Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each such polarization invariably reflects the values of the writers who impose it , but there is a wide consensus among critics who have written about the literature of the period that the majority of it is unambitious , anti-experimental and somewhat lacking in originality . |
| 2 | The overture finishes to applause , the curtains open , thunder rumbles and lightning flashes to reveal me , arms raised skyward and apparently floating in midair , as a huge mirror silently descends and I speak the first lines : |
| 3 | He was acting out of character leaving home and not getting in touch . |
| 4 | At fifty-three , her father was still an intensely busy man , head of an important software company , and lately dabbling in property speculation . |
| 5 | Yet though she knew she 'd been a fool and totally lacking in self-control , still tangled in the sensual web he 'd spun so effortlessly , she could n't regret it . |
| 6 | Secondly , there are modern works which are based on tales of passionate love , often frustrated or unrequited , and usually ending in tragedy , e.g. Romeo and Juliet , A Month in the Country and The Invitation . |
| 7 | A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels . |
| 8 | To compound the problem , the all-important first-time buyer may be a vanishing species , partly frightened off by the fate of those who were saddled with huge mortgages in the slump , and partly reducing in number because of demographics . |
| 9 | It ties in with the fifth principle that ‘ personal data shall be accurate and , where necessary , kept up-to-date ’ — a formidable requirement , if taken literally , in view of the frequency with which personal details ( address , etc. ) can change , and also bearing in mind the possible diversity of sources of information ; and who but the data subject can be the true judge of accuracy — unless of course he may have an interest in falsifying the record ? |
| 10 | It will be implemented by a number of statutory instruments starting in September 1992 and probably concluding in autumn 1993 . |
| 11 | ICI currently has 850 part time workers , who are mostly women and mainly working in job share schemes . |
| 12 | Lucy was appalled by the thought of her aunt falling down the stairs and now lying in pain . |
| 13 | Mono-crop economies are particularly vulnerable to the instabilities in the world market directed , not by the hidden hand of the market , but by the actions of a global collection of profit-maximizing capitalists , usually based in hegemon countries and often acting in unison . |
| 14 | Engineers of this discipline are in the greatest demand , and receive the highest salaries at an early age , Imagine also that the raw material used by these engineers has been rapidly increasing in abundance and dramatically decreasing in cost over a period of 20 years . |
| 15 | The organization 's market share had been relatively stable for a long time and even growing in concert with the growth in world economies . |
| 16 | Presenting the patient with hypothetical , but realistic crisis-provoking situations similar to those which he has experienced and then examining in detail other ways of dealing with them apart from self-poisoning . |
| 17 | Overtaking the car in front when it is not safe to do so and then cutting in front . |
| 18 | You could behave like a pig and they would simply think how sweet and original you were , whereas if you were wildly in love you would be on your best behaviour , nervously uncertain and consequently lacking in charm . |
| 19 | Scott 's letter was long , rambling and almost cringing in tone ; nevertheless , Palmerston read it and replied five days later with a not unfriendly letter in his own hand . |
| 20 | ‘ The life that goes out in love to all is the life that is full and rich and continually expanding in beauty and power . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ He 's used to us going off for weeks and never getting in touch but he always has something to show for it at the end . |
| 22 | While Robinson applauded the development , Boris Ford condemned the transition of the CNAA from a body simply working with institutions which had ‘ not yet been upgraded and which could not obtain a degree through a neighbouring university ’ and therefore working in tandem with the universities , to a body which had become ‘ a fully blown alternative to the university system ’ . |
| 23 | It has lived , among other things , a life of intricate self-contemplation , rather like Crusoe keeping calendar of the days and weeks and faithfully observing in solitude the ancient usages of his tribe . |