Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , to his delight , leaking but still seaworthy ; but an interested crowd of MacIans had gathered on the shore , and even Lachlan could see that to row up Kentra Bay to attack Arivegaig , with an audience eagerly running ahead to arrange a warm welcome for him , was scarcely sensible . |
| 2 | While the majority of Japanese remained ignorant of Western social values and customs , and of the background which had given rise to them , the new Meiji government was already moving fast to demolish the formal apparatus of Tokugawa society . |
| 3 | He is upset with the prime minister for not trying harder to create a non-aligned peace formula to end the Gulf war . |
| 4 | He was unconcerned about this , or indeed anything , and once having finally crossed the said Euston Road , sunnily began to take requests . |
| 5 | Even vacuuming thoroughly leaves an estimated 95% of live mites undisturbed . |
| 6 | The situation in 1932 was best summed up by the exhibitor Ed Kuykendahl who suggested to his colleagues that , ‘ under the stress of present conditions , all of us are floundering around trying frantically to create a little business ’ . |
| 7 | For mile after mile , the road threads a way forward , sometimes turning inland to avoid the rocky shore , sometimes hugging the coast to avoid the impenetrable inland . |