Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [v-ing] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For much of this year , Glover 's drawn face has matched his prematurely greying shock of hair .
2 Athelstan began to sip carefully at his now cooling bowl of soup .
3 Are we really hearing stirrings of green-ness from our political leadership ?
4 And we 'd started him up with a little donkey engine and a saw bench , started him up making bundles of firewood up .
5 I really thought it was going to be sort of ‘ You must not drink ever again' and ‘ You naughty boy , you must n't do it ever again' sort of thing .
6 You find yourself gradually losing track of time , the outside world is pushing away — apart from the occasional sound which pulls you back , you do sink into yourself — and time seems to become irrelevant .
7 You find yourself gradually losing track of time , the outside world is pushing away — apart from the occasional sound which pulls you back , you do sink into yourself — and time seems to become irrelevant .
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