Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the english [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1712 , for example , Jonathan Swift claimed in his ‘ proposal for Correcting , Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue ’ , that some sounds ( ‘ hard ’ consonants ) were typical of male speech , others ( vowels and liquids ) of female speech . |
| 2 | Though living chiefly in England , Morris was proud to be Welsh , admiring the Welsh character and abhorring the English class system . |
| 3 | Philip , however , seems to have overplayed his hand , demanding that Henry surrender Pacy-sur-Eure as security while the exchange was being carried out and causing the English King to break off the conference in indignation . |
| 4 | Teachers should introduce pupils to some of the works which have been most influential in shaping and refining the English language and its literature — for example , the Authorised Version of the Bible , Wordsworth 's poems , or Dickens 's novels . |
| 5 | Teachers should introduce pupils to some of the works which have been most influential in shaping and refining the English language and its literature — for example , the Authorised Version of the Bible , Wordsworth 's poems , or Dickens 's novels . |
| 6 | In Kipling 's verse , especially The Barrack-Room Ballads , Buchanan argued that the British army was portrayed as ‘ a wild carnival of drunken , bragging , boasting Hooligans in red coats and seamen 's jackets , shrieking to the sound of the banjo and applauding the English flag ’ . |