Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many plants spread naturally in this way , their flexible stems arching down and rooting where they rest on the ground , and gardeners have adopted this method for woody subjects otherwise difficult to propagate . |
| 2 | Which is if , I mean when he was giving lectures in government and binding , people would invited him would put up posters saying government and binding so he got all the wrong audiences . |
| 3 | As they came close we watched as they demonstrated the subtle science of reading the often obscure words of the hymn and seeing where they were going at the same time . |
| 4 | And in tutorials there is opportunity to take well judged risks — by which I mean being unafraid of going for the character and seeing where it leads — even with well known speeches . |
| 5 | Now if there is no problem why on earth do we have to put that sort of that sort of work by officers erm , in , in to action erm , so between the , if I understand Labour 's position now Chairman , between the twenty fifth of August and the twenty eighth of September , we have now gone from accepting the problem and seeing how we can solve a number problem to saying that there is no no number problem and that everyone is cooking the books . |
| 6 | ‘ We learn by just popping things in and seeing how they do . ’ |
| 7 | That is , going through various categories — education , qualifications , experience , etc. , and seeing how they match up with the picture of the ideal candidate which you built up . |
| 8 | We 'd set on living together , and seeing how it worked out , with or without the baby . |
| 9 | She carries on investigating her new present and seeing how it works . |
| 10 | Quite simply this means working out what is needed and seeing how you can supply it . |
| 11 | Well you start going for the paper and seeing how you like walking right under the ! |
| 12 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |
| 13 | Five months on , seeing Lisa with a plastic eye and seeing how she is , she gets so upset , I would like to have the law changed . |
| 14 | Five months on , seeing Lisa with a plastic eye and seeing how she is , she gets so upset , I 'd really like to have the law changed covering guns . |
| 15 | ‘ Now , ’ pointing the gun towards her attacker and praying inwardly she would n't be called upon to use it since she had n't the faintest idea how firearms worked , she glanced over towards Adam and the other man still engaged in a tussle on the floor , ‘ I suggest we call a halt to all this nonsense . ’ |
| 16 | Living and dying here you would feel much the same . |
| 17 | Mike , a Cambridge undergraduate who is working on a kibbutz is talking to the Jewish girl Gila and explaining why he left university to end up in Israel . |
| 18 | Lindblom was mainly interested in the problems of national governments and explaining why it was not appropriate to adopt overall planning models at that level . |
| 19 | Creed was showing some of the pieces to the tourist and explaining how they worked . |
| 20 | My grandmother is a keen birdwatcher and she 'd already introduced me to a lot of the different birds that visited her bird-table , telling me what they ate and showing me their nests and explaining how they were made and what they were made of . |
| 21 | Then , after dealing with the Grand Slam Cup and explaining how he only went along with the idea after insisting that the event would also produce $2m for the development of the game in ‘ third world tennis countries , he went on : |
| 22 | In the thirties , my father had been a painter and decorator , plumber , electrician , publican and boxer , but when I was growing up , he was a Spiritualist and a faith healer , talking about his negro spirit-guide , Massa , and explaining how he knew when people were cured because he felt burning coals in the palms of his hands . |
| 23 | And so there 's a tremendous onus upon your good selves , to highlight the experience if you like and expertise you have of spotting problems , and explaining how you will get around then within the given fee-bid . |
| 24 | First , there is a demand for a clear and complete self-consciousness about what we are doing when we form beliefs about the world — a philosophical account of knowledge provides a perspicuous account of knowledge which means that we pursue inquiries knowing what we are doing , knowing why it is rational to proceed as we do , and understanding how we can obtain knowledge . |
| 25 | Trivers imagined that reciprocal altruism would evolve in species capable of recognising individuals and remembering how they behave , and of behaving differently towards different partners . |
| 26 | The king wrote to his bride-to-be : ‘ I promise to take you as my only lover , banishing from my mind and heart all others and serving only you . ’ |
| 27 | Sarah was watching and listening so I asked her if she thought they were all the same . |
| 28 | In addition to discussion and supervision from John throughout the research and writing up I have benefited considerably at various points from the help of Debra Bekerian , Ivan Brown , Andy Macleod , David Routh , Fraser Watts , and many others . |
| 29 | The younger of the pair , Joseph noticed , held his arms unnaturally high across his tiny chest , and looking closer he saw a little bulge rumpling and moving beneath his silk tunic . |
| 30 | She was just about to go inside again when over to her right , by the high stone wall that marked the boundary of the Roscarrock estate , she heard a single , high-pitched whistle , and looking round she saw a face observing her from the other side . |