Example sentences of "and [verb] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | sat and got going like that |
| 2 | It can help us explain why the entrenched and the familiar can suddenly appear conditional and temporary , and inject meaning into those long-forgotten disputes which are bubbling to the surface , especially within the Soviet bloc . |
| 3 | The residents rejected Dr McDonald 's evidence and proposed calling in another independent researcher of their own to survey the factory , saying further investigation of the cancer risk posed by the factory was ‘ essential ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ But what is wrong with the old vision for full employment , for accountable public ownership , for good quality health , welfare and education services , for a fairer distribution of wealth , and to provide housing for all ? ’ |
| 5 | Community groups in many parts of the country have trained staff who will install insulation and fit draughtproofing at little or no cost for people on low incomes . |
| 6 | Picture cards These might be classified and sorted according to those that look alike , those that are of a particular colour or design , etc . |
| 7 | But if the kernel of an individual , the higher Self , is the Ātman which is at one with Truth or God , then to inflict deliberate violence on another is to injure God or undermine Truth , and to cause suffering to another is to violate one 's higher Self or Ātman . |
| 8 | Furthermore , it provides the beginnings of a theory which discriminates between responses which offer short-term emotional comfort for people and changes in technology and economy which produce real gains in human happiness and lessen suffering in this life . |
| 9 | For example , if you start your period every 23 to 32 days , you should count forward 11 days and begin testing on that day . |
| 10 | The group was given the go-ahead and began looking at all options . |
| 11 | He glanced up as she entered , gave a curt nod and began hunting through some papers with jerky , impatient movements . |
| 12 | Swiftair items receive priority treatment and separate sorting in this country and in over 140 countries worldwide . |
| 13 | Just one box is a little stiff and requires easing before any weight is put on the frame . |
| 14 | It almost ran back to its own truck and started speaking into another telephone . |
| 15 | We found the brêche , from which we knew a steep couloir dropped to the Talefre Glacier , and started abseiling from such old slings and pegs as we could find on the sidewalls . |
| 16 | He whispered ‘ bollocks ’ under his breath and started going to another church . |
| 17 | But when the village people arrived at church they noticed her and started whispering to each other . |
| 18 | When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation . |
| 19 | I have a chance to catch up with all my paper work , do a bit of teaching , work on any horses , and go looking for more if need be . |
| 20 | The first of the Annual Reports under the new regime is perhaps of special interest and deserves quoting at some length : |
| 21 | In 1970 a large area of bamboo flowered and died resulting in many deaths through starvation in the panda population . |
| 22 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 23 | She had the air of one who might head for the pavement and start writhing at any minute . |
| 24 | But it 's the fact that the guy gave erm , my friend Billy , erm , died a few years ago , erm , but they , they were like best mates and they used to ju just encourage each other to like , jump on a train and come up to London , and start going in all the hospitals and praying for the sick and things like that . |
| 25 | Bear in mind that , while we may group and classify according to this or that pruning rule , you must expect to meet exceptions . |
| 26 | It is estimated that to construct one of the larger houses at Cowdery 's Down , C12 , would have required the removal of about 81 tonnes of topsoil , clay and chalk and the use of a total weight of timber , daub and thatch amounting to some 70 tonnes ( Millett 1983 , M5/02 , M5/03 ) . |
| 27 | Go to your bed now , child , and leave troubling for this while . ’ |
| 28 | At first they giggled and ran calling to each other through the long grasses , timothy and cocksfoot , clover swaying unsteadily under the weight of bumblebees , clumsy like clowns blundering across the meadow . |
| 29 | Its extent expanded and contracted according to many external and internal pressures . |
| 30 | And you could you could go back and start working through all this again . |