Example sentences of "[v-ing] this [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We are just building this up at the moment , ’ Gerwyn explains , ‘ so we sell locally to shops .
2 If we now look at the curve which shows the freon ratios in surface water and look for a ratio of two , and lining this up with the nought degree curve because we 're working with Antarctic water which of course is very cold , we can see that a ratio of two corresponds to the year nineteen fifty nine .
3 I 'd hate you to imagine that I 'm doing this out of the goodness of my heart , ’ he said through clenched teeth .
4 Sorta linking this in with the Manc of the Day stuff … who remembers the BBC2 program that ran nearly half the season …
5 Britain was actually given a lower standard check , on the basis that we would be using in many places our own coal , which has a quite a high sulphur content , or de-sulphurisation , we were given a lower standard , or a higher standard , or whatever it is , it was more relaxed for Britain , and that 's why I like the idea of taking this up with the M.E.D. , how it 'll happen , how it will square in his mind .
6 I asked Edwards whether putting this on for the unveiling — maximization for the sponsor , the click and clack of computer keys tapping — had been part of the deal .
7 Er er it was like a Molotov co bo cocktail , a thing like that and you put it in the , in the tube and you put a wad of cotton , gun cotton behind it closed the flap at the back onto er just a latch , like a , a door a gate latch which locked it , then fired the cap which fired the gun cotton which sent the well then we we 're trying this out on the waste ground where the , that was then , where the waterworks ' offices are now in Green Lane , well there that was , at that time , that was a glue factory that was the glue factory there ooh .
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