Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a society which fragments and alienates working people from one another , the process of learning from differences is as difficult as the more intellectual learning from analysis and explanation on the course . |
| 2 | Remember that the player is only a human being after all , and needs breathing spaces . |
| 3 | Erm and what about the six , that 's where that comes in and starts confusing things is n't it ? |
| 4 | Then that he realises his promise at Leeds and starts pushing Deane , Wallace and White for a place . |
| 5 | Lets hope Speed gets used to the new role as ball winner , and starts influencing games like he should . |
| 6 | She is further handicapped by having a sister-in-law ( a nurse herself ) who visits immediately after the diagnosis has been made and starts discussing fostering and adoption procedures . |
| 7 | He raps down his prospective lines using webbing and rope made from non-renewable resources and starts stripping vegetation from the cracks and ledges on the route . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , during the action the stag tends to get a bit excited , and starts ripping chunks out of her neck ! ’ |
| 9 | Mm well if he finds out where you are , or even if he visits relatives and starts making threats saying he 's gon na get you or he 's er assault you , or he 's gon na hurt the child , anything like that , then er the first thing obviously is to contact the police to warn him off and secondly contact me , cos we 'll then be able to apply for an injunction to stop him coming anywhere near you . |
| 10 | He stands up and starts threatening Paul with an imaginary cattle prod . |
| 11 | If we 're talking about using this sy er type of system for running mission critical systems where if the database goes down the business stops running and starts losing money , then we need to be able to run twenty four hours a day seven days a week . |
| 12 | ‘ And then he ditches me , gets a new contract with that shit Martinez and starts winning tournaments . |
| 13 | And if anybody ever catches up with me and starts asking questions , that 's all I know about it . ’ |
| 14 | Each of the five main large herbivorous mammals of the Serengeti has a specific diet determined by its energetic needs and alimentary morphology , and possesses feeding preferences and migratory responses to obtain it . |
| 15 | IBM Austin , or at least some faction there , is seriously interested in becoming a system software supplier — a viable alternative to Microsoft Corp and Unix System Labs — and sees remarketing Mach 3 as the way to do it , according to a report out of an OSF Research Institute meeting in Boston the week before last . |
| 16 | ‘ As it opens it triggers air inflation bags underneath the cockpit capsule to soften the landing and reduces landing shock to the crew . |
| 17 | Try not to give one-word answers even if the interviewer is inexperienced and keeps phrasing questions so that the most obvious way to answer is ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ . |
| 18 | So the arms trade encourages and keeps going wars throughout the world . |
| 19 | The wide range of exciting archaeological discoveries in Wales includes 250,000 year old human remains , prehistoric finds , Celtic and Roman objects , and finds illustrating life in Medieval Wales . |
| 20 | The Bosnian Serbs under Karadzic are against the plan drawn up by mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen because it demands they give up a third of the territory they control and proposes dividing Bosnia into ten ethnic cantons . |
| 21 | She takes the towel off me and then squats down and begins brushing bits of hair off of my face with her fingers . |
| 22 | He reaches for the spoon and begins shovelling cabbage . |
| 23 | The surrounding borders are mulched with Cocoa Shell , which provides nourishment , conserves moisture and suppresses germinating weeds . |