Example sentences of "or [v-ing] they [adv prt] " 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 | On many occasions a small group of children will be playing with cars , either running them down an incline ( a plank resting on a block ) or pushing them up . |
| 3 | It is also at least arguable that these sections of the UCTA prevent the seller from imposing an obligation on the buyer to permit the seller to exercise the options of alteration of the goods or taking them back for a refund , because such actions by the seller would be in breach of his warranty of quiet possession . |
| 4 | To fill in the travelling time chant leaders are actively engaged in trying out new versions of old chants or making them up from scratch . |
| 5 | He had given us the computer codes to chalk on the outside of the boxes , but you would n't have caught him packing files into the boxes or wrapping them up with pink tape afterwards . |
| 6 | Particularly if there 's any suggestion that anything a bit like hypnosis has been used um this er business of of well it must be the therapist making them up or putting them up to it in some way becomes a particular argument that 's raised quite often . |
| 7 | Urging them on or putting them down . |
| 8 | Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . |
| 9 | If they 've been changing the pipes or digging them up or something they often flush it through with a load of chlorine , the water of or b Boil it erm As water get 's hotter , and something like sugar , would you get would you find , Let's say you get a cup of cold water and you try and dissolve as much sugar as you can in it , and then you try hot water , try disolv |
| 10 | As noted earlier , in addition to treating patients themselves or referring them on to another agency , GPs had a third option , that of effectively doing nothing . |
| 11 | Many large firms will have official anti-discrimination policies , although the personnel management at local level may practice discrimination , perhaps avoiding hiring black workers or laying them off first in time of recession . |
| 12 | The sheet had embroidery in gold around its border , and Turakina began to inspect it section by section , snipping at loose threads or stitching them down . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | On the purl side , this creates a distortion in the stitches , either pulling them sideways or raising them up above the surface of the fabric . |