Example sentences of "and [noun] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , probably the most decisive factor of all is whether both parties were properly advised legally , and equally skilled technically and commercially , so that they should have been capable of adequately assessing the risks and rewards they were undertaking in the transactions and of producing a contract document which properly reflected this . |
| 2 | The committee called in George Stephenson , Reid Clanny and Holmes who were working on safe lamps and ventilation . |
| 3 | ‘ These are their brothers and sons who are riding with you . |
| 4 | This was not much of a promise , and Acheson himself was coming to the view that the British deserved some further reassurance . |
| 5 | It 's a shame that because of time and money it 's coming to an end . |
| 6 | But you can guarantee that there will be something happening in the bars , restaurants and clubs which are buzzing with energy . |
| 7 | And again colleagues , it would assist , er , if movers and seconders and supporting speakers and speakers who 're speaking on behalf of the regions , if they could come down to the front . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's a girl of flesh and blood you 're talking about . |
| 9 | At 21 Henry Skelton had his life before him … a brilliant artist and musician he was studying at New College , Oxford . |
| 10 | Was it you two who were gon na go Scott and Rebecca who were gon na do the talk . |
| 11 | ’ ‘ Strange world , ’ he thought , ‘ this world of sex , intrigue and ambition I 'm moving into … ’ |
| 12 | I said , well , I said , If we do n't those bombers in and , and Spain we 're gon na get them over here . |
| 13 | And party-goers who 're looking for a good time are being warned they 'll find nothing but trouble at illegal raves . |
| 14 | But there were other moments when her guard was down , and she would see again her office at Woodline Design and wonder who was sitting at her desk now . |
| 15 | The old joke is that in the army they once had the message ‘ Send reinforcements we 're going to advance ’ but it became ‘ Send three and fourpence we 're going to a dance . ’ |
| 16 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 17 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 18 | Whether you quote or paraphrase , it is important that your essay distinguishes clearly between your own words — your own voice , as we have described it above — and those words and ideas you are embedding in your work which originate elsewhere . |
| 19 | His love of Britain and wholehearted support for the fight against Fascism gave his films an urgency and richness which were lacking in the few he made after the war . |
| 20 | Day and night they are hanging in swarms above the trench making it extremely difficult to rest . |
| 21 | All night he had laboured in prayer and watching , then rising and sitting in his chair , as it were made new for the occasion , which had been placed before the chimney in his parlour , and in the midst of his chaplains , servants and officers who were praying for him , he expired as if sleeping , and without a groan yielded up his spirit most purely to his Creator . " |
| 22 | Employment Training is a locally based programme that first helps you select people with the aptitude and commitment you 're looking for . |
| 23 | The company is selling largely direct domestically ; in Europe , Canada , Asia and Australia it 's going through resellers . |
| 24 | The LDP group was dissatisfied with the service and quality it was receiving from its Warwick factory . |
| 25 | Morgan v. Russell & sons ( 1909 D.C. ) concerned the sale of some slag and cinders which were lying on a particular piece of ground . |
| 26 | Then as we commissioned our team for what is at the time of writing known as the King 's Arms church we experienced a pouring out of the gifts of the Spirit on those elders and leaders who were praying for the team : it seemed everyone had a word of instruction , a revelation , a tongue or an interpretation for the strengthening of the church . |
| 27 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 28 | I really feel she said , I hope that we can sort something out , but the next morning of course I was first on the list I had my formal interview , mine was half past nine , but when I got in there Sue , and Steve which was gon na be the head manager and this girl from erm Princess Marina who was gon na be the nurse |
| 29 | tt and Thursday they 're going to the luxury end , they 're going to they 're going to see Paul and John |
| 30 | Because the presentation is diagrammatic , needing no specialist knowledge to construct or discuss , it encourages discussion between workers of different disciplines and backgrounds who are collaborating on a project . |