Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So after toddling about for a while you go into Barries ’ and point out the shorts where they lie in the window , interleaved with their fellows . |
| 2 | HAVING done all the hard work in bowling out for 158 a Bellville XI bolstered by four Western Province players , Scotland failed to score quickly enough in going down to a second defeat , by 13 runs , on their South African tour yesterday . |
| 3 | And then I know a lot people who now in retirement do not have a bath , because they ca n't be confident enough at getting out of a bath , so they say oh well I manage with a shower . |
| 4 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 5 | But in August , just before setting off for a month in Switzerland , he still hoped to have finished a draft of the third act by the end of the year . |
| 6 | After the treatment , I did feel refreshed rather like waking up after a good night 's sleep . |
| 7 | When the economics become right , when the petrol dries up , then the possibly of moving over from a gas based , petrol based , economy to hydrogen economy is a very real one , and of course again this is an exciting branch of inorganic chemistry which many people are looking at . |
| 8 | LOOKING back on Northern Ireland as it was when the troubles started is uncannily like looking back on a silent movie . |
| 9 | So my father went over on the Monday evening and after such a a young man paid such interest in the garden and paying so much compliments , Well you ca n't go home without coming in for a cup of tea . |
| 10 | It is also worth going along to a beauty salon a month or so in advance to have your make-up done . |
| 11 | But it , it was so varied that you went through the , the cities and the highland scenes where they went through the highlands and in the country and then you ended up with coming on to a crossroads in a modern , a futuristic city , where if you look down you , the pavements were elevated and you walked down to where all the models of General Motors were displayed as if they were crossing roads . |
| 12 | Cook slightly before turning out onto a wire rack . |
| 13 | Avoid bouncing up and down because an élite performer will simply wait until you are moving upwards before driving in with a strong attack . |
| 14 | The dog he had raised from a pup went missing 31 days ago after running off on a country walk . |
| 15 | Bobo responded immediately by reaching out with a begging gesture , palm upwards and fingers slightly curled . |
| 16 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 17 | And manager Joe Kinnear last night reported that John Fashanu was in agony after pulling his hamstring again after coming on as a substitute even though he was ‘ only about 10 per cent fit . ’ |
| 18 | IMAGINE stepping out of the shower into the caress of a tropical breeze — instead of reaching out for a tatty old bath towel . |
| 19 | The oceanic crust of the East Pacific Plate does collide with the continental mass of South America but instead of piling up in a heap , it ducks down , and dives under the continent ; the site of the ‘ bend ’ being below the 7,500 metre deep Chile-Peru Trench , while the zone of actual sliding contact between oceanic and continental crust is defined by the 60 degree dipping earthquake belt , the Benioff zone . |
| 20 | If he acknowledged his title more openly he might have to behave like a count , instead of roaring around like a reckless lunatic causing accidents in his speedboat … |
| 21 | instead of , instead of walking about like a zombie . |
| 22 | ‘ Fans just go straight home instead of coming in for a drink . |
| 23 | Associate Members should get ground tickets for Wimbledon as a right instead of going in to a ballot . |
| 24 | The only problem was the , term , drug content , a problem Dr Thompson planned to solve personally , by an ingenious change in his ending ; instead of driving up to a plane , he would drive into it , and explode . |
| 25 | Finding yourself between clubs , you try to force a wedge instead of gripping down on a 9-iron . |
| 26 | So why do n't we both get back to work now , instead of nattering on like a couple of housewives over the garden fence ? ’ |
| 27 | Normally , the visitors gather together to meet PLC directors briefly before setting off on a guided tour . |
| 28 | The girl curtsied again before scuttling off down a nearby passage . |
| 29 | Er yes Mr Chairman , I mean I assume this thing gives us a fairly embryonic stage , I hope it 's not intended in any way as a finished article , it seems to me in many cases er a state into the obvious er I 'd hope that our employees would be polite people , erm you know this is a great step forward to putting down on a paper , I do n't know , but I mean |