Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three months later she joined C&R on a full-time basis , although throughout her maternity leave she had been attending meetings and helping out on special project work . |
| 2 | As a result of nail sickness , the heavy Westmorland slates were regularly coming loose and crashing down with such force that they sliced through the lead gutters below . |
| 3 | Of those that did turn up at their parish churches , a good number behaved in a manner that was anything but reverential : talking , joking , spitting , arguing , and catching up on lost sleep . |
| 4 | ‘ I usually only scrub the front tyre when I get into a turn too hot but this is how it goes : You 're in fourth gear and jetting down to this U-turn . |
| 5 | By keeping double taxation to a minimum and cracking down on phoney transfer pricing , these international arrangements have helped boost the efficient allocation of capital worldwide . |
| 6 | And best of all , inevitably , the celestial ‘ Car Wash Hair ’ is included here , where the band successfully sound like an entire orchestra swapping instruments mid-song , just about keeping their cool and gliding off into deep melody space , against the odds , with real elegant chaos . |
| 7 | She kicked off her shoes on the carpet , and slid back silently to listen down the well of the staircase ; and picking up from this level only minor and ambiguous sounds , she went quickly down again one floor , to where she could lean cautiously over the glossy black banister , and train both eyes and ears upon any activity in the hall below . |
| 8 | He soon spotted several well-dressed young women who strolled up and down their particular stretch of pavement , faltering and looking up with decorous winsomeness when a likely man passed . |
| 9 | The sharing and growing up without much money and finding a belief in yourself and the work . |
| 10 | So , I do get a bit ac , I mean , th there 's , there 's one young girl in the class and , we were on about women 's role in society and going on about third world woman , but even western woman have their position , you know , she does the housework |
| 11 | The next day the RUC tried to block a 4,000 strong Paisleyite protest march from the centre of Belfast , but the marchers broke through and rampaged through the centre of the city breaking shop windows , stoning the Catholic-owned International Hotel and going on to Sandy Row where they tried to burn down a bookie 's shop which employed Catholics . |
| 12 | And hurrying along on this account that we have here , Ruth , the next morning , she 's given a gift by Boaz a a a , a gift of er , to seal what has been said . |
| 13 | New Testbooks : Two new books of tests covering Starting Out and Getting On with one test per chapter and a Progress Chart for students to keep . |
| 14 | The Centre does nothing magical , nothing unscientific , nothing really extraordinary , it merely helps you to start filtering off the oil and getting back to that crystal clear water . |
| 15 | But he 's okay now and revving up for next week 's World Cup group three game against Latvia at Windsor Park . |
| 16 | It came in a stone mug , deliciously cold and wiping out in one mouthful the heat of the morning and the traces of last night 's headache ( he wondered briefly how the Engineer regiment was getting on in its battle positions ; by now they should be dug in and pausing for sips of lukewarm water or barely warmer tea . |
| 17 | And feeding back through that inversion is an equally scandalous interrogation of the dominant order being mimicked ; civil society is shown to be rooted in a like corruption . |
| 18 | The thought of Guy walking into the stable as calmly as you please , asking for his horse and riding out in full view of the entire garrison was utterly nerve-racking . |
| 19 | At the same time the government is rushing ahead with non-economic reforms which it knows will be popular , such as tightening up the conditions for acquiring French citizenship and clamping down on illegal immigration . |
| 20 | And I could see I was going to get warmer still because the bullock was beginning to enjoy the game , kicking up his heels and frisking around after each attempt . |
| 21 | It has been much easier to give an overdraft than to go through the whole process of studying a plan for the business and coming up with longer term loan financing . |
| 22 | Now though it 's time for the break and coming up after that crossing the channel with those magnificent men in their microlight . |
| 23 | The opening of the novel is then the story of his ‘ death ’ : the time between ‘ dying ’ and coming back to full consciousness , a period of uncertain length , but possibly covering two years or more . |
| 24 | I was screaming at Flupper and dancing about in any agony of uselessness . |
| 25 | In addition carers often reported further expenditure related to disability and caring which had resulted in using savings and cutting down on normal expenditure . |
| 26 | This means concentrating on fish , poultry and vegetarian dishes and cutting down on red meat ; avoiding creamy , cheesy or buttery sauces and fried foods ; and eliminating salads with fattening ingredients such as bacon , nuts , cheese and egg . |
| 27 | This was because of de-stocking and running down of high volume , low margin brands , and a change of year end at the Schenley offshoot last time . |
| 28 | Harold was about eight or nine and he was always playing and running about in that meadow yonder . ’ |
| 29 | If the variometer is fluctuating and reading up on one side of the circle and down a little on the other , the probability is that the glider is not climbing at all but is just drifting further down wind . |
| 30 | Girobank charges a flat fee of £5 whatever the transfer value , but only to specific foreign banks and taking up to 10 working days . |