Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [v-ing] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can literally walk in the footsteps of people in the past , walking a section of Roman road or an old packhorse track , or following the route of an abandoned railway , or perhaps storming a hill-fort or castle . |
| 2 | Voluntary to my mind suggests that the payer being aware of all relevant circumstances including the true state of the law or perhaps having a doubt but not caring which way that doubt is resolved consciously makes a decision to pay . |
| 3 | Accordingly workers striking on an economic upswing often found employers more ready to negotiate than to prosecute , although if masters decided to combine to take on the union by resisting a wage demand or even enforcing a cut and bound themselves not to employ each other 's dismissed workmen , the law might be a more ready resort . |
| 4 | It was about unravelling the merger mistakes of the 1960s : splitting up conglomerates , or else buying a firm and selling off divisions that were remote from its main business . |
| 5 | Make a point of trying to keep absolutely straight rather than just correcting a swing when it happens . |
| 6 | If he proposes to say something new , I hope that , as the guardian of the interests of all parts of the House , you Mr. Speaker , will make representations to try to make sure that he does it in the House rather than just making a speech or holding a press conference , even if it is in Wales . |
| 7 | But I do n't know that actually killing a man because he 's been touching up the boys would altogether hang together as a motive . ’ |
| 8 | Looking after people and not making a fuss when they do annoying things . ’ |
| 9 | Morar , like neighbouring Knoydart , is wild and inhospitable , without roads in the interior and similarly featuring a loch that pierces the mountain barrier over a distance of twelve miles . |
| 10 | They too were a family of skilled craftsmen and , like so many of the first two generations of South Wales industrial settlers , retained a small interest in country matters , raising pigs and often keeping a pony or two on the outskirts of their villages . |
| 11 | Being audible depends on your ability to project your voice and correctly using a microphone if one is available . |
| 12 | ‘ Watch your step in future , ’ he rasped in warning , standing up and irritably balancing a bag or two against his leg . |
| 13 | It certainly is n't simply a case of just reading up on the reviews , playing around with a couple of the likely programs and then buying a system or two and expecting peace , harmony and perfect publications to be the end result ! |
| 14 | He was in a curiously elegiac mood , moving soft on silken feet in deference to the sadness in the place , now and then touching a tree or a still-surviving piece of stone in a placating greeting , apparently apologising for his presence . |
| 15 | She could still feel fitzAlan 's eyes on her and flushed slightly , steeling herself before she could look at him again , and fully expecting a remark that was sure to be unpleasant at best . |
| 16 | Mark ( being sexist and homophobic — but not giving a toss cos he lives in West London and can continue gloating to Chelsea fans for another season ) |
| 17 | You know so there is not only is the product design here it 's er selling the kitchen but actually closing a sale when there 's other various options on the market . |
| 18 | Hughes and Cole had drivers report objects that ‘ attracted their attention ’ while actually driving a car and while watching a film of the same route . |
| 19 | ‘ Whilst not giving a guarantee that the fault wo n't occur again , I believe the problem should now be eliminated . ’ |
| 20 | A tantalizing , much earlier example occurs in The Band Wagon ( 1953 ) , though not involving a phone and unfortunately cut from the release print ( A surprising number of musicals reputedly lose their best production numbers . ) |
| 21 | ‘ As well mending a roof as Lying here , ’ said Hugh , shrugging . |