Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nerves were a problem he always found difficult to combat and the full glare of the spotlight made walking and singing a tall order that day . |
| 2 | We were ordinary seafaring men and founding and running a national union was , to say the least , a job for which we had had no training . |
| 3 | Yassin , arrested in May 1989 , had confessed to founding and directing a hostile organization , as well as to homicide , incitement and the possession of firearms . |
| 4 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 5 | Mandy was sitting at a table with other staff , all of them laughing and having a wonderful time . |
| 6 | He glanced around to make sure everyone was listening and had a good view , and then he continued . |
| 7 | ‘ Now they can stop pretending and make a clean break and a clean start . |
| 8 | Contribute to and respond constructively in discussion or debate , advocating and justifying a particular point of view . |
| 9 | John Bowlby , the man who pioneered what has become known as ‘ attachment theory ’ , drew a military analogy to underline the importance of establishing and maintaining a secure base in handling unfamiliar and threatening situations : |
| 10 | One highly important way in which capital gains an advantage in this conflict is , they claim , through capital establishing and maintaining a dominant ideology which legitimates the status quo . |
| 11 | Upon the Palace being accepted into the 1st Division of the Southern League , Woodger continued to progress as a valuable goalscorer , as well as developing and displaying a full range of skills . |
| 12 | Shortly before that , I had gone into business with Mrs Edna Kirby , trading as KB Enterprises ( John Birch ) Ltd. , developing and producing a new type of UVA Sunbed . |
| 13 | Within education there has been the long standing view that the individual teacher is the key resource to developing and delivering a high quality service . |
| 14 | A proposal for developing and exploiting a medium scale macromodel of the UK |
| 15 | In summary , communication , whether between a person and the physical world or between people , involves each person in developing and manipulating a mental model by interacting with the situation . |
| 16 | Actually we were n't married at the time , so we had to get married straight away and find some money to buy a house and so on , and Daddy had to give up acting and find a real job , one that brought in a regular income . |
| 17 | This is also the way Paolozzi works , continually reordering and reformulating a whole battery of shapes [ in wood , plaster and on paper ] that he has himself created , altered or found . |
| 18 | ‘ If you 're caught trying to help him escape you 'll be charged with aiding and abetting a wanted criminal . |
| 19 | Hilary Henson , sometime most dour frontperson , deserves high praise for writing and producing a superb Horizon . |
| 20 | Now he is known best for writing and talking a good match . |
| 21 | There is always a danger of this happening with innovation , of those instigating and leading a new initiative coming to believe that nothing happened in the field before their arrival . |
| 22 | It is moving towards a crowned deity , a hero kneeling and holding a curved implement , presumably a knife . |
| 23 | The Oilbar medium is firm but mobile in handling and has a buttery smoothness which allows for delicate or robust application directly onto the painting surface . |
| 24 | To keep a Tyrannosaurus rex alive would require catching and killing a tremendous number of mammal-like reptiles . |
| 25 | In Beijing , foreign correspondents said that in early March Zhang Yafei , a university graduate , was given a seven-year sentence for " counter-revolutionary incitement and propaganda " and " organizing and leading a counter-revolutionary group " during the 1989 demonstrations . |
| 26 | Armed with your bridging loan , you are effectively a cash buyer , not caught up in a chain , and you can use this position to your advantage , demanding and getting a good discount . |
| 27 | You also need to allow for the cost of both building and tiling a separate shower enclosure ; this can often be more than the cost if installing the shower itself . |
| 28 | Chen said the new company will draw on potential investors located while he was trying to save his old company : ‘ We will now apply what we learned in designing and building a new machine for early market introduction . ’ |
| 29 | Part of their current ‘ challenge ’ involves designing and building a wooden bridge . |
| 30 | 5.4.7 Both schools illustrate the fact that developments in Stage 3 of the project can be seen to be of potentially greater significance than the immediate effects of securing and expending a Major grant . |