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

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1 His apparently unflagging zest for life impressed Bowler .
2 For much of this year , Glover 's drawn face has matched his prematurely greying shock of hair .
3 Athelstan began to sip carefully at his now cooling bowl of soup .
4 The family is an important unit of consumption with its steadily rising demand for consumer durables such as washing machines , videos and microwaves .
5 The Gyroflo oven gives you more cooking space per shelf than most other ovens of the same size , and a slow economical cook facility .
6 ‘ For instance , there was one little overdubbing room in Air studios which was tiny — it was about as big as an armchair — but we used to put the AC30 in there and put the mic facing the window and get this amazing sound .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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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