Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The silicone rubber will fill up the gaps , creating a cushion between the saddle and the pickups and helping to even out the response — at the expense of a slight reduction in overall output . |
| 2 | It is the same battle , in a new form , which dates centuries back , and which finds support from peoples all over the ‘ Third World ’ who have been fighting and dying for too long for something which is so clearly their birthright . |
| 3 | Pallister and Bruce getting the better marks ( presumably for handling and tackling from behind respectively ) . |
| 4 | It was the only place in the Forest where you could sit down carelessly , without getting up again almost at once and looking for somewhere else . |
| 5 | When we were first married and coming across there then he says blimey Taffy what you doing up here ? |
| 6 | Instead of , instead of giving the emphasis to er what Freud said and trying to rather hurriedly , and as it turned out , too hurriedly , er fill in as it were the , the background from the point of view of modern er modern understanding of the evolution of sex . |
| 7 | But part of their argument as I see it is that they are trying to seek to minimize the impact er in terms of unemployment levels by shifting the structure er and trying to well possibly counter the effects of a fallout in the primary sector . |
| 8 | Things get harder the further you reach , and as you 're working against the clock there 's no sitting and thinking for too long . |