Example sentences of "and [v-ing] what [art] " in BNC.

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1 But it 's important that they get abroad and see these because they also imbibe a lot of feeling from just walking around these places and seeing what the ladies are wearing so it 's very important for them to go to those places .
2 Going behind the doors that you 're not allowed to go through , go through and seeing what the Sainsbury is , has got behind the doors , the magical doors .
3 Indeed the next hours after my return were spent explaining that we had no plans to use either troops or tanks and justifying what a BBC interviewer referred to as my ‘ controversial ’ four-day summer holiday .
4 I went back to Brigade headquarters that evening hoping that all would go well and wondering what the next problem was going to be . "
5 Most people leave desperately trying to stop the ringing in their ears and wondering what the hell happened .
6 Most people leave desperately trying to stop the ringing in their ears and wondering what the hell happened .
7 The techniques just described are no more than guidelines in what remains the creative art of studying and describing what an experienced worker is doing or will be required to do .
8 On his ‘ China voyage ’ he plans to spend from May to October sailing the 4,500 miles up the coast of East Asia and riding what the Japanese call the kuroshio ( the black current ) to North America .
9 Of course , back then , the proles could n't get enough of me , waving their grotty flags at the wedding and saying what a breath of fresh air I was and calling their filthy little daughters Sarah .
10 instead of sort of going over and saying what a marvellous job we did here er and then saying yeah fantastic
11 What I think my colleague is saying is that when the actuary is assessing the commitments of the funds , he is looking at the anticipated increased earnings until the person retires and I think when the calculation is made for somebody who is er a deferred pensioner of leaving er a pension fund to take his money elsewhere a similar calculation or the same calculation should be used , the one that the actuary last used in , in looking forward and saying what the commitments are .
12 It 'll be worse now , in retrospect , it 'll worse phoning Amy up at that moment and asking what the name was .
13 Durkheim and Weber , two immensely influential figures , spent a great deal of time not merely defining sociology 's subject matter , but arguing for and demonstrating what the consequences of each of their different conceptions might amount to as a disciplined inquiry .
14 I think it 's a question of understanding and perceiving what the meaning of the concept of God is outside a very narrow churchy kind of view .
15 It 's really a question of finding out where the material is coming from and knowing what the conditions are like there .
16 However , no amount of relationship building will replace hard work and accomplishing what the public relations campaign set out to do .
17 Cairns had taken 6 for 70 in the Lancashire first innings , and after watching him add 5 for 75 against Kent Robinson commented : ‘ He is still a youngster but he is setting in well and showing what an excellent prospect he is . ’
18 These will be useful in any event in explaining to people what the problem is and discussing what the possibilities of re-use are .
19 Again , however , he spoke in general terms about greater competitiveness and supplying what the market wants but failed to suggest what steps he intended to take .
20 What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’
21 " And thinking what a pity I did ? "
22 And , and my , that act those forms stayed on my desk for maybe two weeks whilst I were plotting and thinking what the hell I could do about
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