Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give every possible comfort to the person including touching or holding their hand . |
| 2 | ( 10 ) Throughout Stages 1 and 2 , DCSLs may be involved in advising schools , librarians , or library committees on practical matters , from suggesting trends in library layout ( for schools relocating or refurbishing their libraries in anticipation of , or as a result of , receiving a project grant ) to advising on precise requirements of order forms , the need to " weed " old stock to make space for the new acquisitions , and the desirability or updating or devising a new catalogue . |
| 3 | The plaintiffs sought an injunction against the members of the national executive of the union to restrain them from inducing or procuring their members not to use PA copy . |
| 4 | We 're trying , of course , to position ourselves so as to fool our competitors into delaying or cancelling their capacity increases . |
| 5 | Working women were delaying or curtailing their capacity to bear children , marrying later or perhaps being reluctant to have children at all . |
| 6 | The computer misuses act sounds like another law which might help , it 's enforced at this police unit in London , but it too seems powerless to stop outsiders impersonating or bribing their way to get hold of personal data . |
| 7 | It is when we reach the realm of ‘ abnormal deviance ’ that the teacher 's problematic really emerges , for here pupils are not only deviating from the ‘ good pupil ’ role , but may be denying or over-exaggerating their gender image as well . |
| 8 | They now start to harass the bigger bird , calling incessantly and loudly , twisting and jerking their bodies and even making mock attacks . |
| 9 | More sinister changelings became channels for daemons which walked the land in those host bodies , twisting and melting their anatomy into devilish monstrosities with scales and horns , claws and feelers — until the possessed bodies finally fell apart , until the vestiges of corrupted mind were sucked away as spirit-meat for those parasites from outside of normality . |
| 10 | The Press enclosure was in the Members ' Stand and the scene around us was indescribable as the staid ‘ more English than the English ’ burghers of Adelaide and their wives stood up booing and shaking their fists . |
| 11 | Budgetary accounting refers to the practice of many public sector organizations , and particularly governments , in keeping and presenting their operating accounts in the same format and alongside their budgets . |
| 12 | This was thought by trade unionists to be inconsistent with the leading decision of ten years before which had protected employers ' associations from conspiracy on the ground that the acts had been done ‘ with the lawful object of protecting and extending their trade and increasing their profits ’ without employing unlawful means , although the consequence had been to injure their competitors . |
| 13 | As well as the traditional function of protecting and furthering their members ' interests , they are also expected to play a role in the country 's development effort towards economic growth . |
| 14 | This will allow them to make a substantial contribution to the local economy by utilising and developing their particular skills . |
| 15 | Birds of prey which rely on the heather moorlands for nesting and rearing their young , such as merlin and hen harrier , can do so without the persecution which sometimes occurs when their existence is in conflict with grouse-shooting interests . |
| 16 | Some insects are able to improve the circulation of air by inflating and deflating their abdomens with a muscular pumping action . |
| 17 | Thrips or thunder flies as they are sometimes called because of their tendency to fly in clouds when thunder threatens — are minute midge-like flies that like to get into buds just as the bud scales ( sepals ) are opening and lay their eggs there . |
| 18 | You will be able to see them opening and closing their huge mouths as they intercept items of food which the current is bringing to them . |
| 19 | For several square yards the sand was quite invisible for blue butterflies , opening and closing their wings as they drew moisture from a small spring dampening the sand . |
| 20 | All the birds began to hop up and down and twitter , opening and shutting their beaks . |
| 21 | The first event took place in the elephant house , where keeper Tommy Swindell went through Tina and Lena 's health and hygiene routines — including checking and cleaning their teeth and toenails and veterinary procedures . |
| 22 | If it could be demonstrated that English facilitated ‘ objectivity ’ more than other languages , then users of it would have a powerful weapon for affirming and legitimating their rights to certain positions of authority in relation to cultures or sub-cultures in which language use lacked this quality . |
| 23 | Wall of Death — stench of sweat and petrol — men laughing and risking their lives . |
| 24 | When I very deliberately try and remember it like this I know I end up remembering it and describing it being like a bar scene in a musical , where everyone that the camera pans past is a very definite character , and they 're all so eager when the camera is on them , clapping and laughing and tapping their feet to the music so convincingly . |
| 25 | The enforcement behaviour of regulatory agencies has been explained most frequently in terms of ‘ capture ’ theory , according to which an agency is co-opted by those it seeks to regulate , incorporating and reflecting their concerns into its decision making in the interests of stability and self-preservation ( e.g. Selznick , 1966 ) . |
| 26 | Many women have started smoking or increased their consumption . |
| 27 | New skills can increase personal satisfaction Women in particular are susceptible to believing that improving their appearance can help them reinvent themselves . |
| 28 | Rather , what they wanted was to go on living and building their properties according to their own circumstances and preferences within their own neighbourhoods . |
| 29 | They reacted by inventing ways of avoiding teachers ' authority , escaping from supervision and doing the things which they valued most : smoking , drinking , swearing and wearing their own variation on the school uniform . |
| 30 | They say they go out of their way to avoid trouble , having left a bar in Haymarket earlier in the evening because there was a group that seemed intent on a fight , swearing and pushing their way through to the bar . |