Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | By the end of the race he had lost nearly two stone from a frame that has no spare fat , and it took him a week to start eating properly again and a further three weeks to regain the lost weight . |
2 | We 'll be eating properly later . ’ |
3 | She remained as thin as a rake , although she was eating properly now . |
4 | He could see the Quattro 's tail-lights drawing slowly away from him in stop-start jerky movements . |
5 | Serum concentrations of both are raised in patients with type II diabetes , reflecting most probably a shift in the relation between demand for insulin and the capacity to produce it . |
6 | The only other thing I 'm using right now is a Korg A2 ; it 's got all the effects I need in it . |
7 | Since I would have to start the engine some time in any case , it might be best to do so now , cloaked by the noise of the steam engine thudding somewhere overhead . |
8 | Ralph sat in the driving seat of his car , inching slowly forward with the snaking traffic jam stretching along the road . |
9 | Over at the manse the Reverend William McIvor , in a drab overcoat , let himself out by the back door and rode off to the north-east by a back path through the woods near Taymouth Castle , keeping his grey garron on a tight rein and stepping slowly so that the hoof-beats were nearly soundless . |
10 | Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms . |
11 | Macaulay was attributing rather too much blame to Frederick II of Prussia when he wrote ‘ in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend , black men fought on the coast of Coromandel , and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America . ’ |
12 | including most notably Local Management of Schools ( LMS ) combine to give governors duties , responsibilities and powers far greater than any previously envisaged . |
13 | Other installations , including most notably ‘ Running Fence ’ ( 1976 ) , have explored the surprising division of property by an artificial barrier . |
14 | Several East German politicians were affected by accusations that they had acted as Stasi informants , including most notably de Maizière [ see pp. 37905 ; pp. 38109-10 ; 37718 ; 38446-47 ] . |
15 | It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including most controversially in the defence and security fields . |
16 | Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war . |
17 | Continued diplomatic lobbying by France resulted on April 5 in the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 688 condemning the " repression of the Iraqi civilian population in many parts of Iraq , including most recently in Kurdish populated areas , the consequences of which threaten international peace and security " . |
18 | I just do n't feel like singing right now . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | ‘ Go-back , go-back , ’ something was bossing rather rudely . |
21 | ‘ 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 . |
22 | Findin' somewhere else wo n't be easy ; nobody wants 'em . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Rapid progress across country is largely a matter of finding and using effectively only the very strongest of thermals . |
25 | But now the taller one , who looked older , was gazing rather ostentatiously away . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | He is putting more structure into his clothes and using rather more natural fibres than man-made miracle fabrics . |
28 | How good that future is will depend in part on the performance of the dockyard , which is competing right now . |
29 | It was a warm golden evening and a blackbird was singing somewhere near by . |
30 | 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 . |