Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Industrialists , who have acquired power and influence without passing through the mollifying tunnel of public school , Oxbridge and the professions , have always represented a potential challenge to the old order . |
2 | The terms of reference must be defined in advance , and appear in writing in the opening statement . |
3 | Experts have forecast that even a partial ban will be a blow to Taiwan 's fishing companies , which are already facing recession and rely on driftnetting as the most profitable method . |
4 | yes and , and crime of course , yes , absolutely , erm er so erm yeah er yeah and go in thinking about the er thinking about the questions erm |
5 | The schemes of their economic alliance , Caricom , rarely come to much , because its members buy little from each other , and compete in selling to the outside world . |
6 | The area can boast its own teenage gangs , named after the Los Angeles Crips and Bloods , who carry Uzis and specialise in shooting from the windows of moving cars . |
7 | Engineers must prevent sand and grit from getting into the well water . |
8 | One of the characteristics of Matthew is his desire to prove Jesus as the fulfilment of Jewish hope and promise by quoting from the Old Testament . |
9 | Aurum Software Inc , one of the battery of new companies like ProActive Software Inc and Clarify Inc going after the nascent turnkey customer service management market , picked up $3.75m in first-round financing from venture capitalists Battery Ventures , Vertex Management and Cherry Tree Ventures . |