Example sentences of "[adv] of [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | P. Mainly skaters , some college people out of skating but I like to make new friends all the time . |
| 2 | you get out of singing that you do n't get anywhere else . |
| 3 | May we learn to face up to our problems and try to sort them out instead of pretending that they do n't exist or trying to run away from them . |
| 4 | I become aware when parts of my body become tense and , more importantly , I know now how to ‘ relax ’ them , and when my body is saying that it has had enough I am able to leave things till tomorrow instead of insisting that they have to be done today . |
| 5 | Finally , if you do n't already have one , beg , borrow or buy a Swiss Army knife — with its corkscrew for wine bottles , bottle-opener for beer , can-opener for tins , knife to cut through the seal on metal whisky bottle-tops that revolve instead of snapping when you try to open them , screwdriver and wire-stripper for changing plugs ( and for removing insanity-inducing ticking clocks from the headboards of Stockholm hotel beds , etc ) , even a compass for navigating home in the small hours . |
| 6 | Instead of realizing that they have a right to say , if God has no respect for persons , why should men be ? |