Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he allows for the effects of a ‘ propagation mechanism ’ ( see section 5.1(a) ) by adding the lagged value of to equation ( 6.2 ) and attaching a positive coefficient to it , giving : |
| 2 | Nevertheless , visiting the Company was an important occasion in Mary O'Dell 's calendar ; when her husband was the landlord , she always fussed over him beforehand , ironing his best shirt , starching the collar , sponging his blue serge suit and tucking a clean handkerchief into his top pocket . |
| 3 | On the speakers , Kim Carnes was feeling it in the air and praising the Universal Song . |
| 4 | They are also extremely vocal , calling and bellowing a good deal of the time . |
| 5 | It concerns an executive who passed a mental hospital on his way to work and stopped occasionally to watch an inmate going through the motions of winding up and pitching an imaginary ball . |
| 6 | During the 1930s the world had seen considerable political and military changes , already the dictators of Europe were making territorial gains , and the Japanese also had designs on mainland Asia , invading Manchuria and waging a savage war on China . |
| 7 | I got off the Air India jet spitting betel nut and nursing a swollen hand . |
| 8 | Bunny saw me and gave me a brief nod , then went back to talking to a young black dude wearing a blue trenchcoat and nursing a colour-co-ordinated Filofax . |
| 9 | If you seriously wish to lose your weight then it is most sensible to do it by looking carefully at your diet and eating a good balance of carbohydrates and protein with a reduced fat content . |
| 10 | Pupils may become medieval monks ( or nuns ) in a monastery , listening to an address by the abbot , taking part in worship , acting as medieval scribes , or doing more mundane tasks such as gardening or preparing food and eating a medieval meal . |
| 11 | It occurred to her suddenly that she had rarely enjoyed herself so much as she was now doing , seated in Dr Neil 's kitchen , dressed like a skivvy and eating a huge meal , rather than languidly nibbling at it , as she would have done at one of Aunt Nella 's ‘ At Homes ’ . |
| 12 | Yet here was her grandson fending for himself , leaning amiably against a kitchen cupboard and eating a self-made sandwich , while his mother gave infinite attention to food for women who should have been at home attending to their own children . |
| 13 | You can effectively fend off the unsightly fatty areas known as cellulite , or ‘ orange-peel ’ skin by stimulating a healthy blood flow , taking regular exercise , and eating a sensible diet . |
| 14 | ‘ You are what you eat ’ is a favourite maxim , and eating the right things is important in order to be healthy at every stage of life . |
| 15 | With regular brisk walking , and eating the right kinds of food , we should be fit and healthy without having to resort to extreme , fanatical exercise routines or slimming diets . |
| 16 | Keeping weight down , getting exercise and eating the right foods are important to beauty as well as health . |
| 17 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 18 | Skilled players may choose to hook gently or draw the shot by aiming down the right side of the fairway and encouraging an early rotation of the right hand over the left prior to impact . |
| 19 | These should be major counselling objectives , and encouraging an ageing person to be part of such a group would indeed constitute a major counselling success . |
| 20 | However , government austerity policies and plans to reform the previously restricted economy by privatizing state monopolies and encouraging the private sector and international investment were bitterly criticized by organized labour , disaffected FLN traditionalists and opposition parties [ ibid . ] . |
| 21 | A study of the GEC bid to takeover Plessey outlines clearly the conflict that can exist between maintaining competition in the domestic market and restructuring an industry to enable it to compete with foreign competition , by allowing rationalisation to occur and encouraging the combined group to exploit economies of scale . |
| 22 | Ella Burrows , ever the angel of mercy , organised the girls Into baking tins of biscuits and cakes , and knitting a constant supply of jumpers and balaclavas for the menfolk . |
| 23 | As the manual tells you , by holding certain stitches in holding ( E ) position and knitting the remaining stitches in sequence you can work shoulder shaping , neck shaping , sock heels and toes and even a shaped hemline on skirts , while most attractive full skirts can be made on the same principle . |
| 24 | The research paper recommends certain reporting actions by UK companies — such as publishing environmental policies and naming an environmental director — as well as setting out an eight page research agenda for academics , the ASB and APB . |
| 25 | The harshly defeated Catholic crusader , without high rank and honour-less , had nothing before him except scrabbling for cash with his pen , an unhappy family life , and coating the intransigent permanence of his adolescence in premature and cranky old-bufferism . |
| 26 | Indeed , had it not been for the blazing row with Mama she would still be living with her parents , seeing Charlie twice a week and helping the wounded airmen get back their confidence . |
| 27 | Set up in I 978 with the twin missions of keeping Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon and helping the Lebanese government to control the Palestinians there , it was never given the strength to do either . |
| 28 | Others , like Tim Robinson and Derek Randall , have their own businesses so that leaves us to fix up about 10 or a dozen with work at Trent Bridge , coaching and helping the commercial department as well as working on their game . |
| 29 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
| 30 | He saw him in his mind 's eye , running through the wood wearing Uncle Walter 's helmet and firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes . |