Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no accident that Londoners were to be found financing enterprises in the shires — Henry Fyner , a goldsmith , had built the first English blast furnace at Hartfield , Sussex — and helping to create the country 's stock of ‘ social overhead capital ’ — roads and bridges , schools and colleges . |
| 2 | The satisfaction of belonging to a worthwhile organisation and helping to promote the development of Medau work |
| 3 | There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth . |
| 4 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 5 | Once he had found his clothes and put them on , Ellwood stood up to massage his arms and legs , rubbing and slapping to get the feeling back and loosen the knotted muscles . |
| 6 | Plan the layout so that the page is broken up into short paragraphs with sub-headings and highlighting through the use of emphasised test and underlining giving the message impact and more chance of getting through . |
| 7 | The US has also attempted to appease national opinion by lifting the trade embargo , unfreezing Panamanian assets in the US , and pledging to reopen the canal today . |
| 8 | Trying not to give the game away she got ready to run , listening and endeavouring to locate the direction of the breathing . |
| 9 | Their honeymoon had been ‘ fabulous ’ , said Diana , bubbling over with enthusiasm and dying to tell the world . |
| 10 | Work will include new wall cladding , windows and paving to ensure the building looks attractive and is in keeping with the ‘ new-look ’ planned approach to the bridge . |
| 11 | There is provision for the GAL to be separately represented if their recommendation differs from the young person , and if they are of sufficient age and understanding to instruct the solicitor themselves ( the GAL will advise solicitors about this ) . |
| 12 | Section 34(2) provides for the application to be made by the authority or the child and the question has been raised whether the child , in that context , means the child himself if he is of sufficient age and understanding to make the application . |
| 13 | But I so need to be walking up the stairs and pushing open the studio door , and seeing him at his bench , looking over his shoulder at me , as if he 's not in the least interested to see who it is . |
| 14 | Some further windows were added , puncturing the weatherboarded exterior and tending to reduce the opacity of the walls which is so characteristic of simple and strong early industrial buildings . |
| 15 | These programmes also used modern approaches to teaching and learning — for example using classroom videos and pupil led classroom discussion and seeking to include the family more directly in smoking education . |
| 16 | The driver was bent over the wheel , while his passengers leant out of their windows waving and shouting to attract the attention of the taxi driver . |
| 17 | They are facing formidable opposition in the shape of last year 's winner , Rosa Mota , who sees London as a warm-up for the Olympics , where she 'll be defending her title and looking to put the disappointment of the World Championships in Tokyo last year behind her . |
| 18 | There was something familiar about the way the man 's long hair fell at the nape of his neck , and his posture as he knelt in front of a small hoy who was stamping his foot and refusing to kick the ball . |
| 19 | ‘ You just do n't want me to carry on my business , do you ? ’ she hit back , angered at his refusal and refusing to see the rest as a compliment . |
| 20 | Squirrels shelter in the holes of trees and a future mother who ate their flesh would run the risk of the foetus copying a squirrel and refusing to leave the uterus . |
| 21 | He spent so much time preening and posing and intimidating rivals and refusing to enter the competition before the bar became a danger to low-flying aircraft that he failed to clear a height . |
| 22 | But from the same Grammar School period Edward recalls in detail ‘ the Sunday dinner anger , which became almost a regular thing , , with the boys tittering and refusing to discuss the topic of the morning 's sermon until they received a lecture or abuse from their father , at this ‘ almost the only meal as a rule which the whole family had together ’ . |
| 23 | A large proportion of the clowns today were young men , like Alan , returning to the village for the day and wanting to preserve the tradition for their own children . |
| 24 | McFarlane had come back from London in December 1985 disgusted with the bartering , repelled by Ghorbanifar and wanting to abandon the operation . |
| 25 | Here was Socialism putting forward irrelevant theories of class war and wanting to rule the country by a set of theories which had nothing to do with the welfare of the people . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman is treating me as though he were talking to someone from Louisiana and wanting to finish the sentence before it has been started . |
| 27 | To calculate your fabric requirements , you will need a strip(s) of outer fabric and lining to equal the length and depth of your pattern , plus a 2.5cm ( 1in ) turning allowance all round , plus extra for matching a pattern . |
| 28 | I went with Harry in the ambulance to Maidenhead hospital , both of us swathed in blankets , Harry also in a foil-lined padded wrap used for hypothermia cases ; and from then on it was a matter of phoning and reassuring Fiona and waiting to see the extent of Harry 's injuries , which proved to be a pierced calf , entry and exit wounds both clean and clotted , with no dreadful damage in between . |
| 29 | ‘ Ah , ’ said Cornelius , fighting down his hair , hauling in the portmanteau and forcing shut the door . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , one day we were all laughing and going to take the world by storm with our painting , our films , our crazy music . |