Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hens moved carefully about , picking their way on their spindly yellow legs , muttering comfortably to each other and darting their heads to the ground every so often in pursuit of something delicious . |
| 2 | The worms can only live in compostable material so there 's no fear of them making a bid for freedom and eating their way through the vegetable patch . |
| 3 | Naturally , Hannah had to take her place on the Baldersdale treadmill , working to the orders of her uncle in the fields ( her father died when she was an infant ) and assisting her mother in the kitchen and wash house . |
| 4 | After years as a good county player , he is suddenly timing the ball and shaping his shots with the elegance and effectiveness of a Graveney or a Gower . |
| 5 | What remains For MacDonald and Wimpey , of course , is patenting their process and cloning their hybrid for the purpose of franchising . |
| 6 | ESSEX all-rounder Mark Waugh hit a majestic 121 as New South Wales reached 349–4 against the West Indies yesterday , ending a run of four successive ducks and proving his form to the Australian selectors . |
| 7 | They suggest that in many circumstances , and particularly more recently , the central problems facing management are not so much to do with control over labour but are much more to do with such matters as obtaining orders for products , getting the design right , innovating , and handling their relations with the capital market . |
| 8 | ‘ Then he 's not far off , ’ said the thin man , keeping a sharp look-out on the surrounding trees and resting his hand on the pommel of his short sword . |
| 9 | There seems little prospect of the pain clinics in this study meeting these targets and maintaining their service within the constraints of existing resources . |
| 10 | recognising reimbursable expenses attributable to jobs , categorising them correctly and maintaining their separation from the operating costs of the business ; |
| 11 | On the face of it , this is a month when you should be concentrating on your future and accepting your share of the limelight . |
| 12 | Their opponents have been through the mangle recently , going out of two cup competitions courtesy of Bangor and seeing their lead at the top of the table cut to a slender one point . |
| 13 | Favouring Edmund , stressing their brotherhood , and bringing their treaty to the fore diminished the extent to which Cnut looked a usurper . |
| 14 | After setting up and completing their work on the beaches , on 10 July , No 6 Beach Group was dissolved . |
| 15 | The Hungarians reacted by calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) and submitting its case to the International Court of Justice . |
| 16 | If she were her normal self she would be pottering happily around Simone , laughing whenever she got in her way and sticking her fingers in the food . |
| 17 | Two more of the creatures hovered around the craft , walking over the wings and flashing their teeth at the hysterical passengers . |
| 18 | She sighed , then twisted on her stool to gaze in astonishment because a car was thumping and crashing its way along the dirt road that led from the island 's one village to Bonefish 's sprawl of shacks . |
| 19 | Expecting him to be amused , she was astonished when he swore , explicitly and very fluently , before draining the rest of his coffee in one swallow and thumping his cup on the mantelpiece . |
| 20 | On the wedding day , he was holding his head and nudging his friends about the wild stag night they 'd enjoyed . |
| 21 | Auks have evolved into rather specialised birds ; they have become adapted to finding and catching their food beneath the sea surface to the extent that they arc unable to do things any other way . |
| 22 | Blood as good as yours or mine creatin' a sort of moiré effect and condemning your shorts to the wastage pile . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ On the dole , more likely , ’ says Sandra , suppressing a yawn , and checking her appearance in the mirrored wall behind her mother 's back . |
| 24 | Laura yawned , cuddling up closer to him and pressing her cheek into the curve of his shoulder . |
| 25 | He gave a low , husky laugh as he lay down beside her , bending his head to her throat and pressing his lips to the pulse that was beating so wildly under her skin . |
| 26 | The assumption , which the project sets out to test , is that the State is increasingly withdrawing from the business of providing services but strengthening and widening its role as the regulator of services produced by others in the private and voluntary sectors . |
| 27 | The injury-prone versatile Northampton player lasted just 39 minutes before dislocating his shoulder and booking his place on the plane home . |
| 28 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 29 | Their animals , richly caparisoned for the tourists , were munching at green piles of clover and swatting their tails against the early flies . |
| 30 | Unable to save herself , with a startled cry she pitched forward , tumbling down the remaining stairs and banging her head on the stone floor . |