Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Tottenham Skins Rule , OK ? ’ sprayed on every available surface in a Northern town was a good way of annoying your enemies and celebrating your power . |
| 32 | Although usually quite reasonable priced , the cost of using them tots up to a considerable amount over several days . |
| 33 | CND was accused of using its computer to record the political activities of its 60 000 members , to allocate them to local groups and check on their attendance at meetings . |
| 34 | He portrays Madeline and Mrs. Proudie as not very ‘ nice ’ — one too fond of using her femininity and the other hardly seeming to recognise it — which could be seen as a criticism of any woman who dared to question her accepted niche in society . |
| 35 | She was an attractive and popular figure with her large blue eyes and shock of thick hair , bobbed in the fashion she had set , as she also did that of using her surname alone . |
| 36 | ‘ So you agreed — even to the extent of using her name . ’ |
| 37 | Helen 's touch trickled down his ribcage , a way of using her fingernails that meant almost-pain . |
| 38 | Mona 's habit of using her guests ' nicknames indiscriminately could be confusing . |
| 39 | These proprietors retain the potential to exercise political power : indeed , they have used their ownership to chart the political direction of their newspapers , but they have stopped well short of using their newspapers to make demands of the political system in the manner of the press barons of the 1930s . |
| 40 | Songs are a vital ingredient of Get Ready ! , offering your pupils an enjoyable and motivating way of using their English immediately . |
| 41 | Naturally the physical bases that are the cause of defective sight remain unchanged ; measured visual acuity is unlikely to be improved , but children can be positively helped to pay attention to visual stimuli , and can be given motivating visual tasks in optimum conditions that help them to enjoy the experience of using their vision as fully and effectively as possible . |
| 42 | TWO MILLION employees and directors of British firms will face higher bills for the privilege of using their company cars following the Chancellor 's decision to tax this perk at its true value . |
| 43 | People are frightened of using their taps , their baths , their toilets because of using water and paying for it . |
| 44 | In the years after 1369 the king more and more sought the company of his privata familia , a small group of his personal followers , some of whom were suspected , perhaps rightly , of using their position to enrich themselves . |
| 45 | In an over-determined upbringing and education , a child or young person can be forced into a way of using their mind antithetical to their own natural bias . |
| 46 | In the 1980's , competitive pressures have led many British companies to look for ways of using their employees more flexibly . |
| 47 | But drivers already pay — substantially — for the privilege of using their cars . |
| 48 | We must address the social ills that are at the root of much crime ; we must take action to divert young people into more positive ways of using their time and lives ; we need the sort of common-sense and long-term commitment shown by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and his team . |
| 49 | Did n't they have some idea of using our cellars as storage ? ’ |
| 50 | Our managing director Vic says in his market plan , that water services should be affordable , and I hope , I totally agree with that , they should be affordable , we should n't price people out of out of using our water services . |
| 51 | Ours is a voice which can not be ignored , but if we are to use our influence to full effect we must both recognise and be capable of using our strengths . |
| 52 | He had the disconcerting habit of using my name as if he were addressing a butler or a chauffeur . |
| 53 | ‘ Instead of using my camera to simply record reality , I use it to improve reality . |
| 54 | ‘ I 've got letters from people recently with big crosses on them , people who 've accused me of using my lyrics to subvert people . |
| 55 | I wait to see how long you can control your imbecile temptation to violate my copyrights on this letter and once again untruthfully take words and phrases from it to show your ‘ powers ’ to match those boasted by your kind in the NF and the BNP , whose performances are different from yours only in that instead of using your limbs to physically assault us like they would , you have acted by wearing the ‘ civilised ’ guise of being the ‘ editor ’ of the ‘ left ’ NewSS , and have written to assail my integrity , my capacity to think , my freedom to defend and speak for my constitutionally organised members at the Stratford school . |
| 56 | In complete contrast on windless days it is a case of using your ingenuity to make the best of favourable currents and limited sail capacity . |
| 57 | The lessons on the causes and remedies of worry were most beneficial and the psychology of using your mind in order to create a change in the body , which came through in most of the classes , helped to reduce the constant tensions in my mind , with the result that I am a much less tense person and a lot of my worries have just vanished . |
| 58 | The point of using your imagination and dreaming is that , once you have an outline of the dream , you can then begin to think about it more and more in detail until you can bring it back into your own reality . |
| 59 | ‘ That 's all right for the moment , but I hope , Jane , that you 'll look higher than domestic activity , and think about a better way of using your energy and intelligence in the service of God . ’ |
| 60 | So you can take this even further if you want , by saying : why go to the trouble of using your hands at all ? |