Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should also be remembered that anyone , married or single , who is maintaining or accommodating a dependent relative over 65 ( or a mother or mother-in-law on her own ) is entitled to claim a tax allowance . |
| 2 | Doctors nowadays recognise that their function is not a limited technical one of repairing or servicing a body . |
| 3 | After a time this ability becomes as instinctive as is the power of singing or whistling a note of any pitch desired , but it should be obvious that horn parts should keep to ‘ vocal ’ intervals or stepwise movement as far as possible . |
| 4 | As children mature they may be prepared to share one ball between two , or play with an adult in a small group taking turns at catching or rolling a ball . |
| 5 | So far as shortening or terminating a conversation is concerned , your ability to do this without upsetting her will depend very much on both your personalities , the warmth of your relationship , and the extent of her tolerance and sense of humour . |
| 6 | The UK government measures the lead in tapwater that has been running for several minutes , as it would be if you had a bath in it , and not the first few pints or cupfuls , as you would use for cooking or making a cup of tea . |
| 7 | We can hardly begin to discuss a novel without summarising or assuming a knowledge of its story or plot ; which is not to say that the story or plot is the only or even the main reason for our interest in a novel , but that this is the fundamental principle of its structure . |
| 8 | The second section of the Bill enacted other parts of the Wolfenden proposals by increasing the penalties liable for offences under the new law , such as loitering , soliciting , keeping or managing a brothel , or living on the earnings of prostitution , etc . |
| 9 | Often at this time of day , when he felt the day 's journey should be ending or reaching a destination , but knowing that it was not , knowing that what he was looking for probably happened after everybody else had gone home , he wished that he could end his days walking at the edge of a sea or a lake so big that you could n't see its other shore . |
| 10 | It 's not worth dying or having a slashed face . ’ |
| 11 | Fellatio ( ‘ cock sucking ’ , i.e. tonguing or sucking a penis ) . |
| 12 | Each Amnesty member participating in letter-writing actions and each local group involved in adopting or investigating a prisoner case is a researcher of potential new information : as part of their campaign to free Sudanese POC Bashir Abdelrahim , members of the Leamington and Kenilworth group wrote to the Prison Commander at Shalla Prison , where Bashir was held , in the remote Western Sudan . |
| 13 | It concentrates the mind when you find yourself walking or driving a final few yards round a bend , up a driveway , not knowing whether your house is up or down . |
| 14 | Nerves were a problem he always found difficult to combat and the full glare of the spotlight made walking and singing a tall order that day . |
| 15 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 16 | This will help as the experienced school librarian will already have gone through the process of justifying and acquiring a microcomputer and can anticipate the types of questions which might be asked by senior staff in the school . |
| 17 | It is via these windows that the system informs the Offline Operator what is happening and requests a media item to be physically mounted or dismounted on the appropriate media unit ; in this case mounting refers only to the action of placing a media item onto a media unit . |
| 18 | This is society 's attempt to recognize what is happening and to institute a mourning process . |
| 19 | Energetic and many-sided , Hunt edited or sub-edited several popular magazines and journals , including the Quiver ( 1865–1905 ) and Cassell 's Magazine ( 1874–96 ) , besides founding and editing a children 's paper , Little Folks , until 1876 . |
| 20 | We were ordinary seafaring men and founding and running a national union was , to say the least , a job for which we had had no training . |
| 21 | Yassin , arrested in May 1989 , had confessed to founding and directing a hostile organization , as well as to homicide , incitement and the possession of firearms . |
| 22 | What are they to finish painting and do a bit |
| 23 | The most common exponents are two and three : squaring and cubing a number . |
| 24 | He was a leading light in the Cinematograph Exhibitors ' Association and expanded his business by acquiring and developing a chain of cinemas — which he named Vogue — in places like Govan , Rutherglen and Shettleston . |
| 25 | These three documents provide sufficient information for the Computer Group to prepare a system design , to calculate the cost to the Press of acquiring and running a computer system of this design , and to prepare an implementation programme for the computer system . |
| 26 | Simply mention this offer when booking and take a copy of this magazine with you on your first visit . |
| 27 | WE GUARANTEE THAT THE PRICE OF YOUR HOLIDAY WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY SURCHARGES ONCE YOU HAVE MADE YOU BOOKING AND PAID A DEPOSIT , THEN THE COST OF YOUR HOLIDAY CAN NOT BE INCREASED . |
| 28 | He would also give up taxi driving and become a monk . |
| 29 | Everyone on the course has been banned from driving and paid a fine . |
| 30 | One morning Jess stopped dusting and took a book from the shelf , admiring the gold edges to the pages and the soft green leather binding . |