that it is misleading to claim that because animals , imbeciles , and normal infants are all weak , defenceless , and at our mercy , to treat any of them in the same way ( say by killing them for food or using them in research ) is ‘ in moral terms , the very same act ’ ( Clark 1978 : 149 ) . |
| 11 | At first it had been merely a matter of borrowing her mother 's scarves and veils , draping these around herself or twisting them into turbans and sashes . |
| 12 | Less practical is physical destruction like squashing or bashing them on the head . |
| 13 | Conversely , it is thought that some employers will leap at the chance of employing enrolled nurses knowing or believing them to be a cheaper alternative in terms of pay . |
| 14 | Section 22(1) of the Theft Act 1968 stipulates : [ a ] person handles stolen goods if ( otherwise than in the course of the stealing ) knowing or believing them to be stolen goods he dishonestly receives the goods , or dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention , removal , disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person , or if he arranges to do so . |
| 15 | It must be proved that the accused handled the goods " knowing or believing them to be stolen goods " and that he acted dishonestly . |
| 16 | Clause 172 is also redrafted to clarify the law and reads : [ a ] person is guilty of handling stolen goods if ( otherwise than in the course of the stealing ) knowing or believing them to be stolen goods , he dishonestly — |
| 17 | This duty does not extend to protecting the economic welfare of the employee by taking out insurance or warning them of the need for insurance cover . |
| 18 | Fitting these chokes with , or replacing them with those that have earths and metal jackets will reduce the voltage reading and any possible ill effects on the fish . |
| 19 | And then they started recruiting or or or promoting them from the ranks you know . |
| 20 | While I ca n't condone this sort of cheating Mr Unce , I have found two very good methods are tucking them down your sock or writing them on your shirt cuff . |
| 21 | Any system which is exhaustively described by Figure 9 would be incapable of repeating nonsense words or reading them aloud or writing them to dictation . |
| 22 | This particular breach … conducting the premises , or permitting them to be conducted , as a house of ill-fame … is one which in my judgment was not remedied by merely stopping the user . |
| 23 | In the event , no effort was needed : the early years of the Great War caused great damage to the Edinburgh printing trade , with several firms going out of business , others laying off workers or releasing them for other jobs since trade was so poor . |
| 24 | A change of position may help to minimise this , such as raising the head or turning them from side to side . |
| 25 | Addressing someone as ‘ young man ’ or ‘ old boy ’ , shortening their name without their consent , or calling them by their surname alone , are all instances where forms of address may be used to denote the speaker 's higher status . |
| 26 | In the early stages it was finding them a deal , or moving them to the next level up . ’ |
| 27 | If you use secret gestures , such as hiding your papers or holding them to you , people will assume you have something to hide : use open ones and they will not try to read your notes or see your papers . |
| 28 | Additionally the ADC-10 can perform many functions that are only currently available on expensive digital storage oscilloscope such as saving waveforms to disk , or sending them to a printer . |
| 29 | Such transfers need to be undertaken with care to avoid damaging the fish or subjecting them to sudden temperature changes . |
| 30 | Or he could wash cars , polish shoes or more lucratively , engage in the growing underground economy selling rare commodities at home or smuggling them across the border to nearby Zaire . |