Example sentences of "and [noun] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 2 | The interesting feature is the variety of sub-topics and activities arising out of this one unit , offering to pupils a considerable element of choice as well as of imaginative " playing-out " . |
| 3 | But you do collect bumps and bruises falling off windsurfers , so we insist on medical insurance . |
| 4 | For a time , Freames was used for the manufacture of chemicals and later became known as Crystal Fountain Mill , then for the production of shoddy and mattress stuffing up to at least the Second World War . |
| 5 | I gazed at the devastation from behind a stone horsetrough , lying flat on my face as another explosion sent lumps of metal and cobblestones clattering on to the roofs of the farm buildings . |
| 6 | Fussily revolving , backdrops coming down , windows and lamps flying in and out , it is a feast of irrelevant attractiveness . |
| 7 | The grounds total about 55 acres with gardens , pasture and woodland rolling down the steep slopes to meet the waters of the River Fowey and Woodgate Pill . |
| 8 | He told Rufus to drive a bit more slowly and this time he spotted the six-foot-wide gap in the hedge with , on the right-hand side , almost hidden by cow parsley growing up and elderflowers hanging down , the wooden box on legs with its hinged lid into which Hilbert's-mail and newspapers and milk had been delivered . |
| 9 | Its principal hall , which still stands , is as long and as narrow as a ship , with delicately carved kiosks and balconies projecting out over the lake . |
| 10 | Indeed , in retrospect , the thought of Stanier and Fowler 2–6–4T 's and Black Fives on local trains , and Super D's , Stanier 8F 's , and Austerities trundling along with freight parcels trains of considerable variety is positively mouth watering . |
| 11 | On the floor , sprawling , lay the actor Raoul , with Donna and Pierre bending down to help him up . |
| 12 | The clothes , the buildings , the pitch and intonation of voices speaking Amharic ; the smell of rancid butter , of red peppers and burning cow dung that permeated the town ; the packs of savage dogs that roamed the streets and whose howling rose and fell through the night ; an occasional corpse hanging on the gallows-tree ; beggars who had lost a hand or foot for theft ; debtors and creditors wandering round chained together ; strings of donkeys bringing in firewood ; caravans of mules ; the crowded market where men and women squatted on the ground , selling earthen pots , lengths of cloths , skins , cartridges , bars of salt , silver ornaments , heaps of grain , vegetables , beer — all this combined to create a scene and an atmosphere unlike any other in the world . |
| 13 | Yanto did his best to make a dignified exit , but with the drink he had put away , and Sheila hanging on his arm , it was very difficult . |
| 14 | He was an extraordinarily handsome young man of about my own age , which is thirty , and he had an aquiline nose , sculptured lips and hair curling over a high black and silver collar . |
| 15 | WHAT with car-jackings , smash-and-grab raids and bombs going off in the car park at the World Trade Centre , no wonder American motorists are turning to Bill O'Gara . |
| 16 | Yon Balberith is reet big orrid ruffy beast wi gurt black beard full o rats and green teeth gnashing and a grinding and flames coming out o bum that 'd take wallpaper off front parlor . |
| 17 | Now , I wonder if there are advertisers and schedulers , well I know there are advertiser and schedulers watching out there ! |
| 18 | The main research issues fall into three principal stages of performance management : setting performance standards and targets ; monitoring and review of performance ; and decision taking on appropriate alternative policies and organisational and operational arrangements . |
| 19 | Behind him , Paxton 's body lay amongst the frozen dancers and entertainers smiling down blankly as if welcoming him . |
| 20 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 21 | ‘ BR has spent a great deal of time and money building up nationally known brand names and images . |
| 22 | She was here , the very person he had spent so much time and energy and money tracking down . |
| 23 | To return to the shareholder example , having raised the point that it is in shareholders ' interests to ensure their returns are reasonable , it logically follows that there will be an incentive for them to spend a certain amount of time and money finding out about the firm 's activities and performance . |
| 24 | If she had thought of it , she would have looked before : she had registered the reporter and photographer going up to the flat above , and had said to herself that they did n't , very obviously , have the class of the young men from the London Sundays . |
| 25 | Then , unable to contain the drive and enthusiasm building up inside us , Enrique went alone , leaving me to dither between living the moment or trapping it on film . |
| 26 | The new station , consisting of the by then classic steel , concrete , and glass concourse with facilities around its outer flanks and with steps and ramps leading down to the platforms below , gave a new twist to the separation of passengers and baggage regarded as an ideal at so many American stations . |
| 27 | A good picture tells a story , says the old newspaper adage , but unless the recipient is psychic it will at least need the name of people and products filling in . |
| 28 | I declined a chocolate ; they were too large to take in in one bite and I feared to take two and risk cream and liqueur trickling down my chin . |
| 29 | There was mass saluting , mass mumbling and mass pouring out of the door . |
| 30 | Driving back into town , he put them down near their homes , Nutty , Nails and Gary getting out last down by the bus-station . |