Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing the latter in one-dimensional terms , and characterising it as a weak version of the more prestigious intellectual analogues used ( design as weak art or weak science ) , such models never explored design — cognitive activity from its own standpoint or in respect of its own efficacy . |
| 2 | ‘ How did you get on today — have you found a nanny to help you with the children ? ’ he added , throwing her into confusion by casually giving her a peck on the cheek before leaning across the table and helping himself to a slice of chocolate cake . |
| 3 | She went into the empty staff-room and helping herself to a cup of coffee , she sank wearily into a chair . |
| 4 | LUKE SAT ON AN expo love-seat in Club World at Heathrow , drinking Volvic and availing himself of a complimentary fax machine — clearing up the initial paperwork with Mike on the poem . |
| 5 | Instead , the wall was used as a reason for seeking conciliation with the East and accepting it as a fait accompli . |
| 6 | It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) . |
| 7 | What makes the difference between seeing a picture as a jumble of meaningless lines , and seeing it as a picture of a landscape ? ( 194–219 ) |
| 8 | This suggests that the difference between seeing a picture as a jumble of meaningless lines , and seeing it as a picture of a landscape , is that in the latter case an act of recognition , or of interpretation , takes place . |
| 9 | It is difficult to believe that , among the tumult in the cave , either mother or baby would be able to recognise one another 's voices , but bats are famous for their skill in disentangling the echoes of their high-frequency squeaks and using them as a way of navigating . |
| 10 | Child abuse is something no one would wish to endure , and using it as a sales/hype ploy is sick . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a nightmare , ’ Baldwin told G. M. Young , attributing the defeat exclusively to ‘ the pacifist ’ issue and using it as a reason for eschewing rearmament in the early days of Hitler . |
| 12 | Donna did n't manage to get her finger around the trigger but she did pull the weapon clear , closing her hand around it and using it as a club . |
| 13 | The vulture is manipulating the stone and using it as an extension of its beak to crack the egg . |
| 14 | Dana ran after him , catching his arm and bringing him to a standstill . |
| 15 | But in the same split second something like an iron band clamped round his waist , squeezing the breath from him and bringing him to a dead stop . |
| 16 | He 'd obviously put his own glass down , because he halted her by grabbing her shoulders and bringing her to a halt . |
| 17 | He has n't redeemed and restored back to what we were , but he 's gone way , way beyond that , in making us his children and bringing us into a very special relationship with himself . |
| 18 | Nurse Bodkin bustled over to her and put her arm around her shoulder , making soothing noises and easing her into a sitting position on the bed . |
| 19 | The Report of the Data Protection Committee was published late in 1978 , a bad time for political initiatives : within a few months the new Conservative Government was in office and contenting itself with a fresh and laborious round of further consultations — there seemed little likelihood of anything being done until , in 1981 , the Council of Europe , as part of its concern with human rights , opened its ‘ Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Data Processing ’ for signature by States which had appropriate legislation enacted . |
| 20 | Like the Eighties terrace tearaways in Britain who showed up for the match in Barbour jackets and deerstalkers , these B- boys were appropriating the ruling class style and parading it with a sardonic grin . |
| 21 | ‘ We were raided on Monday by customs with the specific intention of confiscating it and sticking it in a zoo somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 22 | She remembered Doc Threadneedle suggesting she try sucking her finger and sticking it in an electric socket . |
| 23 | Like the smaller copepods , euphausiids are mainly herbivorous , combing algal cells from the water and gathering them in a basket-like arrangement of bristles on their many-jointed forelimbs . |
| 24 | Whereas in management I take the raw clay of inexperience , then shape and mould it into a team of teapots , Vic had an old-fashioned approach , plucking players with natural ability and building them into a cohesive unit but where no player 's unique , individual flair was stifled . |
| 25 | CAR thieves have left a disabled man virtually housebound after taking his car and crashing it into a wall . |
| 26 | Maxwell 's good judgement came in taking over the BPCC printing business and transforming it into a global communications empire . |
| 27 | She had to seduce Jim by whipping off a false beard disguise and transforming herself into an exotic belly-dancer . |
| 28 | I tried to marry this judgment with the memory of the sturdy young woman I 'd seen joking in the glade ; who had come breezily into The Pightle telling me to water the plants and daring me to a duel of wits with Edward ; who had seemed so certain of me over against his cautious vacillation. fragile was not the first word that would have occurred to me , unless I had overlooked something vital — something which , I remembered , Bob had noted . |
| 29 | He was milking the audience for all he could get : throwing the balls out in every direction and catching them in a windmill of arms . |
| 30 | The only sounds came from the other end of the room where the woman was splitting the artichokes and tossing them with a splash into a big plastic bowl . |