Example sentences of "of [v-ing] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief inspector waited at the end of the room and tried to siphon off his individual murmur from the swell of coughing and clattering round about . |
| 2 | I started keeping any post connected with finance away from him , and myself dealt with the usual household accounts such as the telephone and electricity , because even they sent him into a frenzy of checking and referring back to previous demands , an attitude completely alien to his normal temperament . |
| 3 | Abrupt relaxations of the upper oesophageal sphincter independent of swallowing and lasting up to three seconds occurred during 54% of common cavity episodes . |
| 4 | On large or uneven surfaces , the flashing is best let into a horizontal run of pointing and sealed in with mortar . |
| 5 | When they were out of sight Allen came out of hiding and ran back down the track to the tree where they had been surprised . |
| 6 | This simply means that instead of bending and scuffling around for saucepans stacked up in a dark base unit , try hanging them from hooks near the sink ( where you are going to fill them with water ) or near the stove . |
| 7 | What with writing about burning people at the stake , skinheads and killing disc jockeys and such like , you 've got to be careful that you do n't attract a Sham Army style of following and end up like Jimmy Pursey . |