Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turns the water to steam and frees the light inside her , twisting and turning in a sparkling , spinning column . |
| 2 | We enjoyed walking and playing in the surrounding countryside . |
| 3 | Once the baby is born , bouts of anger , sulking and withdrawing in the early stages of parenthood suggest that the identification continues ; men can sometimes be as post-natally depressed as their partners . |
| 4 | All round the coast fishing provided the chief by-employment , outranking both clothing and tinning in the south-eastern quarter of the county . |
| 5 | It circled me now , yowling and screaming in a noxious way . |
| 6 | The antler and noose would be used in the mock execution of the Morrisman , and the wild jig would bring everyone on to the green , laughing and screaming in the hot , summer night … |
| 7 | And then , as they all stood laughing and chattering in the cold wind , the sense of desolation swept over him again . |
| 8 | You should be an experienced dinghy sailor ( regularly sails with inexperienced crews ) who has also spend at least six days living and sailing in a small sailing cruiser . |
| 9 | The attitudes towards parenthood and parenting of people living and working in a multi-ethnic community are explored . |
| 10 | The Hilliard Ensemble marks the quincentenary here with two distinct discs , one of works by composers associated with the courts of Ferdinand and Isabella , and other of music by Hispanic musicians living and working in the New World . |
| 11 | In very cold weather it might be worth living and sleeping in the same room so that you only need to keep one room well heated . |
| 12 | Probing , listening and reacting in a constructive , professional , nonjudgemental manner . |
| 13 | He began shouting and screaming in a total panic . |
| 14 | We camped on a terrace above the lake and had a splendid bathe , swimming and splashing in the fresh clear water . |
| 15 | Four of the watchers , experienced men , not easy to shock , had to undergo therapy as they described how the figure of the youth was picked up and hurled twenty yards towards them , like a rag doll , first flying , then bouncing and rolling in a twisted assembly of disjointed limbs . |
| 16 | The sun beating down on them and the children splashing and laughing in the shallow end . |
| 17 | As part of Stone Grove , a four-piece band who have spent the last two years quietly writing and recording in the relative obscurity of Clapton , east London , Simon has been revising , reassessing , investigating his roots , or in his own words , ‘ taking notes ’ . |
| 18 | He unhitched his mare , and led her warily down the slope to the Goldbach stream , stumbling and shivering in the raw morning air . |
| 19 | THE woman believed to be the world 's oldest citizen celebrated her 118th birthday singing and laughing in an old folk 's home at Arles , in France . |
| 20 | For a while I felt I was in heaven , eating and drinking in the warm , pretty room , with kind Miss Temple and Helen . |
| 21 | Loulou charged up to each new arrival , thumping and hugging in a demonstrative greeting . |
| 22 | Andy recovered quickly , sucking on the oxygen , coughing and spluttering in the warm bath , then being dried and taken to a warmed bed and watched over by his parents . |
| 23 | After a poor night 's sleep , punctured by weird dreams from which she emerged coughing and aching in every joint , Julia woke on Monday morning to a suspicion that she might be really ill . |
| 24 | Operates with authority , directing and ordering in a well-defined manner . |
| 25 | Other musical diversions include conducting , leading and playing in a large number of amateur and semi-professional orchestras/chamber ensembles and writing 200+ sleeve notes for major classical record labels , . |
| 26 | When the salient vicinity includes another moving object , particularly a flying insect twisting and turning and diving in a desperate attempt to shake off its pursuer , the extra benefit to the bat of increasing its sample rate more than justifies the increased cost . |
| 27 | The river was carpeted with them , turning and dipping in the fast-flowing waters as they swept towards the Chickamaw Weir and Sharpsburg Corners . |
| 28 | It will also be a time of rejoicing and feasting in the Messianic banquet ( Matt. |
| 29 | A whole family sat in this , nattering and chuckling in the brown steam . |
| 30 | The price wars that have left them bleeding and dying in the personal computer field this year are going to spread to the margin-rich personal computer server , Computer Reseller News predicts . |