Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose , for example , a particular spirit has chosen this lifetime to learn how to deal with the temptation to do deliberate wrong to others — whether by spreading malicious lies about them , stealing from them or causing them physical harm . |
| 2 | Some hospitals are already trying to make mealtimes more fun by having children 's favourites on the menu or giving them child-friendly utensils , but many hospitals lag behind . |
| 3 | NGOs have also caused a brain drain from the NHS by recruiting skilled Mozambicans and paying them high salaries . |
| 4 | Noah was in a particularly bad mood one dinner-time , and so he tried to make Oliver cry by hitting him , pulling his hair , and calling him horrible names . |
| 5 | Mr Reynolds was kept comfortable by lifting and moving him gently every 2 hours and giving him regular analgesia . |
| 6 | The Ultratone Facial works by stimulating the muscles and giving them concentrated exercise . |
| 7 | The wind must be blowing from them to you , since this not only minimises the noise you may inadvertently make but it prevents your scent blowing towards the rabbits and giving them advance warning that all 's not well . |
| 8 | Both Pope Eugenius III and Pope Adrian IV pursued an active policy of acquiring castles , fortifying them and giving them special status . |
| 9 | Tacitus takes the view that Antiochus IV tried to improve the Jews by abolishing their superstitions and giving them Greek customs : " demere superstitionem et mores Graecorum dare adnisus , quo minus taeterrimam gentem in melius mutaret " ( 5.8 ) . |
| 10 | The idea that one can adopt an orphan baby elephant in Kenya and supply it with food and medicine for under £15 would be even more droll if I did not remember adopting a number of black babies in Africa as a schoolboy , and giving them foolish names like Chrysostom or Donaldina or Ambrose , at five shillings ( 25p ) a time . |
| 11 | The emphasis will be on developing an actor 's mental and physical concentration , and giving him/her sufficient craftsmanship to sustain a performance . |
| 12 | However , treating knowledge about language systematically and giving it explicit mention in the syllabus is not universal in our schools . |
| 13 | and giving us General Paralysis of the Insane . |
| 14 | Gone is Mr Morley as presiding anchorman and the device of splitting the evening between actors and singers : instead we have Simon Cadell and Patricia Hodge evoking the platonic passion of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence and giving us generous helpings of songs and scenes from the shows . |
| 15 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 16 | But she said what it is is basically we 're all just starting from the bottom because this new idea of where they 're buying small homes and making them small communities |
| 17 | Once there , and finding them nice places in which to live , the areas ' dynamism was ensured by the social preferences of this elite . |
| 18 | Macintyre works with mentally handicapped people , setting up residential homes and finding them rewarding work . |
| 19 | The brown hyena deposits two different smell chemicals by everting an anal pouch and squeezing it round grass stems . |
| 20 | ‘ He kept waking up and telling me silly things … |
| 21 | Fair comment , but this week she was on holiday , did n't stop her and going and leaving them poor dogs in there barking their heads off and crying , for seven and a half hours did it ? |
| 22 | However , an effort was made to give them some kind of compensation , by extending the provision of the afa ( beans , rice and sugar rations ) beyond the initial emergency period , and offering them free transport and free spectacles . |
| 23 | If she met an alien in Wandsworth High Street , she 'd be telling it the way to the supermarket and offering it free babysitting before you could say ‘ flying saucer ’ . |