Example sentences of "[v-ing] and give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to touch something , to hold on to something before she spoke , but there was nothing stable , only the hem of the sheet , twisting and giving way in her grip . |
| 2 | ‘ Sean had no business coming up there for me , interfering and giving orders and upsetting everyone here and there . ’ |
| 3 | The senior nurse will ensure that the learner is checking and giving drugs in the correct way . |
| 4 | Perhaps he was more specific , speaking of what he usually saw when he came to work in the morning — Eva in her blue silk pyjamas and red robe shouting and laughing and giving orders to me for breakfast , and reading aloud from the papers . |
| 5 | Fruitful though this has been in promoting and giving direction to research , its uncritical pursuit only serves to advance a reductionist and therefore an inadequate view of man . |
| 6 | By earning millions from racing and giving pennies back , says the Jockey Club , the bookmakers are sucking the sport dry . |
| 7 | The policy should detail approved cleansing and disinfectant products , methods for cleaning and give references to pertinent expert advisory documents , such as those on the care of people diagnosed with hepatitis B or HIV infection ( HMSO , 1990 ) . |
| 8 | The dry crisp tone of the side-drum makes it an ideal instrument for emphasizing and giving clearness to rhythmical patterns of almost any speed and intricacy . |
| 9 | Its richness and flexibility make it extremely useful in doubling and giving clearness to important melodic bass parts played by cellos , double basses , etc . |
| 10 | The idea is to produce a smooth zig-zag stitch with the sewing machine which does not catch the knitting in the machine foot , does not pucker , stops the cut edge from fraying and gives confidence to those who are about to cut the knitted fabric for the first time . |
| 11 | Is it not the case that the various systems of PAYE , tax codes , MIRAS , tax credits from dividends and so on are simply methods of collecting and giving relief for income tax at source and that they are not designed , nor do they have the authority , to be methods of assessment ? |
| 12 | Any quality assurance programme should encompass the concepts of effectiveness in achieving the benefits desired and efficiency in reaching and giving priority to the people for whom the service is intended ; it is also important to ensure that money is spent effectively and not expended on other less important areas of need . |
| 13 | ‘ That the Dawson International Executive Share Option Scheme 1993 , the provisions of which are summarised in the Appendix to the letter to members of the Company dated 16th June 1993 , to be constituted by the Rules produced in draft to this meeting and for the purposes of identification initialled by the Chairman hereof , be and is hereby approved and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all acts and things which they may consider necessary or expedient for implementing and giving effect to the same including making such amendments to the Rules as may be necessary to gain the approval of the Inland Revenue . ’ |
| 14 | As soon as practicable after the pre-trial review , if the action or matter still remains to be heard , the court fixes a date for hearing and gives notice to all parties ( Ord 17 , r 9 ) . |
| 15 | It also indicated the slave trade as a peculiarly appropriate object upon which many evangelicals could exercise their benevolence since it constituted a burden of individual and national guilt and in its international character provided a way of extending and giving reality to the notion of mankind as a family . |
| 16 | ‘ Burun 's a great fighter because he diverts all his sexual energies into fighting and giving orders . ’ |
| 17 | As I said at the beginning , conditions were a little better and bream were rolling and giving line bites . |
| 18 | The general principle is that net gains can be made by identifying and giving effect to decomposability amongst the organization 's activities . |
| 19 | On the other hand , where a woman undergoes an operation for sterilisation which is negligently performed and she subsequently becomes pregnant she can recover damages in respect of the pain and suffering endured in carrying and giving birth to the child : Udale v Bloomsbury Area Health Authority [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1098 . |
| 20 | The report recommends setting up a new centralized inter-agency , inter-state programme which would be responsible for funding , monitoring and giving advice . |
| 21 | Some spend their entire time in the water , mating and giving birth to live young in the sea . |
| 22 | Much of it just fails to scan correctly — very odd for someone who was lecturing and giving tutorials on English poetry . |