Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 2 | Taking one of a pair of identical towers and re-building in another form , e.g. helps the child towards the idea of invariance of number — there are the same number of blocks ‘ before ’ and ‘ after ’ although they look different . |
| 3 | This study will focus in addition on the responses made by schools , examining issues such as how they obtain , interpret and act upon clues regarding the preferences of parents of potential pupils , and what factors constrain them in understanding and reacting to such information . |
| 4 | In open play , 'Mere seemed more interested in arguing with the referee and reacting to any niggle from the opposition . |
| 5 | Well , Stan Bowes , thank you very much indeed for joining me this afternoon — Stan Bowes , head of marketing for Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board and helping with this look at the tourist industry . |
| 6 | The super-sharp , non-clogging blades of this Draper Rasp Set are designed for fast cutting and shaping for all sorts of materials . |
| 7 | In August , however , she and Andrew were billing and cooing about each other in Hello ! magazine . |
| 8 | All the accountants in the case were said to be acting as experts and not as arbitrators , and the determination was to be final and binding for all purposes . |
| 9 | In Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 an agreement provided that shares in a private company had to be sold back to the plaintiff 's uncle on the plaintiff leaving the business ; the price of the shares was to be the fair value as determined by the company 's auditors , whose valuation acting as experts and not as arbitrators was to be final and binding on all parties . |
| 10 | Women have been central in the leadership , organisation and maintaining of these structures , dealing with health care , education , food production and distribution , the internal economy etc . |
| 11 | First , that we have no intention of abandoning public ownership and accepting for all time the present frontier of the public sector . |
| 12 | And including in that travel time , must be the congestion which they will face as they approach Leeds which which already is er a difficult problem . |
| 13 | And sticking to that sofa ! |
| 14 | Everyone was beaming and weeping at this display , this proof of human richness . |
| 15 | I mean no disrespect to the geriatric branch of the hospital service nor to the domiciliary services or the rapidly increasing old people 's houses and homes provided by local housing , health and welfare authorities when I say that I believe we are still groping and fumbling with this problem — all of us , social scientists and politicians alike . |
| 16 | There 's a lot of banging and crashing on this tape . |
| 17 | The excited crowds thronging their decks , and pressing over each other 's shoulders to see the glorious city slide by , always remind me of pilgrims come to a shrine , or perhaps merchants bringing to this incomparable market-place furs , spices and slaves from the east . |
| 18 | Drums began pounding , and several seemingly frail old men launched into a frenzied war-dance , prancing and stabbing at each other with their kerises . |
| 19 | Similarly no one who has attended the Yeats Summer School in Sligo will deny that the seminars and lectures are less profitable than driving to Glencar , or Gort , and walking in those places , or wandering in the demesne of Lissadell and under the shoulder of Ben Bulben . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Communicating in more than one language and trading in several currencies is a way of life in much of Europe , so many of our Community partners are already comparatively experienced in trading across international boundaries . |
| 22 | National Associations provide opportunities for social activity , professional development and networking within each country and provide a welcome point of contact for visiting alumni from other countries . |
| 23 | National Associations provide opportunities for social activity , professional development and networking within each country and provide a welcome point of contact for visiting Alumni from other countries . |
| 24 | Everything we 've heard today this afternoon shows the disinclination of the County Planning Department to be flexible and enabling on this matter . |
| 25 | had dropped by 35% , increasing unemployment and ending for many farmers a link with the land which stretched back many generations . |
| 26 | Meredith hastily curbed her natural friendliness , reminding herself that she was n't at home now , gossiping to strangers and leaping into any car that came down the lane . |
| 27 | One till three as well the Special Needs Support Group are meeting at Ilkeston Health Centre and they offer mutual support and understanding to those parents who have children with special needs . |
| 28 | This provides their marriage with a foundation of love and understanding for each other . |
| 29 | It is introduced as a hypothesis which can bring coherence and understanding into this area — a piece of speculation which has continued to worry empiricists ever since it was first developed since it does not seem to be based on facts . |
| 30 | The lyric unites feeling and understanding in that wisdom which is the goal of affective piety . |