Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hindus saw subtle forces and proceeding energies crystallizing or condensing into gross matter . |
| 2 | If the Vendors also going to warrant the accuracy of all disclosures , care should be exercised before suggesting or agreeing to this compromise . |
| 3 | It could be the result of using or working on certain materials , e.g. lead ; of labour in a harmful environment , e.g. damp , ill ventilated , fume or dust filled ; of harmful working postures ; or of the repetitive use of particular muscles or organs . |
| 4 | Clause 5 of the Bill would impose an obligation of confidence on a person who improperly acquires information by using or interfering with any computer or data retrieval mechanism , a welcome clarification . |
| 5 | Thus disability relates to things people can not do such as going to work , cooking or participating in sporting activities . |
| 6 | He spent every minute that was not wasted in eating or sleeping in this pursuit . |
| 7 | In 1529 the reading , purchasing or possessing of proscribed books , attendance at any meeting of heretics , disputing about Holy Scripture , and want of respect for the images of God and the saints were all made crimes for which men were to be beheaded , women buried alive , and relapsed heretics burned . |
| 8 | A street is also deemed to be any place of public resort or recreation ground belonging to , or under the control of the local authority and any unfenced ground adjoining or abutting upon any street in an urban district ( Section 81 Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907 ) . |
| 9 | The action was taken on grounds of conducting unauthorised business and making unsolicited calls and misleading statements , SIB said , and prevents LWI and from continuing to do this and from disposing or dealing with any assets . |
| 10 | These two styles of easy care trousers from calange are the epitome of simplicity and lightness , just what 's needed when climbing or walking in hot climates . |
| 11 | Moving over the snow , he was like a bird in flight , twisting and turning with total ease , at one with the elements . |
| 12 | A few early lapwings were on territory , twisting and turning in frantic display , and little doubt the local crows had already noted the fact for future reference . |
| 13 | He had a vision of the people of the country , walking and walking in endless droves , like pilgrims , across a battlefield shaken by the explosions of guns ; and as the smoke blew into their eyes , the people turned , desperate to see their homes again , but behind them a great dark channel had opened , with torn precipitous sides , and there was no way back … |
| 14 | It was a deafening chorus of human agony ; a shrieking cacophony of men and women 's voices , dozens — perhaps hundreds of them — all wailing and shrieking in mortal torment . |
| 15 | It still thinks that by interfering and pouring on more layers of bureaucracy and government it will achieve something that has eluded it for so long and will continue to elude it if it takes that path . |
| 16 | In the religious paraphernalia and artwork of their culture , we see a religion half formed , with elusive nature spirits appearing and disappearing in all kinds of manifestations , now taking on the status of a fully-fledged deity , now evaporating into an atavistic mist . |
| 17 | Behind Mrs Fitton 's head the rooks were now tossing and tumbling like blown leaves . |
| 18 | After tossing and turning for another while , Amiss fell into a deep sleep from which he was woken less than an hour and a half later by his alarm clock . |
| 19 | Once a chemical has entered a pond and caused widespread damage , it is essential to take everything out and scrub the entire pool several times , emptying and refilling with clean water before restocking with fish and plants . |
| 20 | There 's a lot of banging and crashing on this tape . |
| 21 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 22 | The key is a European Community of nations trading and cooperating through sovereign parliaments . |
| 23 | I asked her how she would know when all her dabbing and rolling with Economy Pleat from Pretty would have fulfilled its purging task . |
| 24 | There are two main methods of representing and reasoning with diagnostic knowledge . |
| 25 | I could feel my heart going boom-ba-di-boom — imagined my heart when it was dead , all its auricles and ventricles shrinking and wrinkling like burst balloons after my head got bashed in on the rocks . |
| 26 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 27 | If you can manage to get one photo of a gunmen in all that crowd , how many more were there they did n't get a photo of you know , erm , so that 's bull shit for a start the said that they only fired upon identified targets , going on motorbikes , and erm , I mean the thing is , the para 's are a highly disciplined , highly trained apparently at a you were n't even allowed to go out there without at least five years experience yeah , they were soldiers , they need and I ca n't believe that they negligibly you know , cos there was women and children there , and nearly all of them had wives and kids , you know , and there was reports from like the Irish saying oh yeah , they were mixing body er , care and body people and fucking laughing and joking over dead bodies and my old man said yeah if you just , if you just seen something drop most people will laugh and joke about it , you know I do n't know if you 've ever meet this sort of , old man , but the service sort of a , a unique sense of they can laugh at anything , you know they can see somebody with its guts put out in front of them and they 'll fucking crack out about it , its the only way they can stop themselves cracking up , or fucking crying sort of thing . |
| 28 | That is accomplished by remembering , applying and living by this truth : at work , whatever our standing , we are servants of Christ before we are servants of any earthly master . |
| 29 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
| 30 | A racing crew will find that they can keep the power on while the yacht is weaving and dodging in close company . |