Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These included promoting energy conservation and efficiency ; placing tighter controls on fossil fuel emissions ; and stepping up research into alternative energy sources . |
| 2 | Head tilted back , and firing out ideas like a machine-gun in his nasal North London voice , he had presented himself as a man with his finger on the modem business pulse . |
| 3 | Thus Hume does not sharply distinguish between interpreting moral judgements as expressing one 's own feelings , stating one 's own feelings , and suggesting how men in general would feel about a situation if they knew enough . |
| 4 | By the middle 1950 's most of my generation were settling down to carving out their careers and bringing up families after the unsettling effects of the war years during which they had experienced all they wanted of adventure and excitement . |
| 5 | It was as if his mind was digging down through the years and bringing up pictures of past events … |
| 6 | They began to look for more drink and the Junior showed his initiative by going up to the off-licence with the Porter and bringing back armfuls of the stuff . |
| 7 | Supplies of sea trout , known as sewin in Wales , are increasing and bringing down prices to around £5 lb . |
| 8 | I knew it was n't healthy or good for me to spend so many hours thinking about eating and cooking up plans for new diets or exercise programmes . |
| 9 | Conduct 8 pint ‘ water change ’ on self , topping up with ‘ Old and Cloudy ’ and filtering out excreta at regular intervals . |
| 10 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 11 | Higher education is also expected to rely more heavily on private sources of finance with polytechnics and universities competing for commercial , foundation and research council contracts and building up relationships with industry through consultancy and science parks . |
| 12 | It is a wonderful way of assuring the presence of core stock and building up stock in Dillons stores . |
| 13 | These could include promising to join the European Monetary System and mopping up liquidity by , for example , special banking deposit rates . |
| 14 | It can be so — certain women have a perpetual ‘ devouring ’ quality — but it is a natural process , echoed in the menstrual cycle , and in the moon 's waxing and waning , and it can be used to positive effect , regulating the ebb and flow of relationships and opening up pathways of communication . |
| 15 | Pemberton only 2 bookings away from suspension after coming to leeds with 8 points ( One of the bookings being against leeds at elland rd ) and picking up bookings in his first two games . |
| 16 | The Doctor spent several minutes inspecting his hat , turning it over in his hands and picking off specks of dust . |
| 17 | Helen may do some painting and Elizabeth likes to work at drawing shapes and picking out words as first steps in reading and writing . |
| 18 | Boulogne-sur-Mer : ABOUT 150 masked fishermen attacked two fish processing plants near Boulogne yesterday , destroying nearly 140 tons of fish and causing around £650,000 in damage . |
| 19 | When not leading the armies to war he dwells at the court of the Everqueen and keeps the peace in Avelorn , slaying marauding monsters and hunting down bands of Beastmen and Goblins . |
| 20 | New Zealand has a network of ‘ backpackers ’ — small hostels , independently run , with a variety of sleeping facilities ( dormitory , family room , double room etc ) , and costing about £5 per person per night . |
| 21 | While societies do themselves construct devices for specialising and separating out levels of meaning , this does not mean that they ever achieve in reality the claims that they make about such discourse . |
| 22 | They were skirting Valletta and Floriana , and heading out south-east on the airport road . |
| 23 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 24 | If you are going to the school yourself , you can probably collect quite a lot of this general information by chatting with the teacher and pupils and noting down details of the surroundings . |
| 25 | I went on tour frequently from Simla to most of the main cities of India , speaking to Indian audiences and getting together groups of refugees from Burma to give them the latest news and to encourage them with hopes of victory and return . |
| 26 | Thomas of Marlborough took about forty days to get himself to Rome , riding fast and wearing out horses on the way . |
| 27 | Down she goes , arms folded across her chest , crouching low and punching out kicks from the knee . |
| 28 | These scratching actions are a crucial part of the cleaning routine , getting rid of skin irritations , dislodging dead hairs and combing out tangles in the fur . |
| 29 | Altogether a fine series , well executed and holding out promise of more good things to come . |
| 30 | Interventions by them during the Ulster crisis had been limited , in the main , to generalities about building bridges across Christian divisions and holding out hands of friendship . |