Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim is to clarify the issues underlying such questions , drawing on and developing the appropriate economic theory , and to provide some concrete empirical evidence . |
| 2 | And a few miles away Antony heard the boughs of the sycamore tree sawing together and watched the sinister patterns moved by the wind across the frosted glass of the bathroom window . |
| 3 | This , however , only reflects the complexity of the area and the difficulties of bringing together and understanding the diverse responses of individuals . |
| 4 | I lived in York for 17 years before returning home and saw the outer ring road being built there . |
| 5 | The emphasis of the book from now on is of a pragmatic nature , but I hope it is a sanctified pragmatism applied to operating within and shaping the contemporary manifestations of the Church of Christ . |
| 6 | looking down and seeing the young man again . |
| 7 | Mature trees make this an attractive place but there is no offer of hospitality and nothing to delay a walker from passing through and entering the fell road beyond . |
| 8 | She is seen with Paris , whom she has persuaded to stay in Troy while his companions fight ; and Pandarus is also present , soaking up and intensifying the sensual atmosphere . |
| 9 | If , on the other hand , you knew much more about what had to be done to solve the problem than the other person , then communicating clearly and testing the other person 's understanding would be higher priorities . |
| 10 | Help yourself as much as you can by looking ahead and picking the flattest piece of water in which to turn . |
| 11 | Pin top edges of valance and lining together and drawstitch the folded edges together . |
| 12 | Back on the main road , one kilometre out of the village , it is worth turning off and making the short drive up to the Pico da Torre viewpoint which gives a lovely view of Câmara de Lobos . |
| 13 | She decided to use it , adding a generous amount of her favourite scented oil to the water gushing into the bath before lying back and letting the warm water soothe her weariness and tensions away . |
| 14 | Clarke had already achieved fame as a law enforcer by tracking down and executing the famous dandy highwayman , Jack Rann . |
| 15 | Firstly , the event itself must be dealt with ( arrow f , Figure 7.1 ) , and secondly , irrespective of its threatening implications , there will be coping responses for getting through and managing the resulting distress ( arrow g , Figure 7.1 ) . |
| 16 | Without government aid , argue the pro-regionalists , depressed areas disintegrate socially , with the young and the skilled moving away and leaving the old and the unskilled behind ; families and communities thus suffer socially . |
| 17 | Once seated in Huy 's living room , Merymose relaxed , but only a little , and he could not remain in his chair long , but kept getting up and pacing the narrow space between the front door and the rear wall . |
| 18 | All over the world we are rising up and refusing the exploited identity for which we were conditioned . |
| 19 | As described earlier , close involvement of a family member assists the major transition into a Home , and help with practical tasks such as unpacking , sorting out and explaining the daily routine helps to build a relationship between residential care staff , family , and the new resident . |
| 20 | The want of technique is compounded by the greater nervousness felt when facing out and surveying the whole sweep of exposure below . |
| 21 | Polly worked swiftly , hauling in and securing the various ropes . |
| 22 | This may be so but er with all the skirmishes we 've got on at present and there 's active there 'll be ex-servicemen from them and they 've these funny enough these young ones are coming along and joining the British Legion |
| 23 | Marx , in particular , had already noted this fact in several places , but he explained the phenomenon of internal division as a transitional one ; as evidence of a stage in which private property and individual families were coming in and undermining the communal descent group . |
| 24 | The first members of the teams run up to the suitcases and put everything on , run round the back of the rest of the team and then take everything off and put it back in the suitcase before running back and touching the next member of the team who repeats the process . |
| 25 | Eradication of the less serious fungi is usually a simple matter of cutting out and burning the infected timber . |
| 26 | He should stop fooling about and making the barrack-room lawyer performances that are starting to creep into his approach to the HMI review . |
| 27 | Bernard said , ‘ Ellen , the sooner your friends stop coming round and chattering the happier I will be . ’ |
| 28 | His desperate girl , ox-eyed , perhaps twelve years old or perhaps thirty-five , waited outside the Customs Hall for him without leaving even to sleep , watching through the glass and crying softly and putting the damp balls of face tissue into a big plastic handbag that looked ugly and moving against her sari . |
| 29 | Back by the regatta , the picnic lunches are in full swing — with typical British stiff upper lip , everyone 's eating outdoors and ignoring the less than summery weather . |
| 30 | The easter treat for the rugby folk of Gloucester was to see their team taking on and beating the Italian side Benneton Treviso … who boasted 14 internationals and some of the best players in the world |