Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tasks of this kind may need extensive practice by children with defective vision , since using their vision for learning may present difficulties in terms of blurring and distortion or a reduced or interrupted visual field . |
| 2 | For the RMP at Thorey Island , Sunday morning brings watermanship tests , swimming and PT and a return to barracks after lunch . |
| 3 | She had just finished her breakfast of dripping and bread and a piece of cold bacon when Ben came into the room . |
| 4 | The seven-plus immediately came under renewed fire after the results showed just a slight improvement in spelling , reading and maths and a 12 per cent drop in writing skills since the tests were first held last year . |
| 5 | It 's about grey matter and tr and and a bit of , you know , ducking and diving and a bit of erm cun and it 's it 's who you know and not what you know I mean really , excuse me one moment . |
| 6 | The other seven emerge in one formulation ( Gilbert 1990 : 36 – 7 ) as a statement of curriculum objectives , a review of current provision , changes and priorities in the next immediate year , strategies for implementing those changes , a statement on the use of resources , a plan for monitoring and evaluation and a statement of development priorities for the coming three or four years . |
| 7 | No violence , no rapid motion , just feeling and tenderness and a pressure that was beyond sex , somewhere on another plane . |
| 8 | Only an hour 's drive away , visit the famous Rock for shopping and sightseeing and a taste of home with English pubs and afternoon teas . |