Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had reports for disobeying orders , getting involved , stopping an officer doing what she should be doing , just through sticking up for my girlfriend . |
| 2 | ‘ Who says anythin' about goin' in with Rico ? ’ |
| 3 | What about touching up ? |
| 4 | The Foreign Office earned plaudits for roping in so many ministers ( a total bag of 80 ) , while Mr Ridley 's visit to China in January was responsible for the important participation of the Chinese . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's about building up a character till you know everything . |
| 6 | Here the problem for the Labour leadership is even more difficult for there is no constitutional issue about building up a separate organization within the party . |
| 7 | One prevalent notion is that this self-improvement can be achieved through encouraging less rational , more intuitive , styles of thinking , and that dreams represent this ideal . |
| 8 | Secondly , we have increased from £1,000 to £2,000 the charge under the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 for bringing improperly documented passengers to Britain . |
| 9 | He published Directions for Bringing over Seeds and Plants from the East Indies and other Distant Countries in a State of Vegetation ( 1770 ) and one method he favoured was to coat seeds in wax to protect them from extreme temperatures . |
| 10 | Furthermore , British Rail has its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the spoil from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is , so absurdly , driving under the middle of London at astronomical cost . |
| 11 | That did not happen to the drill in question , used for bringing up deep water , because the workers were foreigners , excluded from the provisions of the law . |
| 12 | One social worker wrote : ‘ [ The ] young person enjoyed completing [ the ] questionnaire and it was a very useful tool for bringing up a whole range of issues from the very practical ( needing to arrange visits to the dentist/optician ) to the very complex and emotional . ’ |
| 13 | The SAS claimed forty aircraft , many of them Junkers 52 transporters which Rommel relied on for bringing up supplies . |
| 14 | ‘ Pluto is renowned for bringing up things that are buried , so we are going to see revealed things that have remained secret for years . |
| 15 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 16 | The answer … is not to resign ourselves to our women 's role — in a woman 's place — and demand payment for staying put , but to collectivise childcare , to share the responsibility for bringing up children within the community . |
| 17 | look at the actual erm suitability of the flats say , for bringing up children . |
| 18 | Erm how suitable would you say the flats are for bringing up children ? |
| 19 | At fifteen she accepted responsibility for bringing up her brothers and sisters . |
| 20 | Where was the best place for bringing up fish on the river ? |
| 21 | lot of the people who are complaining here are people who are complaining that their an assessment has been made which was very much lower than is necessary for bringing up children . |
| 22 | The prime responsibility for bringing up children rests with parents . |
| 23 | Barry contends the two-parent family remains the best structure for bringing up children , but that single-parent families and other minorities seem to get an inordinate say in society . |
| 24 | you know , rules for bringing up your child . |
| 25 | Aye , the auld plumbing is desperate for bringing on migraines . |
| 26 | The same can probably be claimed for those who for reasons which had little to do with humanitarian concern — fearing Jewish revenge in the event of a lost war , or blaming Hitler for bringing on the war through attacking the Jews , attitudes which of course themselves betrayed the influence of Nazi ‘ Jewish conspiracy ’ propaganda — were voicing criticism of Nazi anti Jewish policy . |
| 27 | A strip of electrician 's tape stuck round both sides of the base to make them waterproof and they 're ideal for bringing on any bulbs destined for the windowsill . |
| 28 | Ironically , Concorde travelled the crucial stage of its budget-busting passage just as Macmillan 's new system for bringing both reason and control to the public-spending process was bedding down . |
| 29 | The result of these rules of practice was that the English set up colonies only in places where it was relatively easy to do so , at first because the places they went to were thinly populated , then because political disintegration in India enabled them to advance there , and because in the last phase of imperial expansion they had the sort of technological superiority needed for bringing most African rulers under their control . |
| 30 | We shall have to live with it , because er I I do n't think that any hope of any redress next year , but the got to be established of a different system , of me a different methodology for the foreseeable years , if we 're going to get those schemes through that you supported wholeheartedly and congratulated us and for bringing forward the new road schemes for er the that that that that you so approved so warmly yesterday . |