Example sentences of "and [v-ing] it [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suddenly wished his grandfather was alive ; how he would have enjoyed showing him all this , listening to the old man and reliving it as it must have been . |
| 2 | I looked over the refurbished Factory again , just because I love looking at it and tinkering with it and touching it and tipping some of its little levers and doors and devices . |
| 3 | The wrist moves to get the plate spinning and when it is going fast enough you stop the stick and , because of the hollow in the plate , the stick goes to the middle After practice you can try tossing it in the air and catching it or passing it behind your back . |
| 4 | and absorbing it and er they just want to make sure |
| 5 | ‘ In a way , Matey , in a way , ’ said Dr Neil , lazily catching at her hand and pressing it as she passed him . |
| 6 | ‘ The Master commends his slave for the quality of the breakfast as well as the weather , ’ said Dr Neil , catching at her hand and pressing it as she walked by . |
| 7 | Anyway , I have no access to it , and have to cart metres of black metal piping back from the town and sweat and labour over it , bending it and cutting it and boring it and crimping it and bending it again , straining with it in the vice until the bench and shed creak with my efforts . |
| 8 | They ordered calvados and played canards , dipping the sugar cubes in the tawny liquid so that the surfaces just met , the liqueur drawn up through the sugar , flushing and softening it until at just the right moment , a split second before the sweetness might dissolve and fall into the drink and spoil it , you tipped your head back and took the lump on your tongue and either let it melt there , or gnashed the singingly sweet grit of the sugar grains . |
| 9 | I charged at them , yelping encouragement to the wheelbarrow , and patting it when it had done well . |
| 10 | But I remember originally reading Kierkegaard and loving it and finding him tremendously exciting in this sense . |
| 11 | is the bathroom , so she must have been in there cos he 's hammering on the door and bashing it and kicking it . |
| 12 | I started doing it with pot , breaking a little bit , squashing it on the foil and smoking it as though I was having a chase . |
| 13 | In terms of the reflection coefficient Γ , equation ( 9.89 ) becomes For a general load impedance Z L , the reflection coefficient Γ is complex and writing it as , the positional dependence of the magnitude of V is given by This expression shows that the magnitude of V passes through maxima and minima as x varies . |
| 14 | Erm the only thing that occurred to me I just wondered if she knew somebody who had a dearly loved dog that , did n't want to train it but you know she could perhaps just take along for the joy of running it and training it but I think part of the pleasure is the reflected glory you know it 's my dog |
| 15 | Adam went back to his private world as the plane bucked across the sky , the unseen hands of the veering winds twisting and turning it as it flew towards Hanover . |
| 16 | ‘ Watch your course , ’ Nathan yelled , seizing the wheel from her and turning it as Seawitch lost the wind and wallowed . |
| 17 | I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall . |
| 18 | Now work out the following by forming an equation and solving it as shown in the last example . |
| 19 | The GDR 's choice is between dealing with chaos quickly and overcoming it or putting it off . |
| 20 | Decisions are usually reached by consensus , rather than by a senior manager taking a decision and selling it or imposing it on his subordinates . |
| 21 | I often say that if we thought as much about the English language and teaching it and all that that means as the French do about their language and the Alliance Francaise , we would back the British Council to the hilt . |
| 22 | Anyway , I have no access to it , and have to cart metres of black metal piping back from the town and sweat and labour over it , bending it and cutting it and boring it and crimping it and bending it again , straining with it in the vice until the bench and shed creak with my efforts . |
| 23 | But they sho er er er , it 's good to have and sharing it but I but I , but I , I personally feel as long as it 's well monitored within the within the district council in the event of a minister not being able to be there then er a reco , er som , a recognised person to . |
| 24 | This was used to determine the limits of the view field by placing a white card at the four sides in turn and moving it until just seen . |
| 25 | Plus , taking , keeping it and doing it if you see benefit in that . |
| 26 | And then when you go back to school you wo n't be thinking , Oh they 're all rushing ahead and doing it and I 'm getting left |
| 27 | Standing and saying it and facing the stage . |
| 28 | Arups worked out a method of cutting out the rusted iron in very small sections and strengthening it as they went along . |
| 29 | Anyway , I have no access to it , and have to cart metres of black metal piping back from the town and sweat and labour over it , bending it and cutting it and boring it and crimping it and bending it again , straining with it in the vice until the bench and shed creak with my efforts . |
| 30 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |