Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of my holiday went so quickly , each day we went out , sight seeing or to various beaches , and also it was very hot , not like England . |
| 2 | However , there is no agreement among researchers as to the length of this " natural " period of abstaining or to the length that amounts to a " contraceptive method " or to a " traditional custom of post-partum abstinence " . |
| 3 | a stage in book binding where after sewing the sheets are pressed to expel air . |
| 4 | It is a mental and imaginative experience ; it is awareness , and it may express itself in drawing and painting , or it may express itself in writing , or in moving , or in singing or in playing . |
| 5 | A student can get in touch with the Counselling Service by phoning or by calling in to either office . |
| 6 | Old finishes can be removed with a blow-lamp , hot air stripper , by sanding or with a solvent paint and the varnish remover . |
| 7 | It moves to the right as text is typed and may increase in size in the selection ( highlighting ) of text for editing or for executing commands . |
| 8 | Production from the 40 or so fields currently either producing or under development , will fall to around the 20 million tonnes per year level by the end of the century . |
| 9 | It is also important for the leaders to take the lead in public worship in prophesying or in publicly speaking in tongues , or in the use of the word of knowledge . |
| 10 | If you feel constantly anxious and frightened about food , if you can not take pleasure in eating or in your body , if you know deep down that something is wrong , then it is irrelevant what you weigh or whether your immediate health is at risk ; you should take yourself and your feelings seriously , and look for help . |
| 11 | Those who were n't constantly eating or in front of a mirror , were trying to commit suicide . |
| 12 | Such is the tensile strength of individual laminations that some are seen to have been partially pulled out of the core during piston coring or by the wire during core splitting . |
| 13 | For instance , winking groups with other ways of warning or of doubting or of sharing complicity , depending on a context which is a matter not of physical description but of the form of social intercourse . |
| 14 | It er it 's difficult to tell y'know whether people are under attributing or over attributing . |
| 15 | We 've been very careful not to be seen to be interfering or for anybody to think that we were going to tell groups how they would run their groups , because the groups are fairly autonomous and they pre-existed parish councils er , but a you know this is almost a direct invitation and we could actually respond to this in terms of an invitation and ask other groups if they would be interested in our respon in our going to , to visit them , rather than a surgery where maybe we 'd sit here and nobody would turn up . |
| 16 | Moreover the baked bread tends to collapse on cooling or to be uncooked in the centre . |
| 17 | ‘ If mine got a letter from me , ’ said Rufus , ‘ they 'd think I was dying or in jail . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The only estates in land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are — ( a ) An estate in fee simple absolute in possession ; ( b ) A term of years absolute . |
| 19 | ( 1 ) The only estates in land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are — ( a ) An estate in fee simple absolute in possession ; ( b ) A term of years absolute . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) The only interests or charges in or over land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are — ( a ) An easement , right or privilege in or over land for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute ; ( b ) A rentcharge in possession issuing out of or charged on land being either perpetual or for a term of years absolute ; ( c ) A charge by way of legal mortgage ; ( d ) … any other similar charge on land which is not created by an instrument ; ( e ) Rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute , or annexed , for any purpose , to a legal rentcharge . |
| 21 | ( 6 ) A legal estate is not capable of subsisting or of being created in an undivided share in land or of being held by an infant . |
| 22 | relates to specific matters relating or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say , is not of a general nature relating or of concern to that company ; and |
| 23 | relates to specific matters relating or of concern ( directly or indirectly ) to that company , that is to say , is not of a general nature relating or of concern to that company ; and |
| 24 | So NEVER SQUEEZE ROUND THE BARRIERS IF THEY ARE CLOSED , and DO N'T CROSS IF THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON , whether you are walking or on a bike . |
| 25 | the provision of mentoring or at least regular briefing meetings . |
| 26 | The energy of the falling grains may not be absorbed in rebounding or in starting saltation by impact , but may be used in disturbing a number of grains , which are driven forward for a short distance on the surface . |
| 27 | Such ‘ temporary exceedances ’ , said DoE , could be dealt with by natural denitrification in storage reservoirs , by blending or by using other sources . |
| 28 | Rosé Champagne is achieved either by blending or by allowing the black grape skins ( Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier ) to stay in contact with the juice long enough to impart a pale rose colour . |
| 29 | Scots , in particular , should rejoice over the disbandment of a regiment , praying that at last their sons ' names need not be added to the memorials which stand in every town , village and glen across the country as mute testament to the suffering and sorrow of the past . |
| 30 | The earlier of the two identifies the poet with his poetry , praying that after his death he should be forgotten : Sonnet 74 draws a different line , separating the Poet from his work : The point to be stressed at this juncture — forgive the interruption ! — is the turning of the other into the self and of the self into poetry , which is at the same time the turning of life into art and of transience into immortality : This marvellous poem can be linked , no doubt , to the series attacking time and proclaiming the certainty of the poet 's survival . |