Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She became aware that her heart was thumping rather hard , although she did n't know if it was from physical exertion , or the shock of suddenly seeing Julius again . |
| 32 | So much detail is now accumulating on so wide a range of taxonomic groups that a mini-theory can be erected for virtually every one of them . |
| 33 | ‘ Go-back , go-back , ’ something was bossing rather rudely . |
| 34 | ‘ When I came to Ampeg I had a whole book full of design ideas — everything drawn out and ready to go — which I presented them with , and the amps that you 're seeing right now are almost exactly what was in that book . |
| 35 | Findin' somewhere else wo n't be easy ; nobody wants 'em . |
| 36 | learn how to locate information in books and , where available , databases , sometimes drawing on more than one source , and how to pursue an independent line of enquiry . |
| 37 | I 'd really like to take my singing on further . |
| 38 | Once he acted the part of Asquith in some amateur dramatics , and danced round the stage with ‘ Lloyd George ’ , singing most comically a refrain which he wrote himself . |
| 39 | Rapid progress across country is largely a matter of finding and using effectively only the very strongest of thermals . |
| 40 | Under PNP , schools have been able to break away from the traditional conception of primary school professional life centring on just two roles : those of head and class teacher . |
| 41 | But now the taller one , who looked older , was gazing rather ostentatiously away . |
| 42 | When the last penitent left I strolled to the back of the chapel and was surprised to see three young contra soldiers gazing rather wistfully in through the door — as if they felt unworthy to set foot inside . |
| 43 | He is putting more structure into his clothes and using rather more natural fibres than man-made miracle fabrics . |
| 44 | How good that future is will depend in part on the performance of the dockyard , which is competing right now . |
| 45 | It was a warm golden evening and a blackbird was singing somewhere near by . |
| 46 | catching on reasonably well for the time of the year ? |
| 47 | In the experience of the author , the idea of the scheme is catching on very widely , and the theories running through it are rubbing off on traditional conveyancing practice in the commercial area . |
| 48 | You 're catching on quite smartly . ’ |
| 49 | I can see you 're catching on quickly . |
| 50 | We are , indeed , reflecting on precisely that proposition . |
| 51 | Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park . |
| 52 | With Masklin hanging on grimly , Grandson Richard pushed his way through the throng . |
| 53 | Aldridge , hanging on grimly , said , ‘ Does it get any worse ? ’ |
| 54 | ‘ Yes , I can understand you hanging on here instead of coming back to Berlin . |
| 55 | But United embarked on what Mr Ferguson dubbed ‘ kamikaze football ’ against City and ended up hanging on desperately for a point . |
| 56 | ‘ What did he say ? ’ said Masklin , hanging on tightly to the sweater . |
| 57 | Eurotunnel appears to be hanging on only by the skin of its teeth . |
| 58 | D H S S , because very often , they either ca n't get telephone boxes working , or they 're hanging on so long that they do n't have enough money |
| 59 | It was hanging on so I had to take it off they are a bloody nuisance them racks you know , dangerous |
| 60 | Clients who rang in during telephone bingo would be kept hanging on indefinitely . |