Example sentences of "[prep] and [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 2 | The very exhaustive treatise Contemporary Percussion by Reginald Smith Brindle ( O.U.P. ) goes in great detail into the technique of writing for and playing a vast number of percussion instruments and contains quotations from many modern works , as well as a 45 rpm recording of the sounds of many of the tuned and untuned instruments which have been used by modern composers . |
| 3 | Walkerdine , recording interviews with and observing a working-class 6-year-old girl and her family in their home , uses fantasy to explore how she identifies with the family from her working-class childhood , and is at the same time distanced from it by her middle-class academic adulthood : |
| 4 | Focus is on listening to and understanding a wide range of accents . |
| 5 | This Circular withdrew Circular 10/70 , and reaffirmed the ( Labour ) government 's objectives of ending selection at 11 plus and creating a unified system of secondary education . |