Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he 's European , he 's bald and the opposite of everything Kirk was and he 's always so messed up about making the right decision … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Quite a bit , ’ said Finch , suddenly perked up by throwing the rhythm out and hoping that Henry would follow him because he wanted to see how it worked in canon . |
| 3 | It only slowed down on nearing the outskirts of Teplyystan where it turned off on to a narrow road leading into the Bittsevsky forest park , a panoramic landscape of ravines and gorges layered with fir , oak and pine plantations . |
| 4 | A year later , having done a super job as Editorial Assistant before going off to university last autumn , we finally got around to organising the lesson ! |
| 5 | Julia did not feel up to assessing the likelihood of that just then . |
| 6 | Interest had been so great that they had not got around to marketing the idea elsewhere . |
| 7 | The reason was that the company was privately owned by the Jacobs family , which preferred to stay out of the limelight , and just got on with running the business . |
| 8 | Sally lost her baby pre-term and was told only a fortnight later , ‘ Just get on with having the next one , dearie . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I used to just swot up on learning the key words and churning them out computer fashion , but now I am more interested in what they mean . |
| 10 | Marx 's and Engels 's work on pre-capitalist systems is largely taken up with showing the indissoluble link between the type of property and the type of relations of production . |
| 11 | Not feeling up to arguing the point , she left quietly , knowing everyone else in the Carlisle Flint team was wound up as tight as the drivers , waiting for the green light . |
| 12 | Interpreting taxonomic richness thus comes down to identifying the ways by which diversity has been decreased . |
| 13 | Journalists are quickly caught up in pursuing the stories they generate , with an invigorating rush of adrenalin . |
| 14 | This is usually bought about by violating the separation rules for PAR . |
| 15 | This kind of deradicalization usually ends up by disorganizing the working class , since pursuing broad coalitions tends to break up proletarian solidarity and fragment socialism into workers ' particular interests under redistributive capitalism . |
| 16 | Masking tape is an excellent way of marking things , because it usually peels off without damaging the paper to which it was fixed , and makes a clear , creamy coloured background on which you can write the date . |
| 17 | My own view is that scientific theories usually start out by assuming the existence of entities that no one has ever seen or touched — genes , atoms , photons , viruses . |
| 18 | But in successive writings Hare has gradually worked around to seeing the account of the very meaning of ethical language which he regards as correct as offering a kind of proof of utilitarianism . |
| 19 | ‘ It will probably burn out without catching the floor , ’ Allen said regretfully . |
| 20 | Selina , 40 , has also pulled out of hosting the British Fashion Awards — whose guest list includes the Duchess of Kent — in a few weeks . |
| 21 | However , this enthusiasm to convey solutions to pupils often ends up by precluding the pupils ' own ideas and can not only be inhibiting but also take away the pupils ' enjoyment of getting there themselves . |
| 22 | If one crewman is slain the other two can just about get by without reducing the rate of fire . |
| 23 | If one crewman is slain the other two can just about get by without reducing the rate of fire . |
| 24 | If one crewman is slain then the rest can just about get by without reducing the rate of fire . |
| 25 | Etching is simply carried out by placing the slice or thin section face up in the chosen etching solution . |
| 26 | As she blacked out , she thought it was a pity she had n't gotten round to finishing the Christmas decorations . |
| 27 | It 'll give it some form of protection which we have n't got round to doing the erm oh |
| 28 | If the industry had gone along with the sort of scheme that we were urging three or four years ago , it would be well geared up to meeting the challenge now , instead of being caught short by its friends — who I am sure the industry feels have in some way betrayed it . |
| 29 | Indeed , the Ventura manual does n't even get around to mentioning the ruler until the end of section 5 in its manual and there are books on the program that do n't mention it at all ! |
| 30 | It can be anything you want it to be and even if you do n't get around to tackling the rest of your diminutive plot , the patio is the best place to start . |