Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent of the decline may be measured by the figures for live births : 832,000 in 1967 , 784,000 in 1970 , and levelling off at just over 600,000 in 1975 . |
| 2 | A pisteur outdid them on his day off by skiing the top section of the mountain nonstop all day and notching up at least 130,000 vertical . |
| 3 | The couple she had met as the Corduroys , Ken and Louise , were holding plates and looking round for somewhere to sit . |
| 4 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |
| 5 | Kahnweiler in Der Weg zum Kubismus is probably echoing conversations with Braque when he writes : ‘ Representation of the position of objects in space is done as follows : instead of beginning from a supposed foreground and going on from there to give an illusion of depth by means of perspective , the painter begins from a definite and clearly defined background . |
| 6 | She and Jim talked together secretly about leaving the house and going off to somewhere ‘ more committed ’ , but Phoebe could not bring herself to give up the only home she knew of , could not bring herself to choose absolutely Jim 's commitments over the women 's commitments . |
| 7 | And going back to somewhere you have not been since you were a baby could be very exciting . |
| 8 | And going out to where |
| 9 | To see him passing by the window in his bucket hat holding a slice of bread and butter in his hand like the Mad Hatter , then hitting his forehead with his palm and rushing back in again . |
| 10 | ‘ Now , in this past week , he has been playing and getting back to how he was before . |
| 11 | I even managed to sneak a ride on the engine , changing at one end to the other , just going out , round and coming back on then . |
| 12 | Do n't go too near the water ! ’ she called out before leaping to her feet and running over to where the twins were feeding some ducks at the edge of the Serpentine . |
| 13 | Hollow out the other half of cake to form the sarcophagus base , leaving a rim of at least 1cm ( ½inch ) all the way around , and carving out to about half the depth . |
| 14 | Lloyd , 6ft 6in tall and weighing in at more than 18 stone , was born in Montevideo but is eligible for Wales through his parents . |
| 15 | The steam crane , built by Ransomes and Rapier in 1944 and weighing in at about 142 tons , was eased into the head-stunt after the incident . |