Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susan : For example in Cookery , there were some knives and forks gone missing , right , and Mrs B goes ‘ Where 's the knives and forks ? ’ looking at us lot ( the Afro-Caribbean pupils in the class ) . |
| 2 | The Georgian mill owner 's house has been restored and houses displays exploring the history of the mill . |
| 3 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |
| 4 | of the Winchester Group 's issued share capital — was of good character and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether he was a fit and proper person to be appointed as a company representative ; ( 2 ) a letter dated 18 October 1990 directing the chief enforcement officer to undertake the said investigation ; ( 3 ) correspondence relating to the Winchester Group passing between the Chief Executive and the general manager of Norwich Union since 15 October 1990 ; ( 4 ) a copy of a letter dated 12 October 1990 from Abbey Life to the Securities and Investments Board relating to the connections between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh , a former Abbey Life appointed representative , now awaiting trial on mortgage fraud charges ; ( 5 ) a copy of a letter dated 31 July 1990 from the Winchester Group offering Mr. Singh the position of recruitment officer . |
| 5 | Seven other schools are taking part in the scheme and projects include designing and painting wall murals and environmental sculpture . |
| 6 | When I think of the hours and hours spent rewinding wool during my machine knitting life — why , I could have knitted dozens of garments . |
| 7 | For the poll tax the Government gave councils 18 months to get their computer software in order , but the councils were unable to do so because they did not have the resources and the rules and complexities kept changing . |
| 8 | The presence of coastal polynyas in high latitudes in early spring , for example , allows seals and seabirds to start breeding before the main ice-sheet has dispersed ; indeed the presence of a breeding colony on the Antarctic coast is a sure indicator of the presence of open water in early spring , before the main ice-sheet has dispersed ( Stonehouse , 1967 ) . |
| 9 | In the United States , senior health administrators stressed that their advice to doctors and researchers to continue working with AZT in the immediate wake of the Concorde results did not imply any criticism of the european study . |
| 10 | By this is meant that the student must have the prerequisite knowledge and skills to begin learning the task . |
| 11 | He hit the alarm button by the door , and bells started ringing throughout the complex . |
| 12 | As his place is Bishop Auckland Cricket Club of which he is chairman and clubs dislike alienating their members in this way these are clearly tough times . |
| 13 | The formula was tried out on thousands of texts , and norms established using pooled subjective judgements as the initial criterion for fixing and comparing difficulty levels . |
| 14 | Consequently when commercial artists and manufacturers began using these photographs as reference for comic strips , book illustrations , box tops etc. they assumed the reel to be a speaker grill . |
| 15 | Alyssia giggled , and Piers continued looking at their visitor , unamused . |
| 16 | All the trucks and cars started crashing into one another , too . |
| 17 | On the company 's failure to comply with the notices , informations were laid and summonses issued alleging breaches of s.107 of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 18 | Several of his cousins and brothers went flying . |
| 19 | People dressed in slacks and trainers kept walking by , saying jolly things to me like , ‘ Do n't worry . |
| 20 | Short stay charges and places in premium car parks have risen and drivers caught flouting the rules face a hefty £30 fine . |
| 21 | Agnes is stretched out on her back , and images keep passing through her head : that strange , kindly man is visiting them again , the one who knows all about them and yet has not heard of the Eiffel Tower . |
| 22 | Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions . |
| 23 | Drain inlets such as gullies and channels need cleaning , especially grids which should be removed occasionally , inverted and flushed with a hose pipe or pressure jet assisted by brushing . |
| 24 | They were unable to give any firm details because costs and premiums vary according to the kind of system you have and what add-ons you also want insuring . |
| 25 | On 4 March ( Topham , Crawford , Stone , Huntingford , Vial ) further noblemen and gentlemen became subscribing members . |
| 26 | Products and yields vary according to fashion and demand ; whaling , sealing , fur trading and mineral ore exploitation have declined in recent years , but commercial fishing and fossil fuel exploitation are well established and likely to continue . |
| 27 | They produce a leaflet called The Accommodation Barns Guide 1991 which contains useful information and lists of camping barns and bunkhouses grouped according to county . |
| 28 | Music and voices came gusting from moored pleasure boats across the plum-red water . |
| 29 | Later the park 's bowling pavilion was ransacked , fire extinguishers let off and keys went missing . |
| 30 | All media , apart from government-controlled radio and television , have been totally silenced , and Haïtians caught tuning in to Voice of America broadcasts are arrested and beaten . |