Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats . |
| 2 | Whilst this decision has been criticised as a " narrow " interpretation of the law ( ibid ) , our examination of the nature of casual working and the characteristics of the casual labour force in the hotels and catering sector raises the question of whether according casual workers employee status , and thus bringing them within the coverage of employment protection legislation , would be of any great relevance . |
| 3 | His hatred of the Empress , whom he never forgave for producing a male heir and thus depriving him of the succession to the throne , together with his inveterate hostility to what he considered to be the ‘ reactionary powers ’ , led him at times into very deep waters indeed . |
| 4 | Meeting these attainable short-term goals and progressively crossing them off the list can provide an important sense of achievement and reinforcement . |
| 5 | Lady Weighall was also responsible for laying out Jubilee Park , opposite Petwood , and later gifting it to the authorities . |
| 6 | Jurors decided that he assaulted his brother , Robert , 30 , to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life by shooting him , pinning him to the ground and repeatedly hitting him on the head with bottles . |
| 7 | I 'm in London I 'm in the nick I 'm in fucking Paddington Green for Christ 's sake , the high-security station they use for the Provos and they think I 'm so dangerous so much a security risk they 've got me here and even holding me under the Prevention of Terrorism Act Jesus God because some of them still are n't convinced they are n't dealing with some unholy alliance of the IRA , Welsh Nationalists and uppity jocks . |
| 8 | they come up knocking at my door asking me to teach them boxing and even stopping me on the street . |
| 9 | Firing the shutter can be equally basic , by mounting a lever on the card camera box and even pulling it from the ground by separate line . |
| 10 | Propagation is done by taking cuttings and simply planting them in the gravel . |
| 11 | The drama comes from separating the tooth germ of a mouse embryo from the overlying sheet and then recombining it with the cell sheet enclosing the limb , but which would normally form skin . |
| 12 | When the burning heat in his body had at last broken , she had concentrated on his arm , washing the wound constantly by setting a bowl outside to catch the clean rainwater and then replacing it with the pail , changing the two receptacles again and again . |
| 13 | The board is steered away from the wind by initially inclining the rig forwards and then leaning it over the windward side of the board . |
| 14 | They hugged each other , and then taking me by the hand we went into the street and made our way home . |
| 15 | This may be done by a provision such as : If the Seller is in breach of this term the Buyer may reject the goods and terminate the contract [ making the term a condition ] or The Buyer will accept the goods even if they are delivered late and late delivery will not entitle the buyer to terminate the contract [ making the term a warranty ] or by using the words " condition " and " warranty " and then defining them in the contract : " condition " means a term of this contract any breach of which will entitle the party not in breach to ( i ) terminate the contract and ( ii ) claim damages for losses caused by breach of condition whether or not he terminates the contract . |
| 16 | An example saw the head of the household getting out of his bed at midnight on 13th May , filling his mouth with black beans and then spitting them to the floor , saying : |
| 17 | Yes , I 'm all right , ’ Tamar replied , opening her eyes and then veiling them with the black sweep of her lashes , but not before Tempy had seen the gleam of triumph in their topaz depths . |
| 18 | He was making a lucrative living rustling horses , cattle and sheep from the surrounding farms by night , and then selling them in the Newbury and Marlborough markets by day . |
| 19 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 20 | Having scrabbled round picking up as many ‘ pros ’ as I can find , and then weighing them against the ‘ cons ’ , while looking at everything in the most optimistic light , there can be no doubt that we are doomed . |
| 21 | ‘ Maybe just as significant , this is n't a case of the corporate centre devising a policy and then imposing it on the regions — far from it . |
| 22 | He was running water over the dishes in the sink , swilling them round rapidly and then placing them on the side . |
| 23 | He was out of the car and round to her side , opening the door , almost dragging her from the seat and then propelling her up the path . |
| 24 | Spartak defender Victor Onopko smacked Rushie while in the penalty box , but instead of pointing it out to the referee and then playing it by the book , we had David Burrows tearing into an absolutely scandalous tackle and the tone was set . |
| 25 | These include plungers , wormscrews ( for boring into a blockage and pulling it out ) , and scrapers for removing sludge and silt and either pushing it down the drain or pulling it back into the inspection chamber on which you are working . |
| 26 | ‘ What 's the sudden hurry ? ’ he growled , coming up beside her and again grasping her by the elbow . |
| 27 | ‘ Ah — now that is serious , ’ he said , picking up his shirt and reluctantly easing it over the traces of tomato pulp . |