Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system must offer service-users assistance in applying for and obtaining financial entitlements in the form of income support and disability allowances |
| 2 | After years of listening to and reading Anglo-Saxon women letting it all hang out , it was refreshing to be among women who so rigorously kept it all in . |
| 3 | 3 Aural aids can give the students the opportunity of listening to and imitating native speakers . |
| 4 | To write off the ideas and conclusions which one has reached in order to allow an accommodation with other people 's expectations may mean getting rid of a conclusion which the manager had reached after listening to and observing other people 's experience . |
| 5 | He 'd roar with laughter , I suppose , and then ask me what was all this about ‘ little ’ , and we 'd get into some absurd argument about whether he was five feet two or five feet four , end up reviling and swearing at and abusing each other in utter good humour as we used to do often several times a week on the ‘ phone . |
| 6 | Nathan is a swinger , who is blamed for whoring after and mistreating gentile women . |
| 7 | Sadly Mr 's proposal fell on a technicality , but I think he put his finger on something which I felt the assembly was , was responding to , that we are not finished with this issue and although it fell on a technicality about money , perhaps without making any addendums and motions we might er refuse this addendum and keep our minds on the baptism issue and hope that the Board of Practice and Procedure and the panel on doctrine will pick up the substance and the , the essence of what Mr was asking for and pursue this matter until as a church we can get it sorted out to the satisfaction of all the groups within the church . |
| 8 | Women 's power lies in conforming to and consolidating these statuses . |
| 9 | and it will take some of those runners … a few days … a few weeks to recover but believe it or not they 're already talking about and planning next year 's race |
| 10 | That theological colleges and courses , as well as those responsible for post-ordination training and continuing ministerial training , review their provision for the training of ordinands and clergy in the art of preparing for and conducting public worship , and the use of music within it ( 563 — 569 ) . |
| 11 | Before doing so , however , governors should know that they are responsible for understanding , complying with and enforcing national health and safety regulations . |
| 12 | They had come closer together , relying on and valuing each other 's capacities . |
| 13 | The report discusses the implications of the short time local authorities had to plan for use of the grant , in particular the difficulties within the time scale of consulting users , carers and others in planning for and providing new services . |