Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have seen , schools are also to be given the option of leaving the Local Authority altogether and becoming in some sense independent , though with non-fee-paying pupils . |
| 2 | Rooted in civil society and operating with some independence from inter-state relations , such institutions provided a potential check and counter-balance to the tendency towards anarchy inherent in a system of rival nation states . |
| 3 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 4 | ‘ You drove to Penzance , leaving home at about seven-thirty , you went to the film and started to drive back , but your van broke down at Badger 's Cross and after trying to start it and sheltering for some time , you walked home , arriving at about half-past two . ’ |
| 5 | Unlike the families of middleclass dropouts , skinhead families were generally supportive , helping with money and acting as some sort of barrier against school and the police . |
| 6 | She needed strength : her and Bernard 's nightly love play would go on for hours , limbs lurching and surging in some kind of gladiatorial combat as if the one who weakened first lost . |
| 7 | But to Perdita they appeared curiously passive , sitting and waiting for some man to make them unhappy . |
| 8 | The disquiet and consternation he had set up among the brothers would go on echoing and re-echoing for some time , while he who had caused it had recoiled into numbness and exhaustion . |
| 9 | Another interesting question is whether you have any right of redress if , while continuing to pay your salary , your employer does not give you any work to do , perhaps sending you home and saying for some reason , ‘ Do n't call us , we 'll call you ’ . |
| 10 | A body of men and women ( a ) identifiable by reference to some register or record ; ( b ) recognised as having a special skill and learning in some field of activity in which the public needs protection against incompetence , the standards of skill and learning being prescribed by the profession itself ; ( c ) holding themselves out as being willing to serve the public ; ( d ) volun-tarily submitting themselves to standards of ethical conduct beyond those required of the ordinary citizen by law and ; ( e ) undertaking to accept personal responsibility to those whom they serve for their actions and to their profession for maintaining public confidence . |
| 11 | ’ British pop evolved from R&B dance culture , but while the working classes were coming home from the factory and putting on some Motown , the people who now run record companies were at university listening to Genesis or Peter Frampton or whatever — their only contact with pop culture was Gary Glitter or Sweet . |
| 12 | This work seems to us to be truly depraving and corrupting unlike some sex films which offend solely on grounds of impropriety . |
| 13 | The man stared at her in stunned silence , his chest rising and falling with some kind of agitation . |
| 14 | Adults , particularly caring parents , appreciating its transience and its value , have the feeling that every moment of childhood should be spent in activity that is clearly worthwhile and rewarding in some way . |
| 15 | If you do n't you could use an A four pad building up a picture of the guy and trying at some time |
| 16 | First appearing as tiny black spots on the upper surfaces of leaves , this is the outward sign that the fungus has already been inside the tissue and working for some time . |