Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , hormonal disturbance , particularly of the thyroid gland , may lead to a slowing down or speeding up of the metabolic rate . |
| 2 | The choice then lies between staying in and going through with the change despite initial disfavour or staying in and changing either reluctantly or superficially . |
| 3 | Erm , popping out of your body is no different I think in from erm driving along in your car and er turning off and hopping out of the car . |
| 4 | But he had to restrain himself from leaping up and switching the light off and peering out into the street from behind the curtains . |
| 5 | ‘ Claudine , ’ he said tersely , flinging his coat off and striding through into the kitchen . |
| 6 | Delaney gave up , shutting it off and swivelling out of the chair . |
| 7 | When a phosphate ion binds to such a protein ( this process is called phosphorylation ) the protein changes its shape , curling up or stretching out within the membrane , so as to open or close channels which run across the width of the membrane from the outside to the inside of the cell . |
| 8 | Then , standing up and leaning back into the shadow , she flung the jharo with all the strength she possessed across the border of flowers and into the dark pool of space beyond the firelit roof . |
| 9 | In general , too , rhythmic and temporal features of speech are ignored in transcriptions ; the rhythmic structure which appears to bind some groups of words more closely together than others , and the speeding up and slowing down of the overall pace of speech relative to the speaker 's normal pace in a given speech situation , are such complex variables that we have very little idea how they are exploited in speech and to what effect ( but , cf. |
| 10 | Opening the weather door 360 feet up and stepping out for the final 44 feet outside is , he says without particular emphasis , ‘ dramatic ’ . |
| 11 | Wizzo ! ’ yelled Zach , leaping up and running out of the kitchen , ‘ Calloo , calloo , calloo , callay . ’ |
| 12 | Biff asked coldly , standing up and peering down into the darkness . |
| 13 | The largest intact building , erected beside the small church , was occupied by three resident monks , a lay servant , and a group of men from Berwick , who , under the supervision of a black-robed clerk , were carrying out and setting up before the building a trestle table with a stool for each end , and a couple of benches . |
| 14 | I feel like jumping out and running down to the sea 's edge with bucket and spade . |
| 15 | And er then I would see the two two or three cleaners coming out and going on to the coach and cleaning them , and I would say to them , What are they for ? |
| 16 | And later she might have sworn , even though the lighting was bad and he was already some distance away , that before turning around and stalking off into the night , the stranger had snarled like a beast . |
| 17 | A pool was contained under a miniature cliff , broken half-way up its face by the route the path took in looping round and pressing on down the valley . |
| 18 | ‘ Christ , they were quick off the mark , Piper , ’ remarked the driver , swinging the jeep round and heading back along the road to Brigade H.Q. Nos. 3 and 6 Commando were pulling out as we entered the village ; no sign of 45 Royal Marine Commando . |