Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 2 | To accompany the cross assembler a linker will perform the usual task of allocating addresses to the assembled code modules and attaching the run-time libraries to generate an executable program . |
| 3 | The final events that lead our dieter to break the diet are quite concrete , namely , walking into a café , seeing and smelling the pastries , and seeing other people happily enjoying them . |
| 4 | After leaving the sensation , visitors can spend their time touching and smelling the samples of hops , malt and barley stacked nearby , while a static display shows them how the ingredients are used in the brewing process , and a second display shows them the secret of the widget in the cans of Draught Guinness . |
| 5 | They walked hand in hand through the warm summer dusk , their arms entwined , her head upon his shoulder , listening to the drowsy lullaby of ships ' hooters from the river , and smelling the scent of soft tar upon the roadway . |
| 6 | Through their power of patronage , the King and the Lords were able to exert " influence " over the composition of the lower chamber so oiling the relations between the King and the representatives of the people and cementing the elements of the constitution into some kind of working whole . |
| 7 | Some of these mudflows rushed through Herculaneum and engulfed it completely ; crushing some buildings and smothering the rest twenty metres deep in a slowly consolidating welter of mud , pumice , boulders and debris . |
| 8 | Then , still smiling and holding her confused startled gaze , he brushed her cheek softly with the head of the flower , almost as though he was bestowing a caress , before leaning forward and tucking the stem behind her ear . |
| 9 | Use to cover the top rounded side of the mixing bowl cake , leaving the cut free and tucking the edges underneath . |
| 10 | He wrote to the county council recommending the couple and praising the care of residents in their privately run home . |
| 11 | They created this distressed finish by marking and denting the guitar all over with a tool which gave the instrument a used/vintage appearance . |
| 12 | The new country rejected the new name Azania on the grounds that it had slave origins — and preferring the sense that it was a vital part of the continent as a whole . |
| 13 | Archaeologists , anthropologists and psychologists are all guilty of shovelling up a multitude of references to the feminine and labelling the heap as the ‘ Great Mother ’ . |
| 14 | At the same time the government announced a package of new measures under which ( i ) the minimum wage was increased by 18 per cent from Nov. 18 ; ( ii ) a 40 per cent cut in income tax for those earning up to four times the minimum wage was to take effect in 1991 ; ( iii ) petrol prices were increased by 20 per cent and diesel oil , liquid gas and electricity prices by 30 per cent ; ( iv ) the peso 's rate of progressive devaluation against the US dollar was halved from 80 centavos to an " average " of 40 centavos a day , a depreciation rate of 5 per cent per year , as part of a anti-inflationary move aimed at fixing a future parity for the two currencies and stemming the flight of capital abroad . |
| 15 | After the fish have spawned , remove the adults to prevent them from turning cannibal and eating the eggs . |
| 16 | We woke abnormally late at 8.00 am and sat in the garden of the house for an hour drinking coffee and eating the bread one of the Corporals had bought in the village that morning . |
| 17 | He 'd end up beating his wife , bullying his kids and eating the parrots . |
| 18 | Drinking the sea and eating the rock |
| 19 | Significantly , they are convinced that such extreme instances of violent behaviour can have only one purpose : killing and eating the enemy . |
| 20 | By separating waste at source , and re-using the materials which can be reprocessed , we will have less waste to dispose of , less land will be needed for landfill and lower levels of pollution will result . |
| 21 | If the landlord prefers to covenant to maintain the outer half of all internal non load-bearing walls dividing the premises from other parts of the building and recovering the cost via the service charge , the tenant should ensure that any sums collected by the landlord from other tenants under the terms of their leases to maintain their half of the divisional wall should be deducted from the service charge . |
| 22 | Chromatography is particularly useful in organic synthesis in separating and recovering the components of a mixture . |
| 23 | Mrs Thatcher 's achievements in taming the trade unions , reducing inflation , introducing privatization and more commercial values into the public sector , and recovering the Falklands gave scope for her adversary talents . |
| 24 | By far the most sensible way to recycle the bulk of municipal waste is by incinerating it and recovering the energy . |
| 25 | Accordingly , the company is being transformed , through the implementation of a major worldwide programme adopting an open management style and encouraging the involvement of all employees . |
| 26 | The objectives of CORINE were to be achieved through bringing together existing data holdings in the member states , developing methods for holding , analysing and presenting the data , and encouraging the exchange of data . |
| 27 | Unleaded petrol and encouraging the public not to buy CFC aerosols only touched the tip of the environmental iceberg . |
| 28 | The physiotherapist is motivator and facilitator , inspiring and encouraging the patient to do what he can at every stage . |
| 29 | The Association of Shareware Professionals is an international body providing floppy disks of programs in the public domain at about £5 a disk and encouraging the buyer to copy them . |
| 30 | At the same time , unions bear responsibility for labour discipline , particularly in preventing labour turnover and encouraging the attainment of production targets and work norms . |