Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 60 per cent ignored accusations of womanising and voted for the 46-year-old governor of Arkansas , giving him a landslide win over President Bush . |
| 2 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 3 | The entire burden of hatching , feeding and caring for the young cuckoo falls on the hapless foster parents . |
| 4 | You can almost hear the excitement pouring out of the Master as one of his pupils gets the hang of something he 's been teaching and modelling for the past year . |
| 5 | Since morning he had been in and out of the kitchen where Maggie and Mona were cleaning and tidying and preparing for the big meal . |
| 6 | It is kinder and easier to the skin to freshen up your existing make-up , highlighting and exaggerating for the artificial light of night . |
| 7 | So she went on watching and noticed for the first time that Mrs Files had lovely hands , long-fingered , fine-textured , graceful in their mundane task . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll just have to keep pestering and hope for the best . ’ |
| 9 | They 've got to keep working and going for the second ball . |