Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Du Caurroy 's Fantasies a III , IV , V et VI parties ( 1610 ) are so old-fashioned — instrumental motets , sometimes with long-note cantus firmus , on plainsong or Huguenot melodies — and so lacking in rhythmic vitality that one suspects they were composed long before their posthumous publication . |
| 2 | In my own particular section of the clothing and textiles the union fought long and hard to gain the same rights and conditions for temporary workers , and so leading to permanent employment in most cases . |
| 3 | Rural-urban migrants were able to take advantage of the former , often sending financial assistance back to their relatives in the countryside and so contributing to increased income levels there . |
| 4 | Or — and something came apart in his stomach and turned a revolution and plummeted downwards — were they all politely and patiently waiting with well-controlled longing because it would not be too long now before they could get home and carry on with the lives they preferred without him ? |
| 5 | O K. It seems to me that and just looking at human nature something is that right ? |
| 6 | Henry Livings describes the character of Valentine Brose as ‘ pale and totally lacking in human fire . |
| 7 | These have been followed by a number of local area surveys usually commissioned by Labour-controlled councils and usually focusing on inner city areas . |
| 8 | On his journey , fearful and probably suffering from reactionary depression , he slept a night under a broom bush , where he dreamed that an angel touched him on the shoulder and bade him rise and eat . |
| 9 | Radar studies also yielded a more accurate value of the mass of Venus by determining with great accuracy the distances between the Earth , Venus and Mercury , and hence establishing with great accuracy the variations in the orbital elements of these planets . |
| 10 | The products , internally tested over the last six months and now going into formal beta test , will be available direct and through value-added resellers in the current quarter . |
| 11 | The products , internally tested the last six months and now going into formal beta , will be available direct and through VARs in the second quarter . |
| 12 | It should therefore be advertised internally and externally according to agreed recruitment practices , to adhere to CA 's equal opportunities policy . |
| 13 | For the tongue-tied it 's worth preparing some stock comments and even preparing for social chit-chat by noting interesting stories in the media . |
| 14 | From Shrewsbury School Hillary in 1937 went up to Trinity College , Oxford , starting to read philosophy , politics , and economics and then moving to modern history . |
| 15 | He marvelled at the girl 's patience as her charge ran hither and thither , collecting shells and seaweed , splashing in the waves at the water 's edge , letting out little shrieks of excitement and then relapsing into relative quietness when food and drink were produced out of a knapsack . |
| 16 | You ask the first question , and within moments six people are disagreeing vehemently with one another in Greek , breaking off to explain courteously in English what each thinks the answer should be , and then disagreeing with equal passion in English . |
| 17 | When they reached the shearers ' quarters she became a bundle of activity , doing all she could to assist Matt in setting up the large barbecue , and then searching for dry wood to boil the water for the billy tea . |
| 18 | When it is necessary for us to replace cross-grain cornice mouldings we have found that there is no satisfactory alternative to the time-tested , original method , i.e. saw-cutting and then finishing with large radius carving gouges and plenty of sanding . |
| 19 | oh well , there you go paint it all a fairly pale green and then rubbing on dried powder paint like , almost like using pastels |
| 20 | And abruptly reverting to painful gravity : ‘ Was the boy already dead ? ’ |
| 21 | But , of course , such a male could never reproduce and natural selection is ultimately a question of reproductive success , not of fitness , and in fact from now on you will find me avoiding the term fitness and instead talking about reproductive success , and you 'll find that all the best literature , like Trivers ' book , does the same thing . |