Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will take a fair amount of skill and cajoling to pick up the pieces . ’ |
| 2 | On Jan. 20 the chairman of the National Security Court announced that " about 20 " people had been charged with murder , treason and attempting to take over the government by force . |
| 3 | Breakfast was not yet over at the curator 's house when Orrie came to announce that the police were in occupation , and beginning to stake out the ground . |
| 4 | The climate was turning warm and humid and beginning to dry out the swamplands . |
| 5 | These matters should be sorted out before assuming that the conversation is impossible , and starting to write down the information one wants to communicate . |
| 6 | It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar . |
| 7 | He sighs : ‘ The rights I threw at Lou were n't punches , I was just feeling his face and hoping to line up the target for my lefts . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Coming back and trying to pick up the threads ca n't be easy . ’ |
| 9 | Cecilia had closed the window and gone on upstairs to find dear little Tina up and dressed and trying to brush out the tangles in her golden hair . |