Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd caught him once or twice patting her bottom which the silly girl probably took as evidence of her superior attractions , whereas I knew he did it to every woman under forty . |
| 2 | The empowered organisation , emphasises Kinsley Lord , is held together by forces different from those that bind the command organisation : ‘ If the conventional metaphor for the command organisation is a dinosaur , with the brain at the top issuing instructions to the ponderous body , then that for the empowered organisation might be a shoal of fish , moving rapidly and constantly adjusting its shape through signals that are instantly understood . ’ |
| 3 | On the contrary , he is carefully , deliberately , often methodically and painstakingly modelling his career and his activities according to the statements of the prophets . |
| 4 | As Shevardnadze put it in a speech to foreign ministry staff in 1987 , they represented a country which for the previous fifteen years had been ‘ more and more losing its position as one of the leading industrially developed countries ’ . |
| 5 | Gazing into grey eyes that seemed incredibly gentle and soft , she forgot all about his reasons for being there , forgot everything except this infuriating giant who was slowly but surely destroying her peace of mind , ‘ Why ? ’ she whispered . |
| 6 | ‘ And how 's your mother , Shirley ? ’ asked Mrs Harper , carefully and conspicuously laying her clove on the side of her plate ; taking the offensive . |
| 7 | In the soft , still light she felt his eyes earnestly and faithfully searching her face . |
| 8 | And she , in turn , knowingly and secretly absorbing his stare as she listened to her chattering companions , began to dismiss him as a potential client . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm really keen to play again , ’ said the 40-year-old Scot , whose Ryder Cup place was put in jeopardy by crashing into a flower pot three weeks ago and badly bruising his sternum . |
| 10 | The Council accepted the report , amending one sentence to-read : ‘ For reasons which are apparent from the rest of this report the Visiting Party could not feel assured that the Director was fully and properly exercising his responsibility for the ‘ internal organisation and management and discipline of the Polytechnic ’ , in accordance with the Articles of Government' . |
| 11 | The patient may then progress to moving forwards and backwards using his seat muscles . |
| 12 | THE Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Government of cynically and ruthlessly betraying its election pledges on taxation . |