Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New styles of management , in an Arts and Crafts setting , were tried out in the state-owned pubs in Gretna and Carlisle during the war . |
| 2 | Virginia Woolf was one of a limited number of outspoken feminists of the time whose attitudes to gender provide a contemporary feminist yardstick for the analysis of Walker 's treatment of women , Woolf , like Walker , assumed a dichotomy of human characteristics and qualities according to gender . |
| 3 | The sites were reexamined ( Figure 9.3 ) 3 years after the initial disturbance , and recovery measured in terms of vegetation composition , biomass , nutrient accumulation , soil characteristics and nutrient leaching . |
| 4 | It seemed a daft notion as we hurtled west along the motorway from Nice with Porsches and Ferraris whistling past our ears . |
| 5 | The dealers , exporters and wholesalers walking round inspecting the produce , discussing prices , negotiating ; the hangers-on standing about in groups smoking , chatting ; the market police and official inspectors strolling round seeing that all is in order . |
| 6 | Sir : Fiona Pith-Helmet must have had her hard hat pulled over her ears and eyes leaving only her mouth operational when she accused the Arts Council of inverted racism ( 'What about the special needs of a struggling poet without funds ? ’ by Fiona Pitt-Kethley ; Living , 27 September ) . |
| 7 | They had both stopped in front of a rack of old-fashioned saucy seaside postcards : puny little men with worried expressions and legs like sticks versus huge , menacing women built like battleships with backsides and bosoms straining against their frocks like over-inflated balloons . |
| 8 | Inevitably , as he visited Modigliani more frequently , Paul Guillaume began to realize how disorderly the artist 's domestic life was , One evening , walking along the street , he heard screams and bangs coming from Beatrice 's cottage . |
| 9 | They 're leaving this place in the afternoon and we have another lot coming in , so Stella has arranged for Jean to attend to the chalets and bed changing while she does the barbecue at the end of the rafting . ’ |
| 10 | We hauled ourselves upward , legs and lungs straining , wondering why we were doing it . |
| 11 | Struggling with flies and belts we had dropped our trousers , taken down our underpants , and stood to attention , upper bodies wrapped against the slicing wind , hairy legs and bollocks going purple with cold . |
| 12 | Corbett nodded and they staggered on , bodies soaked in sweat , eyes blinded with panic , legs and feet threatening to turn into the heaviest lead . |
| 13 | Sometimes , if the lights had been left on , and I was unable to sleep , I 'd look across to Tom and feel great sorrow to see that fine man lying on the floor in a bleak underground room , with a rough blanket over his legs and cockroaches crawling over him as he slept . |
| 14 | His body tilted to horizontal , legs and arms hanging like a spider from a strand . |
| 15 | Getting legs and arms working in perfect harmony takes a while — but learning is part of the fun . |
| 16 | Blanche sat slumped in the armchair , arms , legs and shoulders aching . |
| 17 | At one level this is what happens when we refine our perception of concepts such as ‘ insects ’ ( from which everything small that creeps or crawls to the more precise ‘ creatures with six legs and bodies consisting of three elements : body , thorax , and head ’ ) or ‘ the Victorian age ’ , or ‘ freedom ’ . |
| 18 | While football hooliganism is not solely an ‘ English disease ’ , to be an English supporter at a match abroad clearly has a powerful image that attracts many young fans , an image which sees local fans and passers-by retreating in terror , and which has , it must be said , little to do with the achievements of the English football team itself . |
| 19 | Racing : The Trainers and Jockeys Making The Running on The Flat |
| 20 | They discussed co-operation in financial markets , specifically over equities and futures trading . |
| 21 | Because these five women — with their beautifully made-up , famous faces are the nucleus of Parents for Safe Food , a group founded by celebrities to voice the concerns of an increasing number of men and women about the pesticides and herbicides making their way onto our plates . |
| 22 | For the finest and freshest in home made snacks and mouth watering baked goods visit the Boston Tea Party and enjoy a well earned break . |
| 23 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 24 | In late August clashes between local Oromo fighters and forces supporting the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) had been temporarily resolved through an agreement between the EPRDF and the Oromo Liberation Front ( OLF ) announced on Aug. 27 . |
| 25 | Our vision is to build bridges between the church and the community and to see kids and adults coming to faith in Jesus that will last . |
| 26 | First , it is felt that too much " sleeping around " may provoke jealousies and rivalries damaging to military morale . |
| 27 | It should be noted that the recognition of the effect of childbearing patterns on the health of women and children can be utilized not only by individuals or couples but also by organizations and authorities dealing with health and family welfare or development policies , including its social and population aspects . |
| 28 | If we look at the evidence of Roberts 's study of Lancashire households between 1890 and 1940 , we see that the various categories of kin who co-resided included : unmarried daughters living with parents ; unmarried brothers and sisters living with a married sibling ; orphaned children ; children whose parents were still alive , but who had gone to live with relatives because of parental poverty or lack of space in the parental household ( Roberts , 1984 , pp. 72–7 ) . |
| 29 | ( Crying in justified woundedness ) Oh I can just see you lyin' there five year aul' in yer bed recess with your sixteen brothers and sisters eating snotters and planning to trap our Deirdre , tie her down by fair means or foul . |
| 30 | Surf and suntans , antipodean accents , endless brothers and sisters cropping up out of nowhere are all part of the appeal . |