Example sentences of "and [noun] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Waltons ' Award for Promoting the Completely Unbelievable Charms of Rural America this month goes to Paradise , starring Don Johnson a-fishing and a-philosophising on the river and Melanie Griffith getting to grips with root vegetables in the kitchen . |
| 2 | Forest of Dean trainer Tony Meek has Lass Java and Ringa Hustle racing for a place in next week 's final … there 's £40,000 for the winner … |
| 3 | Occasionally there are situations where two techniques can be used , and there may be good reason to apply both so that they provide supporting evidence for each other ( for example , see p. 134 for the use of TL and uranium series dating at Pontnewydd Cave ) . |
| 4 | My own theory is that then , like now , it was a convenient way to discourage unwanted visitors : ‘ Dad , ’ the call would come from the top of the tower , ‘ I can see Mother-in-law and Auntie Bessie coming up the hill . ’ |
| 5 | IBM Corp and Sybase Inc have cooked up a co-development and co-marketing deal revolving around the RS/6000 to be announced this week . |
| 6 | In the big retail market which opens later on the combined scents of ripe peaches and the fresh basil and thyme plants lying in heaps on the ground gave us our first sniff of Provence . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , it was reported on April 11 that the World Health Organization ( WHO ) had launched an appeal for US$4,100,000 to finance a three-month emergency health plan amidst reports that there had been a marked increase in cases of lung and chest diseases resulting from oil fire pollution [ p. 38119 ] . |
| 8 | The debate over mandatory fees continued throughout the 1970s with a report dealing with architects ' services from the Monopolies and Mergers Commission acting as a catalyst for eventual change . |
| 9 | The condition of its wooden structure is a tribute to the sixteenth-century carpenters , and despite disintegration through fungal and insect activity owing to the lack of proper ventilation , the quality and perfect seasoning of the woods used has permitted its survival . |
| 10 | In what has been a good year for poets at the conferences , with Neil Kinnock quoting both Frost and Shelley , and Kenneth Baker identifying with Henry V or Kenneth Branagh , Mr Patten chose Larkin 's observation that , with honour gone , all we could now leave to our children was money . |
| 11 | It was announced on Sept. 30 that the Exxon Corporation had reached final agreement with the Alaskan and US federal governments on a criminal fine of US$150,000,000 ( $25,000,000 of which was suspended ) and damage payments resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 . |
| 12 | The learner should have the opportunity to participate in ward rounds and case conferences relating to patients in her care . |
| 13 | One the first night our dessert of a white meringue swan floating on a sea of raspberry sauce with a scoop of rum and raisin ice-cream nestling between its folded wings , gives an idea of how beautifully presented the meals were . |
| 14 | After all , their species-specific infrared radiations are detectable by insects — either as ‘ visible scents ’ from flower and leaf and root , or from the leaf and hair structures behaving as frequency-specific aerials or from other biophysical processes which we do not understand . |
| 15 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
| 16 | Two unconnected events , but they present a picture of sport on television which brings the state of play in the battle for the sporting viewer into sharp perspective ; BBC , centre circle , triumphant ; ITV pushed to the wings ; and the satellite and cable companies warming to the game after their first year 's play . |
| 17 | Under this agreement the Federated States are competent to conduct their own foreign affairs , including the power to join regional arrangements , subject ‘ to the full authority of the United States in security and defence matters relating to the Freely Associated State . ’ |
| 18 | The universities and electronics firms participating in the project say the wiring scheme in each house will link up with digital telecommunications networks carrying messages between cities and individual homes . |
| 19 | While the city administration of New York Mayor David Dinkins has viewed museums and performing arts funding as an opportunity to promote cultural diversity , the city 's government has largely ignored the arts as a sector for economic development . |
| 20 | Derby paid £800,000 for the England under-21 international with fellow strikers Phil Gee and Ian Ormondroyd moving to Filbert Street as they make up the rest of the deal . |
| 21 | Potassium and calcium move according to electrochemical gradients . |
| 22 | Specificity and memory are properties of the adaptive immune system , depending on B and T lymphocytes acting with accessory cells . |
| 23 | Recent records have shown Siskins and Reed Buntings moving into towns to use the same food source in winter , and Blackcaps are regular in winter in some towns . |
| 24 | Alongside these roads runs the 700 km trans-Andean pipeline , and there are side-roads and branch pipelines leading to about 200 individual oil wells . |
| 25 | the motor racing season gets into gear at Silverstone this weekend … with formula three action and saloon car racing on sunday … |
| 26 | The food and bar department is managed by the food and beverage manager with the head chef , senior maître d'hôte and provision master reporting to him . |
| 27 | ( All but Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Barker playing for Henley ) . |
| 28 | The purpose of this project is to hold two two-day symposia , one in 1992 , the next in 1993 , in order to bring together both the most active British researchers , and also research students and research assistants working in infancy research . |
| 29 | They are fixed for five years at open market value , based on a detailed profit and loss account taking into account the outgoings , turnover , style , size and location of the pub . |
| 30 | any other purported balance sheet or profit and loss account dealing with a financial year of the company or group ) . |