Example sentences of "and [adj] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's some ducks and that sheltering under some bushes . |
| 2 | She did not depend upon the views of others to form her own , or bend this way and that according to the fashion of the day . |
| 3 | This information is broadly of two kinds — that relating to the education authority 's policy and arrangements , and that relating to the individual school . |
| 4 | Laboute 's Fairy Wrasse is one of the most strikingly marked species of the genus , with a handsome lined body and metallic spotting of the dorsal , caudal and anal fins . |
| 5 | ‘ The one I wanted was too expensive and unsuitable according to bloody Virginia . |
| 6 | In this age of specialization , what we got is a lot of brilliant mechanics working four to five years behind theoretic technology , and a few abstracted theorists working out in the unknown and each disagreeing with the other . ’ |
| 7 | What a week : Batts and Fat-Frank going in the same week , what the fuck is going on — i guess they need the cash to buy someone — guess we will know who in a couple of weeks … the newly in shape Maradona ? |
| 8 | During the period we were watching , we counted between 2,200 and 2,300 going into the launderette . |
| 9 | The mania for forming industry consortia is getting so out of hand that a group of leading manufacturers , software developers and vendors are coming together to make some sense of it and eliminate duplicated effort by creating a single consortium to which everyone will be invited to belong : there is no confirmation of suggestions that the idea was the first initiative from new IBM Corp chief Louis Gerstner , who accedes to the top job today , but we hear that the army of companies is still bogged down arguing about what to call the thing — the best they 've dreamed up so far is the Consortium for Object-oriented Methods and Programming for the Unix Terminal and Enterprise-wide Recasting of Interactive Networked Database Undertakings with Software Transitioning and Revision for Y'all , but they ca n't find a snappy acronym to fit the words . |
| 10 | When divided into two — stable residence consisting of council and owner occupied housing , and unstable consisting of private rented , lodging , and hostel accommodation and no fixed abode — 76 per cent of women lived in stable accommodation compared with 63 per cent of men . |
| 11 | ‘ The Scotch lassies came down to do the herring for the barrel processing , the same as the Dutch , the pickle processing , and some splitting for kippers in the fish-houses . |
| 12 | Under the heading ‘ Money-Lenders ’ Baits ' he showed his readers how the cormorants attempted to lure them into their net — advertisements from loan merchants hiding behind grand names like The Clerical and Medical Bank , in all parts of Britain , none of whom saw fit to mention the rates of interest they would charge , and some specifying Without Sureties . |
| 13 | This is erm and this taking in not only the room they had the whole countryside . |
| 14 | Then resolution three that Synod appoints the Reverend David , Henry and Nanette as the rep , as representatives on the Mission Council and this pertaining to paragraph two . |
| 15 | So 15 of the chosen 30 have a very modest international background — and this going into tests against Australia , the World Cup holders , and South Africa , who rather fancy that they would have won it had they been invited . |
| 16 | Each student can make up a package of tests to go for ; he may repeat those that he fails , without the social disaster of being kept down a year ; and he may make up a mix of practical and theoretical according to a plan worked out with his class teacher , and bearing in mind what he aims to do next . |
| 17 | All behaviour , no matter how apparently irrational or senseless it may seem , is logical and purposeful according to some particular viewpoint . |
| 18 | None of these are as yet much used in mathematics education ( except for the dissemination of papers and electronic conferring in higher education ) . |
| 19 | In relation to shape , for example , there is a lot of vocabulary to learn , some of the words being long and unfamiliar looking to those pupils who have problems with reading . |
| 20 | ‘ The tree was destroyed before it could bear fruit ! ’ shouted Surere , gripping the edge of the table and half rising from his seat . |
| 21 | Dr McNab was quickly located , half sitting and half leaning on a stone ledge at the back . |
| 22 | ‘ When we were young it was deep mourning for a year and half mourning for six months , ’ Pat said . |
| 23 | Within the Lateran palace itself , a further ceremony with two seats of porphyry ( one of St Peter and one of St Paul ) signified the double apostolic foundation and the jurisdictional and magisterial power of the pope , demonstrated by his half lying and half sitting across the two . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're like some beautiful sea nymph … ’ he whispered softly in her ear , his hands protectively holding her slim body as , half standing and half floating in the water , she wound her arms about his neck . |
| 25 | ‘ I found her lying with her head on a little chair and half lying on the floor . |
| 26 | She was dressed in one of her old dark , low-waisted gowns for warmth , for she had purchased no winter clothing among the new , but her glorious hair was uncovered and half falling about her shoulders from a careless knot on top of her head . |
| 27 | you see coal used to lie in in er er different slines what we called slines white slines and yo you had to get your coal line what we call half and half running in half and half . |
| 28 | As a result local authorities have often referred the matter to the Secretary of State ( 85 per cent of cases between 1980 and 1985 according to Audit Commission , 1986 ) . |
| 29 | You can be sure that some will be heard loud and clear complaining about the long Christmas holidays being taken by other people . |
| 30 | Another defeat , another low score for captain Graham Gooch , and another pasting for their bowlers as Australia romped home by six wickets left England with more worry as the Ashes series countdown continues . |