Example sentences of "and [prep] [verb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The first session is used for introductions and for setting up a framework for the course . |
2 | It enables them to gain experience of working collaboratively and of trying out a variety of roles and skills , including leadership , working to deadlines , accepting and offering criticism , negotiation and compromise . |
3 | The court was , I think , going no further than was necessary to decide the case before it : the corporation was a private corporation formed under an Act of Parliament which was capable of holding property and of carrying on a business . |
4 | If they had been chatting , no matter how lightly , she would have been so absorbed in carefully listening and in getting out a reply through a nervously constricted throat that she would n't have been able to enjoy this wonderful drive . |
5 | The art , therefore , is in determining which staff need to be relocated and in drawing up a compensation package which will encourage most , if not all , of the key people to move . |
6 | Cohesiveness found expression in open discussion about needs and in drawing up a training plan : the boards had recognised a problem and done something to resolve it . |
7 | In the rush to get to the tail of the pool , I stumbled over a rock , and in putting out a hand to save a bad fall , dropped the rod and line into the water . |
8 | Six children from the Gambia ( age 16–29 m ) who had persistent diarrhoea ( more than three loose stools/day , persisting for two to 52 weeks and a mean of 12 weeks ) and giardiasis and failed to clear the infection even after treatment ( metronidazole 25 mg/kg/day for seven days ) and at follow up a year later were included in this study . |
9 | This letter was only the beginning of a case with a long history , and by piecing together a number of disjointed fragments of information we can obtain an unusually clear picture of the sequence of events and of Anselm 's reactions to them . |