Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Virtually everybody involved in administering or advising on the tax was influenced by his work . |
| 2 | So , when intercepting or correcting on ADF , the pointers will show the Track QDM/QDR on interception . |
| 3 | Branson had fully intended to keep his word on not seeing or communicating with Joan for three months . |
| 4 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 5 | The harassment occurs as a result of the effect various suggestions , jokes , touching or showing of pictures has on the recipient . |
| 6 | Make sure they are treated with a wood preservative before nailing or screwing to the frame . |
| 7 | The Hindus saw subtle forces and proceeding energies crystallizing or condensing into gross matter . |
| 8 | If the Vendors also going to warrant the accuracy of all disclosures , care should be exercised before suggesting or agreeing to this compromise . |
| 9 | In almost all cases this venom is used as a means of defence , and most people are stung after handling or stepping on a fish . |
| 10 | Kylie would spend hours listening to the radio , singing or humming along the latest hits . |
| 11 | For many people , singing or playing at services is perhaps their only link with the Church , and it may well prove to be a temporary one . |
| 12 | It is necessary , therefore , to make as attractive as possible the opportunities and challenge of singing or playing in church . |
| 13 | Until the passing of the Forster Education Act in 1870 , most training in music was obtained primarily , if not solely , through singing or playing in churches , chapels and cathedrals . |
| 14 | There is a real risk of mice , especially young animals , drowning or dying from the effects of a soaking if a bottle or nozzle of an automatic system leaks . |
| 15 | It could be the result of using or working on certain materials , e.g. lead ; of labour in a harmful environment , e.g. damp , ill ventilated , fume or dust filled ; of harmful working postures ; or of the repetitive use of particular muscles or organs . |
| 16 | Similar provisions apply to a process ; for example , using the process infringes but , additionally , the patented process may be infringed by using or disposing of , etc. any product obtained directly from that process . |
| 17 | Clause 5 of the Bill would impose an obligation of confidence on a person who improperly acquires information by using or interfering with any computer or data retrieval mechanism , a welcome clarification . |
| 18 | These included conciliatory actions such as showing concern for , comforting , helping or apologizing to the other . |
| 19 | And it is also important not to make the noise by stamping or banging against a hard surface , because this can set up vibrations that even a totally deaf cat can detect through the sensitive pads of its feet . |
| 20 | Most were intended to be exulting or to act as aids to the recognition of individual figures . |
| 21 | 1792 It being Represented to this Meeting that their is unlawful combinations and Meetings held by the Weavers in the Island , particularly in the Parish of Kilchoman , for the purpose of shortening or cutting off the usual measure called the Islay Ell , which has for time Immemorial been the Standard Measure given by the Weavers with every Species of their Manufacture , and for reducing the measure to the English yard , and for continueing the prices for the English yard as high as that for the Islay Ell |
| 22 | Thus disability relates to things people can not do such as going to work , cooking or participating in sporting activities . |
| 23 | Will there be more than one of you cooking or working in the kitchen at any one time ? |
| 24 | Find out what it is used for ( eg are the apples for eating or cooking with ? ) . |
| 25 | He spent every minute that was not wasted in eating or sleeping in this pursuit . |
| 26 | If you want cold hard-boiled eggs for eating or playing with , use either natural dyes or edible food colourings . |
| 27 | In spite of the pill he kept waking and hearing the old men around him coughing or mumbling in their sleep . |
| 28 | all consequences suffered by the Carrier ( including but not limited to claims , demands , proceedings , fines , penalties , damages , costs , expenses , and loss of or damage to the carrying vehicle and to other goods carried ) of any error , omission , mis-statement or misrepresentation by the Trader or other owner of the goods or by any servant or agent of either of them , insufficient or improper packing , labelling or addressing of the goods or fraud as in Condition 10 : |
| 29 | There are also transaction costs involved in acquiring and/or disposing of the requisite foreign exchange . |
| 30 | In this case it 's mine , and meant for launching or switching between applications . |