Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three years I consoled myself with the fact that one minute he was laughing and joking the next it was over . ’ |
| 2 | Originally named the Laboratory Equipment Corporation LECO is based in St Joseph , Michigan , USA and started life by developing and introducing the first volumetric carbon determinator for the iron and steel industry . |
| 3 | The varnish held tiny , solid pieces of silver metal which stayed on the pieces of tissue Philippa was using and scratched the next nail she treated . |
| 4 | He was a pioneer photographer , inventing and selling the first popular exposure meter , and his natural empathy with the countryside is reflected in his photographs . |
| 5 | Actor and singer Jimmy Nail , who is producing and directing the next series of his show , is offering would-be actors just £30 to appear . |
| 6 | We are now validating and approving the last of the three batches of courses for the new system and , apart from a few special cases , this will mean that all students beginning an advanced course after the summer will be enrolling for a modular , rather than traditional , course . |
| 7 | As the dawn came she was weak with exhaustion and relief , watching and willing the first barely perceptible lightening of the sky . |