Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rang the club I was appearing at and informed the Con-Sec that Marta Cane would be appearing in place of Zoe Bond who was ill . |
| 2 | But I think the ingenuity of chemists and scientists and physicists and astronomers is such that , yes , we could do it — if we knew what we were looking for and had the right ideas . |
| 3 | Horowitz was not even looking at her : opening his executive case , he lifted the base , sorted through several documents , found what he was looking for and shut the case . |
| 4 | He pawed at the Daily Telegraph but failed to find whatever he was looking for and lit a cigarette instead . |
| 5 | Turning towards him , her face flushed , her fingers reached down , searching for and caressing the hard nakedness there . |
| 6 | There was no resistance from her as his hands moved caressingly over her flesh , her senses somehow drugged and seduced into quivering acquiescence as he leaned forward , trailing his lips down over her throat and lower neck , searching for and finding the firm , warm swell of her breast . |
| 7 | The very exhaustive treatise Contemporary Percussion by Reginald Smith Brindle ( O.U.P. ) goes in great detail into the technique of writing for and playing a vast number of percussion instruments and contains quotations from many modern works , as well as a 45 rpm recording of the sounds of many of the tuned and untuned instruments which have been used by modern composers . |
| 8 | Politics is about communicating with and winning a person , not winning an argument or battering home a policy line . |
| 9 | James did prove determined to promote the interests of Catholics , and he did so largely through recourse to the prerogative powers of dispensing with or suspending the penal statutes . |
| 10 | Of course , this did n't stop him from shamelessly flirting with and teasing the scores of solicitous museum officials that came to see him ! ’ |
| 11 | Focus is on listening to and understanding a wide range of accents . |
| 12 | There is one further way of looking at and estimating the value of a right ( both complete and fractional ) . |
| 13 | Derby and Scotland agreed on the specification for an IMS administrative system PIROS ( after looking at and rejecting the available packages ) . |
| 14 | The immediate family and carers go through a chronic grief process alongside the need to go on caring for and sustaining a person who is slipping away , cognitively , behaviourally and emotionally . |
| 15 | Without waiting for or expecting a reply , Martha and the reluctant Tilda walked through into the back office . |
| 16 | At other times he looks at the sky , his jaw clenching and unclenching as if working a particularly stubborn wad of chewing gum while the Kansas City Glee Club harmonises solemn music : perhaps he wants to turn it off — but they are unstoppable . |
| 17 | I was going to and had no graph paper . |
| 18 | Each of the ‘ good ’ events can be considered as either adding to or modifying a unit of living physical matter contributing to the ultimate man , and by so doing , at the same time created a unit of ‘ goodness ’ contributing to the ever-growing power of the developing God . |
| 19 | The judge having reviewed the relevant authorities said that a contract which contains an unenforceable provision nevertheless remains effective after removal of the severance of that provision if the following conditions are satisfied : ( a ) The enenforceable provision is capable of being removed without the necessity of adding to or modifying the wording of what remains . |
| 20 | ‘ Curiously enough the reduction in low level concentrations of sulphur dioxide , resulted in an increase in the frequency of detections and complaints about fish smells because the acidic gases had been reacting with and neutralising the smell of the amines ’ . |
| 21 | Jarmusch here is experimenting with and calling the spectator 's attention to cinematic conventions . |
| 22 | On Jan. 22 , 1990 , Robert Tappan Morris , 24 , a suspended graduate student of Cornell University , was found guilty in Syracuse , New York , of breaking into and jamming a computer network . |
| 23 | It is drawing upon and developing the recent work of Harvard economists in the USA and will use data from some of the case studies which figure in the other projects , as well as econometric analysis at the industry level . |
| 24 | Instead a means of legitimating the power of corporate managers can be found by drawing upon and transforming the deviations within current legal thought . |
| 25 | It is they who carry out the traditional infantry role of closing with and destroying the enemy . |
| 26 | Now everyone coming into or leaving the village will be recorded on video tape . |
| 27 | We 're trying to bring the knowledge of black history out so that people know where we 're coming from and have no reason for prejudice and fear . ’ |
| 28 | Everything is covered ; living abroad and basic safety , handling ropes , starting and stopping the engine , lifting and dropping anchors , tying to and leaving the quayside . |
| 29 | With revolving credit , or even fixed-sum credit when there is some form of continuing relationship between lender and borrower , the choice again includes doing without and finding the cash ; but the credit option is now virtually just a matter of signing a sales slip . |
| 30 | Slowly she drained her glass and for a moment held it in front of her , staring at and smoothing the condensation away with her thumb . |