Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 2 | A delicately ludicrous picture comes into Howard 's mind of an enthusiastic little hiker with a rucksack on his back , trying to walk up the side of the Matterhorn , and tumbling back with an astonished look on his face . |
| 3 | Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed . |
| 4 | Carson ran up the brick steps to the courtyard 's wooden side-door , rattling the bolt free and stepping out into the narrow alley that ran down the side of the house . |
| 5 | Laura sighed , leaning back on the hard bench and gazing up at the overcast sky . |
| 6 | Of course she could , she told herself , clenching her fists and gazing unseeingly at the distant mountain-tops . |
| 7 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 9 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 10 | Heaven knows what pollution of the ocean is occurring in the form of emission of radionuclides , and building up in the various food chains in which plankton play a part . |
| 11 | In this way , with one small rock fall following another , the flow continues to advance , very slowly , clanking and rattling forward like a shuffling slag heap . |
| 12 | NIGEL MANSELL was taken to the circuit medical centre at Interlagos suffering from shock and minor injuries after tangling with his old rival , Ayrton Senna , and crashing heavily in the last minute of an incident-filled final qualifying session for today 's Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 13 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 14 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 15 | He enjoyed the camaraderie of police life and spent several minutes going about the murder squad office , exchanging pleasantries with officers he did not know and catching up with the latest news . |
| 16 | The Farrers were generous benefactors , providing the inhabitants with electricity from a private turbine at the waterfall and contributing generously to the common good , but most notably in the lovely environs they created by planting natural woodlands , and constructing a lake and other amenities on their extensive estate nearby . |
| 17 | He ached with the fear that God was moving through the woods , coming nearer and nearer to him , a figure with a face he could not imagine , a shining shape , brushing past the respectful fern and pressing gently on the fallen twigs . |
| 18 | With techno enjoying a second coming in Leeds and banging out of every other shop in the renovated arcades on Saturdays , some people were getting home after a day 's shopping and fancying something a bit different . |
| 19 | Shouting and blasting all over the loud speakers ! |
| 20 | And ending up with a thumping great lie . |
| 21 | We 'll make a hypothetical traverse from Easter Island on the East Pacific Rise ( an oceanic ridge , remember ) right across South America as far as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , so we 'll be starting at one plate margin , crossing a second and ending up at a third , each of them , of course , marked by a major belt of seismic activity [ see Fig. 2 ] . |
| 22 | This nearly always results in drifting further back without much gain of height and ending up in a worse situation than before . |
| 23 | Who 's been gossiping to you about her running away with the married man when she was fifteen and ending up in the Daily Record ? |
| 24 | In general , they tend to follow a more or less logical sequence , starting at the top with a headline ( assuming it is there ) and ending up in the bottom right-hand corner . |
| 25 | The visor of black patent leather … continued on page 11 green underneath , rounded , and sloping downward from the horizontal … four black metal eyelets for ventilation , two on each side , placed above the band ; a cap cord of gold bullion ⅛ inch in diameter , secured at both ends by small regulation buttons … a band of lustrous black mohair braid … |
| 26 | There are three basic considerations : ( 1 ) the need to avoid the consequences of a dissolution and winding up of the whole business ; ( 2 ) the need to define the circumstances in which leaving the partnership is permitted or made compulsory ; and ( 3 ) the need to anticipate the financial and administrative consequences of the departure of members of the firm . |
| 27 | She had been standing on the pavement , holding some silly banner — ‘ EDUCATION CUTS ARE NOT COMIC ’ , or something like that — talking and laughing excitedly with a big-bosomed woman stuffed into a scarlet ski-suit and pink moon boots , and he remembered thinking to himself : so it 's finally happened — designer industrial action . |
| 28 | She had drifted unhappily around the estate , dragging her feet and shrinking back from the noisy pack of children which romped around the gardens . |
| 29 | Films with high or low accident estimates thus additionally included instances of passing a vehicle on a motorway and driving ahead along a curving road . |
| 30 | The flags of all European nations were standing horizontal and cracking ominously above the hard and Lerissa , a handsome 52ft ( 15m ) classic sloop , was pitching wildly in the harbour mouth as other boats strained at their anchors . |