Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pass through the village , and off to the right you will find a farmyard with chickens pecking , ducks waddling and a couple of horses grazing peacefully . |
| 2 | Just then he heard footsteps approaching and a figure loomed out of the fog in front of him . |
| 3 | Knitting was a painful business for me , but it was absorbing , and I 'd lost track of the time when I heard crashing footsteps approaching and a determined bang on the door . |
| 4 | They do n't appear good enough to win the title yet with a crop of youngsters emerging and a new maturity in central midfielder Dennis Wise , they are hard to beat . |
| 5 | Yon Balberith is reet big orrid ruffy beast wi gurt black beard full o rats and green teeth gnashing and a grinding and flames coming out o bum that 'd take wallpaper off front parlor . |
| 6 | A sneezing of brakes , a clash of gears , and it lumbered past , the driver glaring down , fingers twitching and a black hole for a mouth . |
| 7 | He had visions of booking in to the same hotel several weeks running and a knowing clerk saying , ‘ Ah , I see sir has a new Mrs Smith this weekend … ’ as his latest girl flashed her ring on the desk . |
| 8 | But taking all courses together there was a steady decline in the proportion of manual workers attending and a gradual drift away from subjects regarded as ‘ Social Studies ’ . |
| 9 | And then the slow ink spreading outwards and the wheels turning and a voice , it was Vasco 's , warning him . |
| 10 | He could hear three clocks ticking and a tap in an upstairs room dripping . |
| 11 | NCA offer a total support package to the DHC-4 , having established a large spares backing and a good stock of airframes . |
| 12 | Once seated the audience would see the theatre ceiling as though it were open to the sky at night ; stars twinkling and a moon shining . |
| 13 | On June 20 , Prime Minister Tiit Vahi signed an agreement in Moscow with Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Economic Relations Minister Aleksandr Shokhin , including trade and payments clearing and a protocol on the national banks . |
| 14 | An unusually warm day in May , with temperatures soaring and a very high pollen count . |
| 15 | ‘ There were women crying and a lot of anguish . |
| 16 | All are striking , some are beautiful , others startling and a few may invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to the aural cavity . |
| 17 | All are striking ; some are beautiful , others startling and a few many invoke an involuntary shudder — such as the ‘ Vogue Food Photograph ’ of oyster complete with inquisitively crawling snails and a pair of skinned raw frogs ' legs , or the ‘ Bug in Ear ’ , showing a black beetle poised at the entrance to an aural cavity . |
| 18 | It left taste buds tingling and a palate crying for the next course — a veritable masterpiece ! |
| 19 | Tonight expected to be dry with mist and fog patches forming and a ground frost in many places , the minimum temperature is down to one degree Celsius , thirty four Fahrenheit . |
| 20 | The Norman Towers — Entering through these it is easy to imagine the Knights of the Middle Ages setting off for battle , banners flying and a host of bowmen and falconers bringing up the rear . |
| 21 | Despite the fact no-one doubts that popular opinions on crime and its containment are extensively and deeply held , whenever Criminal Justice Bills are before the Commons the atmosphere seems detached and wary , with few MPs participating and a majority keeping the subject at arms length . |