Example sentences of "[that] [verb] [adv prt] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken Corduroy drove round to the Harrisons ' with an ingenious pool-cleaning device , a mechanical object that swam round scrubbing at the walls , he had ordered for them from England . |
| 2 | There is indeed a suggestive correlation between the mode of fertilization and the sex that ends up looking after the young . |
| 3 | The good news is that giving up smoking for the sake of the unborn baby is all that has to be done to bring an end to these needless deaths and halt the other harm suffered by these most defenceless of nonsmokers . |
| 4 | The evidence now suggests that giving up smoking in the seventh decade of life brings health benefits . |
| 5 | A FUSION of pop and hardcore grunge that comes up smelling of the '60s summer sound , but to this they have fitted on a beat of their own which is well worth sitting up and paying attention to . |