Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's nothing human like hearing or seeing or pitying or helping about him . |
2 | Moreover , it would appear that the difference is that the latter sentence expresses my belief that I have the belief that it is raining , and says that I have the belief that it is raining , and does not express the belief that it is raining or say that it is raining . |
3 | He had no nerves and no shame about singing or performing when ‘ the necessary ’ was in short supply . |
4 | Using or taking as representing is a mental act , and it presupposes that the mind has the power of seeing generality in things , by seeing the class ( or form ) in the particular . |
5 | Well it depends on the people who are producing or directing or whatever , so it 's all got different ways of doing it . |
6 | Well it depends on the people who are producing or directing or whatever , so it 's all got different ways of doing it . |
7 | Gooseberries , for example , can be picked for cooking or processing when they are still hard and green , flowers are often cut while still in bud and many roots or salad crops are at their most palatable when young and tender . |
8 | He is sensitive to her situation , never interfering or interrupting when she 's under the pressure he 's already created for her . |
9 | In one of his earliest pamphlets , called The Reason of Church Government , he said this about himself : ‘ After I had for my first years , by the ceaseless diligence and care of my father , whom God recompense , been exercised to the tongues and some sciences as my age would suffer , by sundry masters and teachers , both at home and at the schools , it was found that whether ought was imposed me by them that had the overlooking , or be taken to of mine own choice in English or other tongue , prosing or versing but chiefly by this latter , style by certain vital signs it had was likely to live . |
10 | This is the power to stop things happening or to delay or disrupt them . |
11 | ( 3 ) All other estates , interests , and charges in or over land take effect as equitable interests ; ( 4 ) The estates , interests , and charges which under this section are authorised to subsist or be conveyed or created at law are ( when subsisting or conveyed or created at law ) in this Act referred to as " legal estates , " and have the same incidents as legal estates subsisting at the commencement of this Act ; and the owner of a legal estate is referred to as " an estate owner " and his legal estate is referred to as his estate . |
12 | The Unique Interlocking hair Weaving System is a process which involves sewing processed human hair onto the client 's own hair without having to use braids , twisting or gluing and can eliminate the problems of thinning hair . |
13 | Casually stop and look in a shop window and see whether your suspect keeps walking or stops as well . |
14 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
15 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
16 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
17 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
18 | When the salient vicinity includes another moving object , particularly a flying insect twisting and turning and diving in a desperate attempt to shake off its pursuer , the extra benefit to the bat of increasing its sample rate more than justifies the increased cost . |
19 | Beyond Postojna the roads became increasingly worse , twisting and turning as we went through at Janene on the Croatian border where it was explained that we would have to pay a reduced fee ( as we were carrying humanitarian goods ) of 13DM in order to acquire the appropriate papers to allow us to enter Croatia . |
20 | Whirlwinds , water spouts , twisting and entangling and spinning us to destruction . |
21 | When he did , he saw rows upon rows of dismal huts ; and then a little further , gangs of men walking , walking and falling and still walking . |
22 | For all our , walking and talking and hard work . |
23 | If standard steps are followed on each occasion , it should be easier to prevent mistakes occurring and ensure that the terms are incorporated into all contracts ; in addition , if the normal procedures do break down on a particular occasion , it may be possible to rely on the previous course of dealing . |
24 | Always bleating and moaning because he has n't got a son — no one to carry on the Great Name of Graham — She gave a short guffaw . |
25 | Explosives experts were planning to set off mines to destroy the underground conduits which keep the lava from cooling and solidifying before it reaches inhabited areas farther down the mountain . |
26 | Bitching and complaining as usual . |
27 | His stomach rumbled and he flushed both hot and cold ; tossing and groaning when the pain came strong , twisting wracking spasms . |
28 | Nor , from the sounds of tossing and turning that drifted up through the deck hatch in the quiet dark hours of her watch , was Nathan . |
29 | As if we were both tossing and turning and |
30 | The guards hear him knocking and shouting but then our young hero comes back . |