Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [noun prp] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Waltons ' Award for Promoting the Completely Unbelievable Charms of Rural America this month goes to Paradise , starring Don Johnson a-fishing and a-philosophising on the river and Melanie Griffith getting to grips with root vegetables in the kitchen . |
| 2 | My own theory is that then , like now , it was a convenient way to discourage unwanted visitors : ‘ Dad , ’ the call would come from the top of the tower , ‘ I can see Mother-in-law and Auntie Bessie coming up the hill . ’ |
| 3 | But the next day was doleful : Mr Evans in a bad mood because he had eaten too much and Auntie Lou tiptoeing about for fear of making things worse and so annoying him further . |
| 4 | The top two seeds won comfortably with Belgian Sabine Appelmans defeating Li Fang , of China , 6–2 , 6–4 and Naoko Sawamatsu beating Japanese compatriot Tamaka Takagi 6–2 , 6–1 . |
| 5 | Scotland had trailed 3-8 at the break , Murray Thomson and Jason Williams exchanging penalties — the latter was to fail with seven other goal kicks — and Robert Appleyard crossing for a try from Jon Evans 's tighthead strike , Iestyn Lewis 's ruck provision and the linkage of Huw Harries and Quinnell . |
| 6 | They had arrived home near the turnpike crossroads at 10.15pm , they had heard a shot at 10.25 , and they had seen William Tidbury and William Day leaving a Path near the woods at 10.50 , which was some five minutes after PC Golby had discovered the first body . |
| 7 | Malone continued to dominate with Colin Morrison cleaning up at the line out and Colin Wilkinson orchestrating things in the back line . |
| 8 | Sparta gained good points with Bobby Farren taking the 5000m in 14 minutes 11.87 , Noel McMonagle taking the B race and Colin Roberts winning the Steeplechase . |
| 9 | In what has been a good year for poets at the conferences , with Neil Kinnock quoting both Frost and Shelley , and Kenneth Baker identifying with Henry V or Kenneth Branagh , Mr Patten chose Larkin 's observation that , with honour gone , all we could now leave to our children was money . |
| 10 | With Gordon Kaye and Jim Ryan as resident DJs and guests such as Mark Moore , Sasha and Dean Thatcher playing ‘ music with vocals rather than techno — party music ’ , so far they have never failed to leave their crowd well chuffed . |
| 11 | Rossini 's opera La Cenerentola was issued on DG , with Teresa Berganza , Paolo Montarsolo , Luigi Alva and Claudio Abbado conducting the LSO . |
| 12 | The full glory of Chuck Prophet 's twisted Telecastering is definitely best savoured live , but the latest release from Green On Red sees the errant duo of Prophet and Dan Stuart re-writing the same old songs to the same good effect . |
| 13 | An architectural Gone With The Wind with Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara hamming it up across the Grand Canal . |
| 14 | Former ‘ Bok glory boys ( l-r ) Frik du Preez , Jannie Engelbrecht and Jan Ellis hoping the new generation enjoys the same opportunities . |
| 15 | The new streamlined ‘ Action Team ’ at L.D.P. in Leamington Spa , headed by Tony Fallon , Sales Manager with ( from right ) , Anna Harris , Sales Office Supervisor who has many years of experience with L.D.P. ; Natalie Anstey with the all round versatility of youth ; Cynthia Clark and Jan McGrath having strong accountancy/customer liaison skills and Cora Lake with a sales/marketing background . |
| 16 | A number of files are included so you can hear Captain Kirk whenever you UnZoom , the Knights who say Ni ! when you start an application and Arnold Schwarzenegger saying ‘ I 'll be back ’ when you close an application . |
| 17 | Matt Williams seized on some poor Cubs pitching to drive in four of the Giants runs and Will Clark lifting his series batting average to .625 when he reached base on three of his four at-bats . |
| 18 | If the very best single they can come up with is a double A-side featuring Hale & Pace ( Britain 's unfunniest men ) doing ‘ The Stonk ’ , and Victoria Wood stretching that tired Ovaltine and slippers persona to new depths of smugness , then March 15 could be a very depressing day indeed . |
| 19 | Derby paid £800,000 for the England under-21 international with fellow strikers Phil Gee and Ian Ormondroyd moving to Filbert Street as they make up the rest of the deal . |
| 20 | AS to others who must be taken seriously in the springtime ritual , it has been good to see Sandy Lyle regain form , Nick Faldo lose unneeded bulk , Severiano Ballesteros come all the way back and Ian Woosnam ending his celebration of winning last year 's Masters . |
| 21 | I would be grateful if your last issues are full of Private Eye and Ian Hislop bashing — the smug munchkin . |
| 22 | The Northern Ireland Office would normally have ignored the moves by Jill Knight and Ian Paisely knowing that matters affecting a public corporation , such as the Housing Executive , could not be raised in Parliament and that , in lethargic Ulster , the matter would soon be forgotten . |
| 23 | Neil Webb and Danny Wallace will also figure , while the foreign players will be Brian McClair , Mark Hughes and Peter Schmeichel , with assimilated players Ryan Giggs and Denis Irwin joining them . |
| 24 | Okay , it might be fun watching John McConnell chasing after Michael when he 's meant to be marking Morton and Gary Peebles putting the shackles on Morton while Michael runs free … |
| 25 | Alan Johnson put the home side ahead in the first half with Kevin Langley and Gary Worthington adding further goals after the interval . |
| 26 | A coachload of supporters made the 700-mile round trip to South Devon and they had a perfect view of the defence giving away two first half goals and Mitch Cook missing a penalty in the second . |
| 27 | It 's almost evening when Kalchu climbs up the hill carrying Hārkini on his back with Kāli , Nara and Lāla Bahādur following behind . |
| 28 | Recent records have shown Siskins and Reed Buntings moving into towns to use the same food source in winter , and Blackcaps are regular in winter in some towns . |
| 29 | The home side had turned 15-10 up , Andy Nicol and Mike Cousin finishing off planned moves and Jon Newton adding a penalty and a conversion . |
| 30 | McNeill , J. in R. v. Greater London Council ex parte Kensington and Chelsea LBC dismissing an application for judicial review of a precept issued by the GLC , as reported in The Times , 7 April 1982 . |