Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can he defy what may appear to be a paradox by both easing the burden of excessive interest rates and pressing on relentlessly until inflation is completely eradicated from the economy ? |
| 2 | Cranston leaned over the table , placing his hands over those of Fitzosbert and pressing down hard until the keeper 's face paled and beads of sweat broke out on his brow . |
| 3 | We do n't want that train creepin' in and creepin' out again while nobody 's lookin' . ’ |
| 4 | But you know having said that they are there for a reason and the reason they are there for is is if the group did n't have somebody to pull them back down again then they 'd might be going off in all different directions doing all these wonderful things and ending up nowhere because you have n't had somebody who pulls them back and says well hold on a minute . |
| 5 | To see Dustin Hoffman playing his own song on the piano , and looking up adoringly as Sting sang — well , you do n't get many moments like that . |
| 6 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 7 | Instinct caused him to put out both hands in an attempt to break the fall , and Ellwood was on him , the rod flailing , blood rising from Carey 's face in a thick mist of spray , the hook going into his flesh wherever it landed and ripping out again as Ellwood 's arms rose and fell , rose and fell . |
| 8 | Long and segmented , moving slowly and coiling up tightly when disturbed . |
| 9 | The next thing I remember was getting up and falling down again because my feet were numb , ’ he said . |
| 10 | By invention I mean behaviour , values , beliefs , and so on , that come at out through ‘ internal ’ processes of thinking and working out rather than through imitating or mechanically responding to external stimuli . |
| 11 | Instead of deciding what should be done and working out later if it can be afforded , the economists say the problem should tackled the other way round . |