Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After trudging disconsolately round a few bars , I went back to our cheap hostel , where to my relief I found Dana snoring in the double bed we were to share . |
| 2 | This is not a matter of sticking doggedly to a particular diet , but also of looking at your eating habits . |
| 3 | Ways of retreat from this point are various and there is even a metal ring — I hesitate to say bolt — to facilitate an abseil. the able can reverse the climbs on the pinnacle 's short side and the crazy always have the option of hobbling away with a sprained ankle after ‘ successfully ’ negotiating Cook 's Leap , the jump across the gully to the main edge ! |
| 4 | Although this use of the survey seemed to offer to social scientists a more scientific way of approximating closely to a natural scientific model of research , incorporating measurement and quantification , hypothesis-testing , generalisability and theory relevance , it has not been without its problems and controversies . |
| 5 | To quote the Federation 's annual report for 1948–49 , ‘ one purpose of the Federation ’ is ‘ that of bringing together in a friendly atmosphere the members of different Branches and Groups and thereby strengthening the unity and spirit of the WEA in Essex ’ . |
| 6 | The lucky recipient of an Indian cadetship had at least the prospect of returning home as a wealthy senior officer , assuming of course that he survived the very real hazards of life in the East . |
| 7 | His practice of writing exclusively in a distinctive green ink was continued by his successors . |
| 8 | Firstly , they bind a piece of writing together as a single entity , giving it a connectedness that makes it read as a whole rather than as a string of separate jottings . |
| 9 | The depth of our batting meant he had to wait longer than some , but he is a fiercely committed Lancastrian and he has been prepared to stay put and fight for a place instead of looking elsewhere for a regular spot . ’ |
| 10 | However the day turns out , she will already have enjoyed the prospect and had the excitement of looking forward to a pleasurable outing . |
| 11 | Instead of ranging widely over a many possibilities , therefore , we will focus briefly on just four important and current aspects of multimedia which are sure to extend their influence dramatically during the 1990s . |
| 12 | So far we have considered three ways of sampling directly from a given population , but it may be thought that this direct method has dangers attached . |
| 13 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 14 | It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist . |
| 15 | The drive to surpass had originated and was maintained from home ; my sense of neglect and isolation was a partial consequence of belonging intermittently to a cohesive community . |
| 16 | Everyone — whether self-employed or working for an employer — has the choice of continuing as they are or of switching instead to a personal pension . |
| 17 | I mean we 're a typical case , we believe we have something that is wonderfully innovative and capable of succeeding financially in a global market place . |
| 18 | CHANNEL FOUR chief Michael Grade sparked a furious row when he accused the BBC of behaving more like a commercial business than public service broadcasters . |
| 19 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 20 | That is to say we are , we all need renewal and new ideas , but we stick to old quarrels and re-run old battles because we do n't know how to face up to the real problems at the present , nor to find ways of working together for a worthwhile future . |
| 21 | The promotion of ‘ service ’ , mediated via citizenship , was a constant theme throughout the debate on part-time day continuation schools because more than any other single aspect it emphasized the moral value of working conscientiously in a given occupation in order to contribute to the welfare of the community ; hence the importance of creating the ‘ adaptable ’ worker . |
| 22 | YOUR visit to the Hall is like stepping straight into a vanished world . |
| 23 | Coming into it was like coming home on a bitter cold day to a bright , leaping fire . |
| 24 | Like slipping away from a sleeping embrace , silently shutting the door behind one , tiptoeing off in the grey light of dawn — a stranger again . |
| 25 | And in fact in the early stages I got one man working for me and er I went back into teaching again for a short time to help out at a school where the the the teacher was ill , and I was teaching in the morning and then doing two-man jobs in the afternoon , and he was doing one man jobs in the morning . |
| 26 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 27 | Differs from Little Stint in appearing more like a miniature Common Sandpiper ( p. 133 ) , and in having white outer tail feathers and greenish-yellow legs . |
| 28 | Wearing a chic black costume and white fur wrap , she is seen waving to him as he departs for the colony before walking away to a smart car beside which stands a chauffeur . |
| 29 | The three dogs had run of for some distance , before slowing again to a steady lope . |
| 30 | The mass circulation Daily Mail , encouraged by its owner Lord Rothermere , gave support to fascism and the BUF until discouraged from doing so by a marked drop in readership . |