Example sentences of "and [be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although graphite and diamond both exist at ordinary temperatures and pressures , diamonds are actually unstable and are continuously reverting to graphite . |
| 2 | It is important , then , to establish what linguists have had to say and are now saying about literacy . |
| 3 | Bangor have been a revelation this season and are still pushing for success on three fronts , unlike the poor old Blues . |
| 4 | ‘ I have an excellent job in Durban working for a French barrier fencing company and am also studying for qualification in personnel management . |
| 5 | In their eyes the British were not adjusting sensitively enough to the emergence of potent radical Arab forces , and were therefore putting at risk Western interests and influence in this region . |
| 6 | They all got totally zonkers and were like running from machine to machine making and Benguiat the , not Benguiat , Brillo , was yelling it should be like this all the time . |
| 7 | Two other girls had been grazed and bruised , and were obviously suffering from shock . |
| 8 | Hendry , a winner of nine titles last season , has yet to break his duck in the opening seven tournaments of the 1992-93 campaign and is clearly struggling for confidence . |
| 9 | With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland . |
| 10 | The company that bottles the water says it 's acting completely within the law and is simply responding to customer demand . |
| 11 | Alan , who hurt his back , has n't worked since and is still fighting for compensation . |
| 12 | The Board remains totally committed to the provision of relevant secretarial qualifications and is currently investing in marketing resources to support these schemes in both the UK and overseas . |
| 13 | He received a cut nose and bruised his arms and is now recovering at home . |
| 14 | She was cut free by firemen and is now recovering in hospital . |
| 15 | Mark … the jockey that rode him to victory at Cheltenham has retired from the saddle but still rides him out on the gallops and is now helping to tarin him |
| 16 | For managers , the issue manifests itself at a more procedural level , and is now revolving around resource management . |
| 17 | Today there is much public concern about the amount of incest that occurs and is now coming to light . |
| 18 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 19 | They were five people in one small room , and hardly a word was said between them until Gus Hambro had a large brandy under his belt , and was visibly returning into circulation . |
| 20 | Philip loved the smelly , aggressive little dogs and was always fussing in case they got stuck down the rabbit holes . |
| 21 | His face was blackened , he was bleeding from the head and was possibly suffering from shock . |
| 22 | Above the sink , ivy had burrowed its way through the walls and was now spreading in profusion towards the ceiling . |
| 23 | She had been taken to Hastings Hospital and was now waiting for X-ray results . |
| 24 | It could fatten on coarser feed than the Durham and was early maturing for beef , and the oxen could be good draught workers as well as slaughter beasts , though the cows were not good milkers . |
| 25 | The coroner laughed and was still bellowing with mirth as Athelstan urged his horse forward out into the street . |
| 26 | In the winter of 1940–41 , having moved to Shamley Green , he contracted influenza which he could not shake off : he spent half of January and most of February in bed , and was still recuperating at home in March . |
| 27 | When Lorne and our mother , Lydia , visited the Toraja in 1971 they found that the last great king , Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , had been dead for three years , and was still lying in state awaiting his final star-launch . |