Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks later there appeared a letter to the then prestigious Pall Mall Gazette from Sickert praising the move because there are more clothed than naked people in the world , they display a greater variety of shapes and colours , drawing or painting them does not require the high temperature ‘ which is extremely injurious to young people , and to women of whom the classes largely consist ’ and , most piquantly , because ‘ the absence of the nude model will eliminate a certain number of students who are drawn by mere curiosity . ’ |
| 2 | When cooking , many people check the contents of for example bottles and packages by smelling or tasting them . |
| 3 | It has been found that this form of conditioning can occur much more rapidly if the response prevents unpleasant stimuli occurring or stops them once they have started . |
| 4 | Less practical is physical destruction like squashing or bashing them on the head . |
| 5 | So many players seemed to have nothing to do with the nations they were representing that asking them to picture their country would have been difficult enough , let alone vow anything to it . |
| 6 | Corbett went back to his notes about Lady Eleanor 's death , twisting and turning them . |
| 7 | And the story behind these instruments is that Roberto Brandoni , a London-based importer of Italian musical goods , stumbled upon a warehouse full of necks , bodies and parts , bought the lot and is currently assembling and selling them . |
| 8 | The teddies were shouting , chivvying and bullying them off the pavement on to the road . |
| 9 | Not only are they going to find themselves deliberately and actively squeezed from above and below by the very organisation , the ATP Tour , which is supposed to be protecting and encouraging them but they still have to compete against exhibition events , with open cheque books , for a handful of top players . |
| 10 | The red glow from the furnaces fell across the treadmills , turning the steel mesh to angry crimson , bathing the creatures inside them to eerie , unnatural life , blending and merging them with the machinery , until it was very nearly impossible to tell where the treadmills ended and the human creatures began … |
| 11 | This might be because they were estranged in some way before the person 's death or because they resent the person dying and leaving them to cope . |
| 12 | you can also reclaim old floorboards for use as a new surface ; the hard work of stripping and sealing them is regarded by a floor that has more colour and character than new wood . |
| 13 | Since these parameters have to do with the FMS drivers , checking and setting them is described in Appendix D , FMS Drivers . |
| 14 | By the time they have reached their 40s , many former fatties have found a pattern of eating that suits them and keeps them slim . |
| 15 | As far as the social element is concerned , a government should recognise the need to promote social cohesion by securing that all citizens have a standard of living that enables them to participate in the life of the community ; governments must take care that reductions in the social element of citizenship which they may regard as necessary in the area of economic policy do not result in sections of the population being excluded from citizenship and membership of the national community . |
| 16 | However he looked after his animals with great care , brushing and combing them every evening , giving them the same food as he had himself , and chopping wood to make a fire so that they should be warm at night . |
| 17 | And he does n't realise that he 's abusing and using them |
| 18 | She nursed his ailments too , and with a needle from a certain yucca picked out the chigoes from his feet , neatly , so as not to burst the sac in which the nits were hatching and release them into his flesh : the insects between his pink and white toes were just like a shrimp 's roe . |
| 19 | Such are the complexities of these relationships and the means of establishing and sustaining them , that they are the subject-matter of most stories and novels from Pooh to Proust . |
| 20 | These are habits of conformity to rules which have developed by a kind of convention or tacit understanding , based on general recognition of the utility of establishing and retaining them . |
| 21 | By introducing a per capita tax , it was the government 's aim to draw every adult 's attention to exactly how much their local services were costing and to encourage them to assess whether they were receiving value for money . |
| 22 | Urgently Ramsay directed them , all but physically pushing and prodding them into the approximate shape of a great wedge . |
| 23 | This meant she had to help patients with personal hygiene , dressing and un-dressing them , and assisting in feeding them ; she also got involved in weighing patients , taking samples and temperatures , and helping prepare patients for operations as well as making snacks and beds . |
| 24 | The other sailors pushed the three prisoners up the beach , laughing and shouting and hitting them . |
| 25 | He must have spent all last night developing and printing them ( as if he 'd go to the chemist 's ! |
| 26 | Defining and explaining them and showing how they may be measured are the major objectives of this and the following chapter . |
| 27 | The objectives will be to explore in detail some of the key concepts in this field , notably work , parenthood , and health and consider the most appropriate way of operationalising and measuring them . |
| 28 | IRENE Boyd took the minutes when our branch held a staff meeting and typed them out in the following verse : |
| 29 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 30 | ‘ In any event the system whereby I signed a book full of blank cheques in advance of you writing and issuing them was somewhat of a farce . ’ |