Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the guns were still being fired , a Syrian tank came lunging up the shattered street where we had just been walking and entered the tiny square . |
| 2 | Real maids are quite different , moaning and wailing and kissing the local bobby between the dustbin and the outhouse . |
| 3 | I was booing and hissing the bad guys with the best of them , and I usually hate audience participation . |
| 4 | Some lectures were some way even from this loose definition of science : John Ruskin lectured on Verona and Italian art in 1870 , and Richard Westmacott , who was both a Royal Academician and FRS , on art five weeks later — but he talked particularly on the question of assembling and conserving the Greek sculpture in the British Museum . |
| 5 | The important thing is to recognise that it is happening and take the relevant action . |
| 6 | Clearly while we do have gliders that spin , it is vital to give pilots enough experience to recognise what is happening and to make the right moves instead of panicking and doing nothing . |
| 7 | I am also encouraged by the stated principles of conserving the appearance of the central city , and of protecting and enlarging the open spaces , which in some areas are at present lacking . |
| 8 | We are always keen to support projects that offer social and economic benefits to the communities of Wales while protecting and enhancing the natural and built environments . |
| 9 | The new party is also dedicated to ‘ fighting for the right of self-determination of the Tamils and Muslims ’ and ‘ protecting and preserving the geographical identity and integrity of the traditional homelands of the Tamils and Muslims ’ . |
| 10 | Adopting and extending the Gothic taste for punctuating walls with large windows , he built a skeletal structure depending for its stability on the skilful use of flying buttresses . |
| 11 | This feature relates solely to the characteristics of the states comprising the membership of international society and is essential to explaining and understanding the international arenas where non-state actors operate . |
| 12 | Finally , and by way of summarising and emphasising the main points of this chapter , an investigation by Graesser , Hoffman and Clark ( 1980 ) will be described briefly . |
| 13 | Some few may write a Declaration , others may sign it , but they are stating what has been God 's law from the beginning , ‘ That all men are created equal … that … ’ ’ he paused and consulted his watch again , opening and closing the engraved case with a brisk snap . |
| 14 | But compared , say , to a President of the United States or France , the tasks of cultivating and presenting the Prime Minister 's personality are probably less demanding . |
| 15 | How could she compare the task of dusting and polishing the magnificent English furniture to the drudgery of cleaning our house , where there were only tom rags , a broom and a pail of water , and you had to go down on your knees to scrub the floor and do the endless piles of washing by hand ? |
| 16 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 17 | She was laughing and relishing the delicious feeling of her breasts exposed to the warm night air . |
| 18 | Gallagher walked after him , halting only to hit , weaving and ducking the wild swings of the powerful fist . |
| 19 | Within their firm containment , he can slowly learn about holding mixed feelings — loving and hating the same person . |
| 20 | So although Attlee 's cabinet of the post-war years was instrumental in promoting and drafting the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms , few thought it necessary or desirable that this guarantee of freedom should become part of English law . |
| 21 | The examples are : " revising and improving the whole curriculum for a particular year group , taking account of the programmes of study and attainment targets of the National Curriculum ; developing a whole-school assessment policy , including marking and recording ; piloting a scheme for staff development and appraisal " ( DES 1989e:11 ) . |
| 22 | He hopes to spend time exploring the challenges of ‘ spirituality and non-literate young people ’ with an emphasis on communicating and sharing the good news , working with the bible and the issue of ongoing nurture . |
| 23 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
| 24 | The people who are seizing and occupying the present time can not belong in my colour , they 're like the bits that leap out of a spinning bowl , too heavy , too separate and distinct to be blended in with the other substances ; red-hot stones , flung out and setting on fire the place where they land . |
| 25 | I itemise below the categories of work we could carry out for you in relation to establishing and developing the early stages of your group 's development programme , together with fee estimates . |
| 26 | SERAFIN : ‘ From Greenwich to Westminster ’ — which I should think would involve somewhat similar considerations — ‘ even though it takes longer , even though I ca n't read or watch television to keep myself entertained at the same time , even though it demands a greater expenditure of concentration and nervous energy — and , one might possibly add , physical labour in pushing and pulling the various levers and pedals involved … ’ |
| 27 | The second underlying process of kin support which is highlighted by the examination of historical evidence is the process of maximizing and making the best use of resources within the kin group . |
| 28 | The selection of Dewi Morris ahead of Robert Jones is mystifying and exacerbates the potential problems to be experienced at half-back . |
| 29 | She is a body in a room ; she is the room ; her head takes off to become a camera snapping and exposing the million thoughts flashing through her brain every second . |
| 30 | The skull was placed among the bones of Arak , and through the heat and the smoke Tallis watched the watching eyes , three cold people from an ancient day , remembering and honouring the dead . |