Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one group member said : ‘ What I 'd like to see happening is this room set up with the computer and using it regularly to type up the notes from our meetings . ’ |
| 2 | When they were n't running across it , cheered on by the headmaster , they were snipping bits off it and bringing them back to school to put in jars . |
| 3 | We knew that they were testing them , and checking it over and bringing it up to standard , but we did n't know anything about it other than that ! |
| 4 | Hence philosophical analysis can and must proceed by erm philosophical thinking must proceed by analysis , by breaking down complex wholes into their simple parts and building them up by construction out of these simple parts , a conviction to which Russell remained true for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | It 's very , it 's deceptive if you 're not working out what you 're doing and relating it back to the graph , and relating it back to physics , to an experiment you 're doing , someone 's checking the clock every second to see how much further it 's gone . |
| 6 | Or is this yet another example of the Government and their supporters talking up human rights in theory and knocking them down in practice ? |
| 7 | Nonesuch reverts to its old function , keeping the University as a whole together , telling graduates what is going on in their old alma mater , and keeping them up to date with what their contemporaries are doing . |
| 8 | The reason for storing data and keeping it up to date is to provide information to managers for decisions . |
| 9 | He pushed the bra straps off her shoulders and she looked at him helplessly , torn between releasing the bodice to grab his hands and keeping it safely in place . |
| 10 | It was still dark the following morning when we were woken up by a screaming Corporal who came in , kicking the lockers and pushing us out of bed . |
| 11 | It was it was fun when we first started , because the weather was nice , you know it was er you c take a thermos up and have a picnic and sit in the chair and read a book or whatever if there was no one around , but after a while when it became a duty , yeah it was hard work getting up on a winter 's morning , knowing full well that you probably would n't see any cars if you down in until about ten in the morning , but you still had to be there at seven o'clock , and honking it down with rain or whatever . |
| 12 | When you replace the receiver after calling them , you get caught up at once by all the other pressing demands on your time , while they , in some cases , may be left sitting in a silent room , turning over everything you have said , and sifting it eagerly for confirmation of your real affection and concern for them . |
| 13 | The process of endorsing Notes and passing them on to pay for goods or services from business to business is still quite common . |
| 14 | Then I would be an artisan , quietly learning my trade at the feet of a master and passing it on in turn to my apprentices . |
| 15 | Yes , we need to brush up on , on analysing our problems before they get worse and getting them back into shape using our organized , organizing skills and teamwork . |
| 16 | They settled on NASA , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , which had the reputation of having put men on the moon and getting them back without accident . |
| 17 | It is easy to imagine , then , the labour and skill that would go into making such random — yet precisely required — holes in the metal and punching them out by hand . |
| 18 | Just look at that ( stabbing a piece and holding it up in mid-air ) . |
| 19 | The cost to a superior involves the humbling experience of admitting limits , further undercutting the status differentials captured in organizational hierarchy and calling them further into question . |
| 20 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 21 | Fabia was still wondering if she needed to add anything to that when , as a complete switch , and taking her totally off guard , Ven threw the abrupt question , ‘ Are you married ? ’ |
| 22 | I used to have Physics at half-nine and every now and then she 'd have an accident in the road so I 'd be running home , changing her and taking her back to nursery , which would mean I 'd be half an hour late . |
| 23 | One of them proposed arresting him as he lay on his bed and taking him off to prison with all the bedclothes . |
| 24 | The building societies are also under pressure to spend more money buying up empty properties and handing them over for rental . |
| 25 | and putting them back into service ? |
| 26 | Once again , we are making it clear to the Minister and putting it firmly on record that , in its present form , the Bill does nothing to make it likely that the Government 's words , which have been employed to make the Bill more politically acceptable in Scotland , will be translated into reality . |
| 27 | It must have been really strange for her , going to a new school all on her own , and a convent school at that , with nuns like great black crows floating down the corridors and carrying her off to chapel . |
| 28 | The squash tail is a popular shape on the large all-round funboards , giving easy light wind handling and making it quick to plane . |
| 29 | Fold the sides into the pleats and bring them to lay side by side along the top edge of the swag , pinning and handstitching them securely in position , as previously planned . |
| 30 | She had recently killed some of Buddie 's hens and turkeys by gripping their necks between her teeth and shaking them violently from side to side before throwing them into the air . |