Example sentences of "and [det] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not depend upon the views of others to form her own , or bend this way and that according to the fashion of the day . |
| 2 | In this age of specialization , what we got is a lot of brilliant mechanics working four to five years behind theoretic technology , and a few abstracted theorists working out in the unknown and each disagreeing with the other . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're like some beautiful sea nymph … ’ he whispered softly in her ear , his hands protectively holding her slim body as , half standing and half floating in the water , she wound her arms about his neck . |
| 4 | ‘ I found her lying with her head on a little chair and half lying on the floor . |
| 5 | He 'd spend half-an-hour with me and another going round the machines , talking to the men . |
| 6 | The unemployed and many returning to the job market benefit from CAB basic training and with their new skills find paid employment elsewhere . |
| 7 | The concept weaves together elements that are significant in the institutionalization of a region and which are represented in its structures of expectations , while the latter , for their part , operate as a framework for social classification among the inhabitants and those living outside the region . |
| 8 | There are other texts which answer different needs , both our own and those living at the time the texts were produced . |
| 9 | Land was often acquired for little or nothing ; in many places the citizens and those living within the jurisdiction of a town gave their services in the building of walls , the equivalent , it may be argued , of a tax intended to cover building expenses . |
| 10 | In the end , he only emphasised what everyone had long suspected that there was not much of a difference between the winner of the championship and those languishing in the back seats . |
| 11 | At the Restoration his ex-church and ex-crown lands and those belonging to the Butler ( Ormonde ) family in Ireland were all forfeit , but he managed to retain other Irish interests , through the friendship and protection of the first Baron Kingston , who as Sir John King [ q.v. ] had been a Cromwellian until 1659 . |
| 12 | Their first act was to disarm all armed elements in the area , both Egyptians and those belonging to the Mufti 's irregular forces , for Abdallah 's chief aim was to remove Egyptian forces from Palestine , and prevent any Palestinian entity emerging . |
| 13 | Many theological students and those training for the mission field have started back at University and College . |
| 14 | Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying at the Plaza Lucchesi and De La Ville receive a bottle of sparkling wine and fruit , those staying at the Baglioni receive flowers and those staying at the Savoy receive a bottle of sparkling wine , flowers or fruit . |
| 15 | On the west , between the still central figure and those reclining in the angles , the strugglers are divided into three groups in each wing : two groups of three figures each separated by a short one of two . |
| 16 | And those looking for the story-book world of graceful minarets , the mysterious Kasbah and the far muezzin 's cry wo n't be disappointed either . |
| 17 | The companies took the point and began beautifying the environs of their stations in the manner suggested by Mitchell , designing their station gardens to be seen to best advantage by both those arriving on the train and those waiting on the station . |
| 18 | These changes , and those arising from the Act , are designed to give you a more efficient and an even better service — above all , a service that puts you , the patient , first . |
| 19 | ( iv ) The provisions containing any restrictions on taking leave , and those relating to the calculation of pay during annual leave and on general or public holidays , are contained in the Scheme of Conditions of Service , as are any provisions relating to accrued holiday pay |
| 20 | Prisons would come well down the list of priorities should Labour ever be in government , and those working in the prisons would soon discover that , too . |
| 21 | Your issue on Chile ( NI 174 ) was a truly significant and encouraging publication both for Chileans in exile and those working within the country . |
| 22 | the galleries , the officials box and those standing behind the Speaker 's Chair should not be shown except unavoidably as part of wide-angle shots ; |
| 23 | No-one dared to lie and those admitting to the lapse were told , |
| 24 | There were no apparent differences at baseline between the patients who withdrew and those remaining in the study . |