Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a real lady The girls were suddenly self-conscious , smoothing down their tattered skirts and tucking their dirty feet out of sight . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose so , ’ clearly weighing up the chances of Auguste 's swimming underwater to the women 's bathing machine section and drowning his beloved daughter . |
| 3 | And pitching their dead bodies into the woods . |
| 4 | In Rhodri 's cast-off clothes and worn shoes he looked like a penurious wandering scrivener of sixty ; in truth he was barely forty , and had been a tall , strong man of his hands once , and would be as good again after a month of eating regularly , and nursing his frayed body and broken and blistered feet . |
| 5 | ‘ Svend was watching television and nursing his broken heart , trying to work out how he could go back home without losing face , when he was forced to realise the amount of trouble and disruption he and his erstwhile girlfriend had caused on all fronts ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Hush , honey , hush , I hate it too , ’ he murmured , enfolding her in his arms and stroking her sopping hair . |
| 7 | So they returned each to his own country , blessing him for their deliverance , and magnifying his great bounty ; and forthwith they sent him tribute and acknowledged themselves to be his vassals . |
| 8 | Personal power is about knowing and valuing yourself , and trusting your inner resources . |
| 9 | Once again it points to the power of particular historical languages in constructing individuals and shaping their political demands . |
| 10 | Of the five , probably only William Snr. and Thomas were practical binders , the rest migrating to London and proving themselves good businessmen as booksellers , travelling widely and selling fine books , including the Halifax products . |
| 11 | We are incapable of accepting and handling our unique dignity and character . |
| 12 | On the one hand , individuals ( and working class individuals in particular ) may have great difficulty in identifying and pursuing their collective self-interest . |
| 13 | Rodin was a skilful salesman of his work , making careful use of photography in establishing and maintaining his good name . |
| 14 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 15 | This is extremely unrealistic — it is more likely that firms will be able to meet some of the increased demand by working existing machines harder and using whatever excess capacity does exist . |
| 16 | This is a delightful , funny , quirky old thriller , belting along on high octane enthusiasm and using its copious quantities of High Tech to dress up a more human story which gleefully sings the praises of Spirit over Machine . |
| 17 | While one in ten agreed ICI was doing a fair share to reduce its impact and using its scientific skills to develop ‘ greener ’ products , the environment journalists still rated the company among the worst polluters — alongside British Coal , Fisons , British Nuclear Fuels and Powergen . |
| 18 | She explored around the puckered surround of her anus , and using her middle finger , firmly stabbed the first joint into the tightly guarded entrance . |
| 19 | Every individual has to find her way of tapping and using her creative resources , whether her daily environment is a home or an office . |
| 20 | Lamps lighting the desks at the nurses ' station were the brightest things in this open central space , and one of the lamps was catching Tom 's hair in its light , giving the short locks a golden glow like a halo , and bringing his commanding profile into sharp focus . |
| 21 | My God , I 'd even told my grandfather that I was coming home — and bringing my future bride . ’ |
| 22 | She found herself running a comb through her hair , taking a short-hand pad and three pencils instead of the two which should surely have been enough , running a handkerchief over her dusty sandals and easing her left-hand stocking round her ankle a bit to keep the ladder out of sight . |
| 23 | Because Lysenko , a crackpot geneticist , was the modern pioneer of bending scientific data and bashing professional opponents to suit the reigning political preference — not unlike the EPA administrators who dealt with dioxin contamination by re-writing the reports and intimidating their various authors , Lysenko was so preeminent in this process that common English usage has accorded him an eponymous distinction : ‘ Lysenkoism ’ is now the accepted term for politically enforced manipulation of scientific truth . |
| 24 | Still hot , and completing its thermosetting process , the GRP rod continues on its way along the length of the machine in the company of another 24 or so rods which have passed through a parallel course . |
| 25 | After qualifying in medicine and completing my house-officer training , I was employed as a research assistant in a university department of medicine investigating various aspects of lead poisoning . |
| 26 | True to her word , Nelly Tilling called frequently at Albert Piggott 's house , and enjoyed cleaning up the place and cooking her old friend a meal . |
| 27 | But a little forethought will help you avoid the drudgery of mixing , baking and cooking your New Year spread . |
| 28 | Chosen her as she sat drinking tea and eating chocolate biscuits and enjoying her small triumph . |
| 29 | He had a bad squint anyway , but now his two eyes seemed completely dissociated from each other and wandered restlessly round different comers of his head , apparently quite out of control and enjoying their surprising liberty . |
| 30 | It 's like a fantasy re-creation of interwar slum clearance — happy working-class families rescued from their slum houses and enjoying their new flats . |