Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [noun] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The routine for rigging and de-rigging is usually passed on by word of mouth , or is self-taught . |
| 2 | For the moment , we mention it to point out that the relationship between Explaining and Understanding is not yet clear . |
| 3 | Thus , merely shouting and swearing is not itself a breach of the peace , although ( as in this case ) it was conduct likely to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of another , and there could be an arrest for it on that footing . |
| 4 | Singing and dancing is not just good for the spirits , it 's also good for the heart and lungs and the limbs ! |
| 5 | erm There 's a kind of assumption that if something , if somebody does something on a Sunday afternoon , for lack of better , something better to do or because it 's raining and golf is therefore , therefore off , that he therefore does it in a truer , sincerer way than a man who might be doing it as his career , for his income , to keep his family alive and so on . |
| 6 | Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going and Courtaulds is now looking at the possibility of helping them design a fibre spinning rig . |
| 7 | And when they were doing that male modele thing , when , when they were going and God is nowhere ! |
| 8 | I 'm going and Tom 's also all us all , all four going |
| 9 | Your speed in reporting , printing and distribution is highly commendable . |
| 10 | George Heriot 's generosity founded the School some 350 years ago and this spirit of giving and caring is still nurtured in our pupils , so an important feature of the Junior School calendar is the charity support programme . |
| 11 | The Cellophane which is made for wrapping and packaging is therefore protected by a very thin coating , on each face , of a water-resistant lacquer . |
| 12 | Edwina Currie had kept him talking and Edwina is not a woman to be rushed . |
| 13 | Your approach to instruments , playing and writing is n't as obvious as I thought it would be … |
| 14 | Credit for housing and fuel is not discussed in this report . |
| 15 | The High Tatras are popular for skiing and skiing is also possible in the Low Tatras though not on such an organised scale . |
| 16 | Labov ( 1972b : 73 ) has noted that in New York City the subset of short a items which is liable to tensing and raising is not predictable on phonological grounds , while in Philadelphia the behaviour of the items mad , bad , glad is different from that of others in the a word-class . |