Example sentences of "and [prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A late application may well give rise to an adjournment , for an Order for leave to file an amended pleading in response , for further particulars , and for discovery arising from the amendment . |
| 2 | The Voith Schneider propulsion system provided the high level of manoeuvrability required for port operations and for barge handling in the estuary . |
| 3 | She had spent the day nonstop before and after work preparing for the weekend . |
| 4 | Then of a waiter , speaking in a whisper , asking if sir wanted night ; and of night coming in the Form of a blueberry syrup , poured from high above the plate , and falling in viscous folds upon the streets and towers . |
| 5 | Do you remember looking over the ship 's side at the flying fish , and the phosphorus gleaming along the side of the ship at night — and of course looking for the Southern Cross in the stars at night ? |
| 6 | We illustrate here some distinctive features of Australia 's public health revolution by reference to the control of road traffic injuries and of cigarette smoking in the state of Victoria ( population 4.4 million , 70% in Melbourne ) . |
| 7 | They could wash their hands in one of the most glamorous marble basins in England , set in a marble niche with a scallop-shaped roof and with water gushing from the mouth of a mandarin mask . |
| 8 | Faded blue velvet curtains , worn in places and with dust lying along the folds , were pushed back to allow the last of the light to enter the room . |
| 9 | The directors and deputy directors are key figures in the formulation of pollution control policy , and in decision making about the use of law in pollution control . |
| 10 | Heuristics are obviously needed , and in fact looking at the types of errors actually found in recognition data , some suggested ones would appear to be quite successful . |
| 11 | McElroy argues that as an ice sheet advance begins ( for reasons unconnected with the carbon dioxide ‘ budget ’ ) there is increased erosion both by the glaciers and by water running on the continents into the falling seas . |
| 12 | TO BECOME A PERFORMER , Sandra moved to LA in 1975 , working as a manicurist in the day to pay the rent , and by night performing in the comedy clubs . |
| 13 | Of her early upbringing in Beirut , the text notes : ‘ Leslie Hakim-Dowek 's work is about loss , loss of life and liberty in the Lebanon , that sad , strife-torn country in which she was born , and by extension mourning for the loss of natural life on this planet caused by the malice or ignorance of man . ’ |