Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scathach 's horse panicked and he shouted at the creature , which stamped in the water , twisting and tugging with discomfort . |
| 2 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist who has been walking and backpacking at home and abroad for over 25 years |
| 3 | Contrast the English praise of a widow at a funeral , ‘ she held up well ’ , with the ritualised outpouring of Iranian grief , complete with howling , wailing and tearing of hair — ‘ What am I going to answer the children when you ask me where is their father ? |
| 4 | Now high summer was browning and mellowing into autumn . |
| 5 | And it was n't self-pity that kept her tossing and turning till dawn … |
| 6 | The conclusion kept her tossing and turning in despair for hours , the sound of traffic in the High Street a poor substitute for the lulling boom of the sea round Gullholm . |
| 7 | The puddings are unpacked in the morning , driven over to the hospital kitchens for steaming and collected in time for dinner . |
| 8 | She fell back and pulled the blanket over her face , cackling and wheezing with delight . |
| 9 | All three aunts are fast asleep , snoring and dreaming in unison . |
| 10 | From about 1760 he was increasingly occupied in surveying and reporting on river and canal works , including those of the rivers Lea , Chelmer , Thames , Medway , and the Stour in Kent ; the drainage of the Ancholme level and the north level of the Fens ; the Forth and Clyde canal , and the Stroudwater canal . |
| 11 | Monday 's display ran like clockwork , opening and closing of course with Sally B , in between which a veritable pageant of flight took place , ranging from the Barnstorming Days with the Crunchie Stearman trio , Dragon Rapide G–AKIF and the Tiger Moth Diamond Nine team ( the latter operating eight Tigers and a Hornet Moth ) , Biplane Warplanes involved the Shuttleworth Collection 's Hawker Hind and Gloster Gladiator ( making first appearance at GWAD ) and recently — revitalised Swordfish LS326 of the Navy 's Historic Flight . |
| 12 | They must have been singing for , though Sharpe could hear nothing , he could see their mouths opening and closing in unison . |
| 13 | The tunnel curved left and right , round corners , climbing and plunging without logic or warning , while the ceiling rose and , alarmingly , fell . |
| 14 | It strikes me that Glamorgan have left themselves with another internal problem they could have done without now they are rebuilding and looking for stability after those years of committee trauma and musical chairs among the skippers . |
| 15 | It is not the book that you stay up huffing and mewing with laughter over until the middle of the night — that is either Dervla Murphy 's Muddling Through in Madagascar ( Arrow Books , 1990 ) or Sir David Attenborough 's original Zoo Quest to Madagascar , which richly deserves reprinting . |
| 16 | This prevents the cork drying up , shrinking and letting in air thus oxidising the wine . |
| 17 | You 'll practise all the skills needed for anchoring and mooring under engine in a small cruiser . |
| 18 | That 's what makes me sick : you laughing and chatting with Stok while our boy was sitting there petrified . ’ |
| 19 | Then Sally 's lovely nine puppies — I remember you waylaying an army captain to let Sally mate with his dog , and he ringing us up laughing and saying of course he could , and you three making a lovely bridal room for them in Pop 's study ! |
| 20 | Next moment a huge bus with Jumbo El Rapido on the side tore past overtaking and cutting in front . |
| 21 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 22 | The man had a rasping cough that exploded from his lungs in noisy barks which often left him groaning and gasping for breath . |
| 23 | I could hear people groaning and calling for help . ’ |
| 24 | Nausea , vomiting and hiccup with aversion to warm food and desire for cold food . |
| 25 | All PNQs , spotlighting and throwing into debate issues better draped , are resented by government . |
| 26 | More repairs have been carried out over the years — the most recent and probably most rewarding is the cleaning , repointing and replacing of stonework — all done by one of the parishioners . |
| 27 | 8oz ( 200g ) tin of baked beans , eaten cold , plus 2 pieces of fresh fruit and a diet yogurt OR 2 oz ( 50g ) bread roll spread with reduced-oil salad dressing and filled with salad , 1 oz ( 25g ) ham or chicken , plus a banana |
| 28 | Toss salad in dressing and place on plate . |
| 29 | Moving like an automaton , she went through all the motions of washing , dressing and putting on make-up . |
| 30 | A witness had seen him in deep water , shouting and waving for help . |