Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she heard Matthew 's name , Miss Havisham stopped walking and stood looking at the speaker , who suddenly became silent . |
| 2 | Immediately you touched those bones , and all the others did the same , laughing and jostling to get at the coffin . |
| 3 | Now you ca n't do that without going and asking think with the organisations such as housing associations , some factor information about where we would stand if we decide to go down that route . |
| 4 | [ … ] However the problem with regulation , as US experience testifies , is that the regulatory agency can become captured by the political interests of the industry it is regulating and fail to act as the guardian of consumers ' interests . |
| 5 | Spraying , hoeing and thinning continue throughout the ripening months between August and October . |
| 6 | In the wives ' hostel Jocelyn finished unpacking and turned to look at the other occupant of the room a pleasant woman of thirty five who had introduced herself as Jane Smith . |
| 7 | And all the time , like pipes dripping , weakening and preparing to burst in the attic , around the house hearts were slowly breaking while nothing was being said . |
| 8 | Often retching and vomiting occur with the headache and sometimes vertigo ; worse ( < ) morning , night , motion , stooping . |
| 9 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 10 | The position of the crash was consistent with the aircraft entering the eastern entrance — flying just above sea level — with the intention of turning east after dropping and attempting to escape along the coast at low level . |
| 11 | The crew was accused of trespassing and asked to leave by the police , who were called by the vicar when they arrived |
| 12 | However , the bargain must be made well in advance ; it will only undermine your disciplinary strategy if you wait until he is lying on the floor , kicking and screaming and refusing to go to the shops , and then begin promising ice-cream . |
| 13 | Obviously he does not deny the cat 's whining and agitated leaping in the presence of the ball , nor does he refuse its possession of ‘ sensory data ‘ , but these will not show what the cat believes ; namely , ‘ what categories of things it recognises ’ . |