Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is anyone out there who is using or can advise on joining two touring canoes to make a low tech catamaran in the Wharram tradition , enabling sailing to estuaries and creeks , dismantling and then exploring the local rivers ? |
| 2 | Freud thought that such a process was occurring and would continue , and that people would have to learn to live without sacred meaning and infantile religiosity . |
| 3 | Ice A pack of ice applied to the site of the injury is cooling and will cause the blood to constrict . |
| 4 | The truth is that I was sent to Scotland to find out what happened , is happening and might happen . ’ |
| 5 | He also talks to him about the possible relationship between stress , smoking , poor dietary habits , alcohol and the incidence of peptic ulcers so that Peter understands what is happening and can consider what changes he might make in his lifestyle . |
| 6 | Namibia is particularly interesting because of its " desert " elephants and black rhinos , which have suffered a recent upsurge in poaching and may become even more vulnerable as the country moves towards independence . " |
| 7 | Above all , resist the temptation to pan the camcorder back and forth , this terrible technique is known as hosepiping and will ruin any shot . |
| 8 | The baby saw it happening but could do nothing to stop it , its pudgy fingers would not close tightly enough to grasp the string … . |
| 9 | Any nurse may encounter an adoptee experiencing a crisis of self-identity at any age , and may be able to offer support simply by listening or may have to recommend the adoptee seek expert help from the local adoption agency , PAC or National Organisation for Counselling Adoptees and their Parents ( NORCAP ) for counselling about being adopted and practical information on instigating a search for birth parents . |
| 10 | He has a good eye for passing and can play with both feet ( sort of ) even though he is right footed . |
| 11 | I listened to myself make a horrible noise like Eric going crazy over the phone , and hoped that nobody was passing and could see me in such an undignified and weak position . |
| 12 | They allow for cross-referencing and can provide you with a ready guide to your goals and the tasks you need to do to carry them out . |
| 13 | She in turn may hope that in time she will get the caring response she is really seeking and will pursue the pattern . |
| 14 | Foals rapidly stop sucking and can dehydrate very quickly . |
| 15 | The Biolife filter functions well , although as the PFK test Review Update pointed out recently , the tiny suckers which the filter hangs on seem to give up sucking and can allow the filter to drop down and submerge below a critical level . |
| 16 | On some units this can be done by rotating and will cause total failure . |
| 17 | Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking and will make a favourable impression at an interview . |
| 18 | People like Cyril and Doris Hatty , Richard and Jean Whidborne and Nancy Brereton are actively helping and will take part . |
| 19 | I had no idea what I was typing and would leave the office each day disorientated and dizzy with the effort . |
| 20 | Janet , tiptoeing out into the hall when Penman had opened the door , said that Aunt Emily was resting and would come down at tea-time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Now I can walk up hill without puffing and can bend down without grunting . |
| 23 | It does , however , mean that such men had no serious doubts about the direction in which they were going and ought to go , and the methods , intellectual or practical , of getting there . |
| 24 | This is until you get going and can afford to have your own labels printed . |
| 25 | What 's more , David who was the senior figure running this hostel , had his fingers in every tourist pie going and could get for us whatever we needed . |
| 26 | The move would not interfere with greyhound racing and would leave the old Plough Lane football ground available for redevelopment . |
| 27 | ‘ The dog has really taken to hurdles racing and will improve even more with experience he can only get better , ’ said racing manager Jimmy Nunn . |
| 28 | She had just told him she was tired of waiting and would find someone else . |
| 29 | He accepted that the JMU had had some teething problems , but pointed out that the audit monitoring process was still in its early days ; it was improving and would continue to improve with experience . |
| 30 | He is not obliged to deal with proofs lodged after the last date for proving but may do so if he thinks fit ( r 11.3(2) ) . |