Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The economists did n't get to this position by hanging back and wingeing from the sidelines . |
| 32 | This is a basic 1 × 1 tuck on the back bed , with alternative needles tucking and knitting in every row . |
| 33 | The Requalification team began to work closely with the co-ordinator and the authors , identifying the criteria to be achieved and monitoring and assisting with the progress documents . |
| 34 | In September 1953 Curran became the BBC 's first internally selected administrative trainee , visiting or working for a time in different departments of the BBC in and out of London and assisting in the preparation of the BBC 's first personnel manual . |
| 35 | The trial ended in November 1990 in Siegen ( Germany ) of a former SS officer Ernst August König , 71 , who was accused of killing eight gypsies and assisting in the murder of 1,067 others at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp . |
| 36 | A 21-year-old woman is charged with benefiting from the proceeds of drugs and assisting in the laundering of £10,000 . |
| 37 | The Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) , waging a rebel war in the predominantly Christian southern part of the country , stated in a broadcast on its radio that 15 NCOs , all members of the Nuba tribe , had been executed by the ruling Revolutionary Command Council on Sept. 15 for allegedly plotting and collaborating with the SPLA . |
| 38 | It is often helpful to create several small files ( 5-10 entries maximum ) with varying layouts and indexing as an aid to discussion at the design stage . |
| 39 | She may be under stress and reacting with a tantrum . |
| 40 | Chlorine is well-known for its drying and oxidising qualities which have the effect of bleaching the hair and reacting against the chemicals used in perms and colorants . |
| 41 | They both soon scattered when a mortar bomb burst at the entrance to the orchard , sending shrapnel whistling through the trees and thudding into the walls of the little cottage just a few yards away . |
| 42 | Imagination contracted the distance and made it surprising to fall for so long , and then he was tearing through dogwood and elder bushes and tumbling in a shower of twigs and leaves on to the ground . |
| 43 | A deserted European quarter is twinned with an African settlement out in a desert ‘ white and glimmering like a salt spill , without a blade of grass ’ . |
| 44 | They play a large part in the provision of welfare services , especially in running clubs and recreational activities and helping with the provision of meals , and they make a substantial contribution to the demand for residential care . |
| 45 | Delabere Pritchett Blaine ( 1770–1845 ) , a medical man , had been recommended to assist Vial by demonstrating anatomy and helping with the translation of Vial 's lectures . |
| 46 | And helping with the handover to assistant chief housing officer Neil Schneider , were two young girls regarded by Stockton Borough Council as typical of the youngsters who would benefit from a successful bid . |
| 47 | We used to play marbles in the alley-way together , and sail paper boats down the gutter when it rained , and we 'd spent all our hot summers together playing rounders on the field over the railway line and helping with the donkey-rides on the beach . |
| 48 | The followers say the exhiliration and the spectacle of horse and hounds is a vital part of country life , providing jobs and helping with the management of the countryside . |
| 49 | The country 's fifth national development plan , covering the period 1986-90 , was making progress at reducing economic dependence on revenues derived from petroleum and natural gas reserves and helping with the creation of new private-sector industries . |
| 50 | Social services departments also provide care and after care for older children , by running hostels for working boys and girls and helping with the costs of further education and training , or simply by offering friendship and advice . |
| 51 | She said how glad she was they had somewhere nice to stay and that she hoped they were being good and making their beds and helping with the washing up and remembering to clean their teeth . |
| 52 | The Society is indebted to Ralph and Mrs Edwards , Mr and Mrs Vic Smith , Dr Grey , Mrs C. Evans , Mrs Newcombe , Mrs Wallace , Ron and Carol Mardle and members of the Lucas and Nottingham families , both for providing the food and helping on the day . |
| 53 | Before long they lost the course of the brook , slipping across the moonlit patches as fugitives and halting in the bushes with raised ears and staring eyes . |
| 54 | The film is therefore built up in pieces , a process which makes particular demands of an actor — who is also vulnerable to technical problems with cameras , lighting and editing in a way which is quite removed from the stage actor 's experience . |
| 55 | Tears burst from his eyes when we were leaving South American soil and stepping aboard the cargo ship that would deliver us in Panama . |
| 56 | The door opened quietly ; and stepping into the kitchen , as he had stepped a thousand times before , came Jake . |
| 57 | Distempering houses , and stepping into the breach when somebody 's cook has lumbago , and exercising people 's dogs . |
| 58 | Turning round by steering into the wind and stepping around the front of the mast . |
| 59 | And reducing the amount of time spent on figures enables them to concentrate on reviewing and forecasting for the group . |
| 60 | One thing about having a job , she thought , sitting down at her desk and leafing through the messages which had been left for her , it certainly takes your mind off your worries . |