Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |
| 2 | In the nineteenth century , Italians and Alsatians heading for the New World arrived and departed via the great Paris terminals . |
| 3 | The only way was to persuade one of the Met Officers to take over the observations and chart plotting for the day , and then we would all be back for the night duty . |
| 4 | The third reason why we 're , we 're pleased to see you here is that erm as a trades council , we 've and this er and Dick mentioned this in his introduction , we 've initiated a major international programme , major in terms of our size obviously as er as a local body , involving links between union activists here primarily in France er , in northern France , but also links now developing in Spain with the new ferry going between Portsmouth and Bilbao , we 're starting to meet with the unions in Spain who are interested in speaking about the , the , the differences in wages in terms and conditions working for the same ferry company , doing the same jobs in the port , a comparative look at how the , the wages terms and conditions differ and we want to , we want to go and visit them in the autumn and , and work out , and work on more links on a sector basis , so that our colleagues down in Bilbao in northern Spain can link up with people in the , in the , in similar sectors here and we 've done this over the last three and a half years with the unions in France , we 've had exchanges of all sectors , the public sectors , transport , erm , health , social services , shop workers . |
| 5 | The next rounds saw two more replays at Leeds Road , against Brighton and Blackburn Rovers , with more mills and businesses closing for the afternoon . |
| 6 | All we lack now is the mechanism to turn these highly decorative cadavers into walkie , if not talkie , zombies , to enable them to give a truly remarkable mannequin parade and show off their mortuary gowns in white polyester and cotton , trimmed with lace and ruffles for ladies and satin quilting for the gents ! |
| 7 | Des Koogan would have his work cut out to keep at bay all the reporters and photographers heading for the college , Loretta thought with the ghost of a smile . |
| 8 | Thulani Davis describes policemen setting dogs on black women and children campaigning for the right to buy a cup of coffee at the local Woolworths , and educated black men being asked to abandon French courses at university . |