Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He did n't throw his head back like Peggy Pine did when she laughed , or giggle into his fist like Paccy Moore ; he did n't make big gestures like Mario in the fish and chip shop , or even get wheezing and coughing fits like Dessie Burns often did . |
2 | Topics covered will include Women and Eating Disorders on Monday , Women and Violence on Tuesday , Women and Bereavement on Wednesday , Women and Stress on Thursday and A Holistic Approach to Mental Health on Friday . |
3 | Where once dockers and carmen had gone in for breakfast or a midday meal they now sat around drinking mugs of tea and eating slices of toast and dripping . |
4 | A Shanghai newspaper , Wenhui Daily , reported that a panda had been caught after killing and eating sheep on farms . |
5 | Age-old Chinese customs meet European ingredients and eating styles in Nouvelle Orient cuisine . |
6 | Throughout those years there was a constant building and re-building programme at Howard . |
7 | She is seeking funding for a range of projects from tailoring and knitting bazaars to poultry raising . |
8 | Senken Shinbun , a leading textile industry newspaper , has awarded a prize for marketing to the Tencel Kai , an association of more than 230 companies now actively developing and commercialising Tencel into fashion apparel . |
9 | These may include definitions of the classifications to be used , suggestions of what type of information is required in the DESCRIPTION field , and naming conventions for modules . |
10 | Oxidised LDL may also be procoagulant since it has been described as stimulating endothelial tissue factor activity and inhibiting activation of protein C. Despite these tremendous advances , the authors wisely remind us that many patients with coronary disease have few or none of the known risk factors . |
11 | He was outstanding in charity and compassion , paying for the release of prisoners who were detained for debts and succouring families in time of need , but giving strict charge that they should not acknowledge the source of this help . |
12 | In addition to training choirs and editing editions of Tudor polyphony , he persuaded Vaughan Williams and the young Howells , among others , to write for his choir . |
13 | A report from the Environment and Forecasting Institute in Heidelberg , Germany , details the environmental and health costs of the motor car through its life-cycle . |
14 | Here today , here tomorrow : monitoring and forecasting trends in heroin use |
15 | There are several distinguishable types of foraging behaviour and food preference , varying from tracking and pursuit of prey animals by running them down through stealth and pouncing methods to omnivory or insect eating . |
16 | Possible methods of speeding up collection include increasing the numbers of bailiffs and contacting non-payers by telephone . |
17 | Possible methods of speeding up collection include increasing the numbers of bailiffs in the town and contacting non-payers by telephone . |
18 | However , both YACs contain sequences homologous to KOX21 ( ZNF37 ) and KOX31 ( ZNF33 ) ( Figure 1d , e ) , showing that there are linked ZNF37 and ZNF33 sequences at each ZNF11 locus , and suggesting clustering of ZNF genes . |
19 | Okay and drawing pictures of castles . |
20 | Many girls worked in minor clerical jobs and were encouraged to learn shorthand and typing skills at evening classes . |
21 | Clement wrote a pamphlet giving his reasons for the split and accusing Wilson of mismanagement , irresponsible militancy and the encouragement of foreign seamen into Britain , presumably because of his refusal to accept a rule which would debar them from membership . |
22 | His acrid and accusing farewell to London was Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ( 1920 ) . |
23 | Not only was the demand not to materialize but the revolution in distribution costs introduced by containerization , changes in marine technology and handling methods at docks opened up the world from what had been a series of regional markets to a single one . |
24 | Really he 's an indoors guy , nightclubs and double brandies and impressing chicks in tank tops with sloppy eyes . |
25 | With these objects , in their millennium of power , the Celts seem to have had a splendid time scraping and whipping Europe into shape . |
26 | Fold on fold , rising gently from the water-meadows , the foothills receded in softening and paling shades of blue into the west . |
27 | Our task and privilege is to take the time and make a serious effort to reflect on our lives and to realise anew , the saving and sanctifying power of God . |
28 | making and maintaining records in relation to ancient monuments and historic buildings in England ; |
29 | Moreover , since letters had a considerable social function in creating and maintaining bonds of friendship , which could be exploited for political ends , the continuity of this literary tradition may also imply the continuity of patterns of political influence . |
30 | Widely used on modern boards , these are a combination of hard and soft , giving good water release and maintaining grip in turns . |