Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or is this yet another example of the Government and their supporters talking up human rights in theory and knocking them down in practice ? |
| 2 | He pushed the bra straps off her shoulders and she looked at him helplessly , torn between releasing the bodice to grab his hands and keeping it safely in place . |
| 3 | Then I would be an artisan , quietly learning my trade at the feet of a master and passing it on in turn to my apprentices . |
| 4 | One was heard to complain ‘ we were shipping the money to New York in boxcars and getting it back in tips ’ . |
| 5 | Just look at that ( stabbing a piece and holding it up in mid-air ) . |
| 6 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 7 | Fold the sides into the pleats and bring them to lay side by side along the top edge of the swag , pinning and handstitching them securely in position , as previously planned . |
| 8 | Betty Maxwell looked after her hats , hand-writing labels and storing them carefully in boxes . |
| 9 | Soften hard skin on your feet with pumicestone then a rich foot cream and wrapping them up in aluminium foil . |