Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he went on gazing out of the window , drawing on it with his finger until Mrs Hollins came out and rapped on the glass . |
| 2 | And he goes on gazing out of the window . |
| 3 | No need to explain one 's reasons for suddenly looking out of the window . |
| 4 | There is a connotation to leadership that needs perhaps getting out of the way . |
| 5 | ‘ But … but I love you ! ’ she cried , suddenly coming out of the trance in which she had been imprisoned , and desperately anxious that she should in some way communicate her feelings for him . |
| 6 | While at the same time as not merely coming out of the closet about his sexuality — in fact , by hardly admitting there was a closet there at all — he was also locking so many of his innermost thoughts away . |
| 7 | It was a fine warm autumn evening and although the light was already dying out of the sky the trees still looked magnificent , shades of gold and red blending with some still-green foliage . |
| 8 | So I said I know what he 's like , comes back and he turns up he says we 're just off now , I said oh you 've come back then I thought you were a bit rude just storming out of the funeral and not saying cheerio to everyone , he said I 've been insulted long enough by your family , I would n't be , I was n't prepared to be insulted any more |
| 9 | She was already scrambling out of the jeep . |
| 10 | They are making many staff redundant , and they are largely pulling out of the programme , thus leaving a huge hole in numbers and finance . |
| 11 | The train set was already chuffing out of the station , so Steven decided to take everyone along for a ride . |
| 12 | She was just going out of the door . |
| 13 | A flood of Literary Lionisers was already pouring out of the railway station , fighting in well-bred fashion over victorias and landaus . |
| 14 | Blindly , she followed him , and in the entrance she bumped into Stan , a burly policeman in black waterproofs who was just heading out of the department . |
| 15 | But moments later , he emerged with his freight , to find that Godolphin was already marching out of the copse that screened the Retreat from both the house ( empty , of course ; in ruins ) and any casual spy who peered over the wall . |
| 16 | I was just moving out of the way . |
| 17 | He was just getting out of the car and he could just get back in it and move out with the same expertise . |
| 18 | As he helped her up , her gaze went past to him to Sabine , who was just getting out of the car to offer her assistance . |
| 19 | Michael Jackson ( right ) , circa 1980 : pre-surgery , pre-Bubbles , but already opting out of the lifestyle everyday mortals lead |
| 20 | Monitoring of people moved from Friern Hospital in north London and Claybury Hospital in Essex shows that they are not slipping out of the system and are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life . |
| 21 | Unlike Alexai Ybreska , Zhukov was not disappearing out of the country in a hurry . |
| 22 | In the meanwhile , restorer Saveli Yamshchikov thinks that some of this war booty is already seeping out of the country . |
| 23 | ‘ It was full of slops , ’ answered Nellie , still gazing out of the window . |
| 24 | Nor , from the beginning of the indiscriminate sinking of British merchant ships by U-boats , could there be the slightest doubt among seamen who the enemy was ; but adjustment was difficult , and bread and butter questions such as pay and conditions of work were aggravated and complicated by wartime inflation , by manpower shortages and by excessive profits made by shipowners who grew even richer and more demanding out of the sweat and blood of their merchant crews . |
| 25 | The EC favoured further opening up of the customer equipment market ; a separation of the regulatory and operational functions of the telephone authority ; a more cost-oriented pricing of services ; the major network and a small number of basic services would remain the monopoly of the telecoms administration . |
| 26 | Peter Yeo was still looking out of the window , and Claudia glanced at his familiar back , too short and too broad despite the most expensive tailoring , with real anxiety , ‘ You do n't honestly think that , do you , Peter ? |
| 27 | Jackson spoke softly , still looking out of the window , his head turned from the other man . |
| 28 | He looked back to Rohmer , still looking out of the window . |
| 29 | Maisie was still looking out of the window . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're moving , ’ said Masklin , still peering out of the hole and almost glad of anything that would stop the argument . |