Example sentences of "[det] and [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haymo receiving news of this and hearing the commotion sent word to the Archbishop for further news , but found that the worthy Primate had left with his attendants and was well on the road to Kent . |
| 2 | As Denton has shown , Winchelsey had used Clericis Laicos tactically to keep the king at bay while evading the full implications of that bull — that the pope alone could give consent ; Edward spent the last years of his reign dexterously reversing this and nullifying the commitments which appeared to have been extracted from him by the Confirmation of the Charters in 1297 . |
| 3 | Cos he had a big stick like this and beating the woods you know . |
| 4 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 5 | The task of examining this and extracting the full mechanism would be nearly impossible of achievement . |
| 6 | ‘ Without a replacement , the plant could have been out of action for months , reducing Torness 's productive capacity by half and costing the company a fortune in lost revenue . |
| 7 | Suddenly he reached across and snatched the photograph out of the Woman 's hand , ripping it in half and dropping the pieces on the floor . |
| 8 | Taking out some and reducing the number of pests is one thing , but reliable eradication can hardly be expected or hoped for , and much as it may displease those purists who do not like the idea of using poisonous chemicals in the garden , they have to be our main line of defence and protection of our roses . |
| 9 | The Chinese Wall is a self styled regulatory mechanism aimed at stemming the flow of material information from one department in a conglomerate to another and resolving the legal problems associated with conflicts of interest generally . |
| 10 | Yeah the the graphs it 's just a question of doing a few and getting the feel of it and then we 'll . |
| 11 | Instead the book details the major green issues that have been in the headlines , such as the greenhouse effect , acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer , offering a history of each and listing the consequences and possible remedies . |
| 12 | Oh it was cutting , definitely cutting it down yes , and I er remember in the first place before erm all this automation was brought in , they used to do the casting er a man and his son used to do all the casting and believe me it was hard work , er the real old way you know er with the fires and that and everything like that and heating the things up in a bellows . |
| 13 | I always see him riding about up the Steven there he 's always up there I know when I used to work for it was always Steve who used to be riding to this farm , riding to that farm , checking on this , checking on that and taking the wages round that sort of thing . |
| 14 | So , having D'Arcy in the band has been an education , not only from playing with someone who 's obviously a girl , but seeing how people perceive that and seeing the kind of shit she takes because she 's a girl . |
| 15 | The expression for aggregate output , that is equation ( 4.13 ) , can now be rewritten in terms of P 1 — Pte using the implication of equation ( 4.22 ) that and using the solution for π 3 : |
| 16 | Try reading that and explaining the words of that , to somebody who has no knowledge of the Christian faith , I thought was quite a challenge . |
| 17 | ‘ I like the cobbling , that and driving the van is about the only work I 'm fit for , having very little brains for the counting and stock taking . ’ |
| 18 | Fostering attitudes of fair treatment for all and developing the skills needed to participate actively in human rights issues are just as important . |
| 19 | However , a review which was triggered by a crisis of confidence over NHS funding ended by saying nothing about funding levels at all and leaving the method of funding through general taxation unchanged ( apart from the ideological blip of allowing tax relief on private health insurance for the over 65s ) . |
| 20 | His new found maturity on and off the court is impressing many and diluting the controversial image he has carried with him since turning professional four years ago . |
| 21 | And buying a lovely house of your own and sending the children to good schools . |
| 22 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 23 | ‘ It was a kind of choice between saving his own and saving the Cossacks . |