Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tearing down the temple and re-building it in three days . |
| 2 | Hermite responded with a profuse apology for the oversight , and suggested that Smith could help the Academy out of an embarrassing position by rewriting his earlier papers in French , complete with full proofs , and submitting them by I June in accordance with the competition rules . |
| 3 | You can , if you wish , test your heartbeat by taking your pulse for ten seconds and multiplying it by six thus making a minute . |
| 4 | Last December they were instrumental in getting rid of Mr Gaidar and replacing him with one of those industrialists . |
| 5 | It was written by the Local Government Commission , which suggests scrapping the County Council and replacing it with four all powerful Unitary Councils . |
| 6 | He shook his head , suddenly reaching for his drink and swallowing it in one quick gulp . |
| 7 | But the building boys managed to draw 2:2 in reply on April 21 doing an Oldham and redeeming themselves in one of the last games of the season . |
| 8 | I would like to suggest that you take a piece of paper and rule it as follows ( see table on page 184 ) , including the headings Short Term , Long Term and Ultimate Goals , and separating them into two sections — Tangible and Intangible . |
| 9 | ‘ I was very sorry to hear about your husband , Mrs Ward , ’ Langton said , closing the door of his office and ushering them towards two chairs . |
| 10 | and selling them at seven . |
| 11 | Remember , each of the above exercises is immediately preceded by taking a deep breath , creating tension , and holding it for five seconds , then exhaling while letting go the tension and saying the word ‘ relax ’ to yourself . |
| 12 | On average , says the study , buying a share at its initial offering and holding it for three years yielded a total return ( dividends plus capital growth ) of just 8% . |
| 13 | So at this juncture you should be making a copy of bar one and calling it bar three . |
| 14 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 15 | ‘ I had heard about Smailovic and his Sarajevan Opera String Quartet some time ago and had the idea of offering him support by writing a piece and joining him in one of his concerts at the front line . ’ |
| 16 | and putting it in one of his cars . |
| 17 | It was as though a breeze was sweeping the room and carrying everyone to one side . |
| 18 | SAFER Auvergne functions by purchasing land on the open market and re-selling it within 5 years to enlarge existing farm units or to create new , more rationalised units . |
| 19 | He shuffled papers , bringing them together and placing them to one side , face downwards . |
| 20 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |
| 21 | Taking the period 1979 — 85 , and dividing it into two parts , we find that in the years since 1983 the differences in surviving birth of infants born to parents in social class 1 , compared to those whose parents are in social classes IV and V , has widened . |
| 22 | and repaying it at five percent interest or whatever is a rate of |
| 23 | She went into the bathroom and I made my own supper by slicing some of the foul cheese and shoving it between two slices of greased plastic bread . |
| 24 | The process is carried further here by spreading the picture down the vase and reducing it to three big figures . |
| 25 | Then , using an average stiffness frame and stringing it at two different tensions , 44lbs and 66 lbs respectively , the result was a massive 350cm ( over 11 feet ) difference in the length of the shot . |
| 26 | After he had eaten he lit a small oil lamp to dispel the gathering gloom , and by its light fought off the silence by indulging in some desultory tidying , which consisted of gathering together assorted scrolls of papyrus and articles of clothing scattered about , and dumping them into two chests — one for each . |