Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] and [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | reflecting on and learning from experience . |
| 2 | It is peculiar that the hedgehogs should be used as the balls , especially as they keep wandering off and getting into hedgehog fights . |
| 3 | Waldheim 's delight at meeting Kohl was understandable , for the encounter was possibly the last he will have with a foreign leader before bowing out and slipping into retirement . |
| 4 | Alright alright alright , I 'm turning off and going to work . |
| 5 | Du n no probably going home and going to sleep . |
| 6 | You 're going home and going to sleep ? |
| 7 | Cook brochettes under a hot grill for 5 minutes , turning once and brushing with marinade , until the fish flakes when pressed with a knife . |
| 8 | Cook under a hot grill for 7 minutes , turning once and brushing with marinade until browned . |
| 9 | Grill for 10 minutes , turning once and brushing with oil mixture until well browned . |
| 10 | However , it 's always nice to be asked , and since so much of life consists of filling in that essentially dull period between waking up and going to sleep , it 's quite exciting to be wooed in the form of a tempting jaunt-ette to parts foreign . |
| 11 | I thought you had just become part of her growing up and learning about life . |
| 12 | Danny Kelly made ‘ Once More ’ single of the week in NME and noted that The Wedding Present were : ‘ A band growing up and bristling with confidence … they have let loose with a second exhilarating little peach of punky powerpop . ’ |
| 13 | No , there were two women , two girls sitting lower down , they kept on turning round and laughing like hell , you see , said laughing at us , there 's nothing behind us so we turned round and there 's two jocks sitting there |
| 14 | GETTING TOGETHER AND KEEPING IN TOUCH |
| 15 | John never forgave Lawrence for breaking away and going into competition with him . |
| 16 | Air France , like many airlines during this period , was expanding rapidly and transferring to jet equipment , and at the same time some ex-military wartime pilots were reaching retirement age . |
| 17 | • Advance your meal times by the same amount as you change your times of getting up and going to bed . |
| 18 | • Change your meal times to fit in with your delayed times of getting up and going to bed . |
| 19 | I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work . |
| 20 | The blinds of the houses were always drawn to different levels , since each of the rooms was let to a different lodger , and their times of getting up and going to bed were different . |
| 21 | All I can remember was that everything was uncomfortable , especially getting up and going to bed . |
| 22 | Sometimes visits will be on a regular daily basis , especially when a person is very disabled and assistance is needed in getting up and putting to bed . |
| 23 | Then all the rest of the coach-load started piling out and running for shelter . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought he 'd be man enough to — ’ but Leith had other things on her mind and wasted no time cutting in and going into orbit . |
| 25 | Malcolm also slowly moved into made-to-measure tailoring , probably because of teddy boys coming in and asking for stuff to be made up . |
| 26 | That 's when I started running away and getting into trouble . |
| 27 | Given the enormous upheavals in all areas from 1917 onwards and the consequent stirring up and obscuring of peasant reactions , the clearest historical clues oh this question may be gleaned from peasant elections and behaviour in the quieter period of the State Dumas . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought you always said kids spent far too much time running around and getting into mischief these days ? ’ |
| 29 | Exercise your mind by reading widely and reflecting on life . |
| 30 | Focal areas were noted and the various methods of putting on and scraping off paint considered . |