Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Almost anything , ’ said Roland , suddenly wanting to put him off the trail . |
| 2 | I miss my painting , and hope that by keeping still it will , like some small exotic animal , find its way back tome without my attempting to chase it down the byways of my exhausted creativity . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's going to pay you back the loan at the end of the week . ’ |
| 4 | What is it like to have a very quick labour , when instead of the agonising hours in the delivery room , you 're not sure you 're going to make it up the hospital steps ? |
| 5 | So of course having pulled it out the the cord is attached with two very thick nails , and you can pull those nails out , and then get you leave go of the cord . |
| 6 | Masklin swung backwards and forwards , trying to pull himself up the rough cloth . |
| 7 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
| 8 | It invariably ended with Uncle Titch pretending to get cross with the clown on stilts and chasing him along the street on his fat little legs and trying to kick him up the bum and falling over backwards . |
| 9 | Trying to cut you up the arse |