Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twelfth abbot , according to the guidebook , was the subject of complaints to the Pope , that he had treated his flock , ‘ not like a gentle shepherd , but like a ravening wolf , harrying it ‘ with the stings of affliction , and the bites of persecution ’ , bestowing its property upon his kinsfolk and driving from the monastery those who dared to oppose him' . |
| 2 | Lee was pulling bits of twig through the camouflage net and going to the entrance all the time to look at Caspar . |
| 3 | Harry Fischer comes out of his room in his shirtsleeves , hoisting his braces up with one hand , and holding in the other some letter or Ministry circular which has arrived in the morning post , and which he reads mockingly aloud to evoke their common derision at the obtuseness and bureaucracy of the world outside the office . |
| 4 | Westward trips to the Dalles increased in frequency , improving trade with North-west Coast tribes like the Yakima , and introducing to the tribe such coastal traits as nose-piercing and the artificial flattening of babies ' heads . |
| 5 | It 's a spectacular scene and I make a point of leaving my dictation and watching through the curtains each evening . |
| 6 | Sitting in the pictures — getting dark and warm and watching with the music all the time playing from nowhere . |
| 7 | CAN you imagine a situation at a cemetery — the funeral procession arriving , formally attired people getting out of cars at a marked spot , but some of these well-dressed mourners removing their jackets , rolling up sleeves , unloading picks and spades from the boot and starting to dig the grave ; possibly with the professionals cum gardeners watching from a distance and gloating at the mess these amateurs are making ? |