Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ventured upon deck the first morning , and was approached by not one but three potential beaux , each with his hair curled and exuding a powerful odour of bergamot . |
| 2 | After being discharged and spending a year at home he was again hospitalized because he spent his time listening to the radio rather than studying . |
| 3 | Such a division is purely a literary convenience and each of the topics must be seen as intertwined and forming a complex whole . |
| 4 | This consists of measuring or estimating financial factors such as cost or profit associated with the products being considered and drawing a histogram of money against product or element type . |
| 5 | This consists of measuring or estimating financial factors such as cost or profit associated with the products being considered and drawing a histogram of money against product or element type . |
| 6 | It is all a question of being organised and having a plan ; after all , it takes a minute to tell the gardeners to spray this or frame that … ’ |
| 7 | A conveyancer is just as much dependent upon being well organised and having a methodical mind as upon his or her knowledge of the law . |
| 8 | Like destroying all the paintings one 's ever done and making a new start . |
| 9 | For sequential interviews you need all your wits about you , which means being thoroughly well prepared and getting a decent night 's sleep beforehand so your energy does not flag ! |
| 10 | The question is , of course , more easily asked than answered and finding a research methodology which would be valid and practical was the first of Petch 's problems . |
| 11 | At the top they emerged into the more inhabited regions , the mirrors at every corridor corner brightly polished and reflecting a pale light . |
| 12 | The system uses a gas burner to heat the spraying sheet , thereby changing the way in which the drops are formed and producing a narrow drop-size spectrum , with few small particles . |
| 13 | Further along the line , Oakworth Station was closed and looking a little dishevelled owing to platform repairs ; a remarkable sight was the boiler of ‘ City of Wells ’ standing in splendid isolation in the sidings . |
| 14 | Applications , stating the reasons why a grant is requested and giving a curriculum vitae and the names of two academic referees , must reach the Principal by 31 January 1992 . |
| 15 | The following cases were dealt with by Northallerton magistrates : Alan Robert Lazenby , 22 , of Knotto Bottom Road , Northallerton , was convicted of entering building and stealing property valued at £824 , entering a storage container and stealing property valued at £350 , dishonestly attempting to obtain £989.46 worth of goods by deception , dishonestly obtaining goods valued at £77 by deception , driving a van while disqualified and using a van without insurance , without a test certificate , driving while disqualified , failing to provide specimen of blood for analysis , driving car recklessly , using car with a defective tyre , with a defective braking system , failing to report an accident , failing to stop after an accident , failing to stop when required by PC , using a car without insurance ; 15 months imprisonment , licence endorsed , six points , disqualified for three years . |
| 16 | It has to be admitted that the railway has passed through a period of financial difficulty but now appears to be settled and operating a successful service of trains . |
| 17 | However , the issue was not settled and following a rating revaluation in Scotland , which caused much unrest , a further inquiry ( the fourth in fifteen years ) began , which resulted in the 1986 Green Paper , Paying for Local Government . |
| 18 | This hardbacked little gem , beautifully illustrated and containing a mine of relevant information is a must for anyone doing the sales , auctions and fairs this summer and in the months beyond . |
| 19 | You should practise saying goodbye , thanking the interviewer , shaking his ? her hand if it is proffered and making a confident exit . |
| 20 | Frigging around instead of facing up to where the bloody wife had gone and putting a stop to it at once . |
| 21 | The title of the Institute and corporate members has been reviewed and following a consultation exercise with members the decision has been taken that a change would be inappropriate . |
| 22 | But here he was , still sitting in his chair ( and looking as though he wished he were n't ) whilst her mother stood on the hearth-rug , arms folded and wearing a furious expression . |
| 23 | ‘ Are you saying that when I showed you Milada Pankracova 's letter to Cara , that was the first you knew of any interview ? ’ she asked , still feeling a shade staggered and needing a little more clarification . |
| 24 | He fantasized about having her certified and getting a lot of sympathy . |
| 25 | It 's the old chaps in this country who get to pull on their boots and leave the women behind to a fate of wearing beige coats , having their hair permed and choosing a new tartan plastic cover for the Radio Times from the newsagent when they pick up their People 's Friend . |
| 26 | Consider the following sentence : ( 21 ) Getting married and having a child is better than having a child and getting married Good arguments will be given in Chapter 3 to suggest that the word and of itself does not mean ( have the semantic content ) " and then " , but is neutral with respect to a temporal dimension . |
| 27 | So , there is no difference in semantic content between p and q and q and p , or between " getting married and having a child " and " having a child and getting married " . |
| 28 | How then are we to explain that ( 22 ) does not mean the same as ( 22 ) ? ( 22 ) Having a child and getting married is better than getting married and having a child We have to provide a pragmatic account , along the following lines . |
| 29 | Five tenders were returned and following a thorough examination by the team , the bid of Ericsson was selected for recommendation . |
| 30 | Each map feature ( whether it be a point or a sequence of points defining a line ) is digitized placing the pointer at the location whose coordinates are required and pressing a button . |