Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Their hair 's usually shorter and you do n't have all that messing round with the tongs ’ as one hairdresser cheerfully explained . |
| 2 | But could all this messing about with the type of tree affect the taste of the cider : |
| 3 | For those just coming out onto the scene , it 's an established fact that many can come to terms with , but for those who have set patterns of sexual behaviour or who 've put themselves at risk in the past , it 's a great problem . |
| 4 | Gary would sometimes see me staring up at them , and he 'd say , you know , it 's no good trying to read the stars up there … the only real stars here tonight are those two making out on the dance floor . |
| 5 | Bass playing out of New Order , squiggly sensory overloading out of The Shamen , ambience out of The Orb , guitars out of a host of Scallydelic outfits ; set the controls for the heart of the crash pad and pass the pipe . |
| 6 | They spurn any subjective dressing up of the naked data . |