Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fuller service will include inspecting and repairing the whole unit and adding new knives . |
| 2 | The want of technique is compounded by the greater nervousness felt when facing out and surveying the whole sweep of exposure below . |
| 3 | Sonia Heywood , assistant director ( child care ) for Wiltshire SSD , expressed some of her staff 's worries about getting it wrong and mishandling the whole issue . |
| 4 | Discovering the reason for the temporary loss of libido and keeping the whole problem in perspective will help . |
| 5 | As I sat in the graceful room looking at Mrs Rumney , cool , poised , tranquil , with the little white creature resting on her knee I could n't help feeling how right and fitting the whole scene was . |
| 6 | There was wind , too , funnelling through the gorge , whining through the girders and causing the whole structure to tremble . |
| 7 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 8 | The examples are : " revising and improving the whole curriculum for a particular year group , taking account of the programmes of study and attainment targets of the National Curriculum ; developing a whole-school assessment policy , including marking and recording ; piloting a scheme for staff development and appraisal " ( DES 1989e:11 ) . |
| 9 | Then followed the painstaking process of finding materials that would stand up to the tough usage and getting the whole thing done at a reasonable price . |
| 10 | There was some argument on the English side as to the best way of crossing the river and finishing the whole business as swiftly as possible . |
| 11 | Do not make the mistake of putting the two sets of shoulder stitches back to working position and running the whole lot together on to waste yarn as this can be a nuisance when you need to unravel parts of the waste yarn while you join the shoulders together . |
| 12 | Exercise may sound like a bad idea , but in fact it will do good : raising the pulse rate to 120 beats per minute each day for two minutes , and exercising the whole body fully is the recommended regime . |
| 13 | The initial image of fire and light clarifying the sight/understanding and consuming the whole being is left behind in a series of more abstract metaphors which relate to its dynamic quality drawing men to its source . |
| 14 | Erm and that a you know and I would go along with everything we 've said about educating children , and educating the whole congregation , let's be honest . |
| 15 | But in addition to great patience it does demand a little advance planning ; the business of adding the already garlic-flavoured and cooked but cooled wine to the cheese and eggs and putting the whole mixture together into the cooking pot is important . |
| 16 | Lining the tails with fabric of a contrasting colour will show on the graduated ends , and edging the whole creation with a braid or fringe trimming will add a splendid finish . |
| 17 | Under the existing law , these United Kingdom citizens can vote in British and EC parliamentary elections only through a complicated registration procedure , which allows voting only by proxy ( difficult to arrange and flouting the whole principle of a secret ballot ) . |
| 18 | She was aware of his fingers parting the swollen lips of her engorged fig , and fondling the whole length of her dewy slit until he came upon her cute little clit . |
| 19 | With those I returned at speed to the boathouse and attacked the lower door , first hammering the toe of the tyre lever into a nonexistent crack between the wooden door frame and the surrounding brickwork at a level just below the keyhole , then bashing the far end of that iron , to put heavy leverage against the door frame , then wrenching out the lever and repeating the whole process above the lock , this time with fury . |
| 20 | She looked down at hands that trembled and for a moment she considered taking the dress off and forgetting the whole idea . |