Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked a waiter for another pot , and settled down to catching up with the story of Swan 's life . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ she continued , engrossed in her story , ‘ he brought the house down by flying on to the stage like a whirlwind and sweeping Mother off her feet ! ’ |
| 3 | How much of the discussion was given over to reporting back on the perceptions of others including children ? |
| 4 | about differentiating thing what sort of thing did you start off with to finish up with a cos squared three X ? |
| 5 | Okay you start off by finding out from the person how much they think they need . |
| 6 | He gets on with cleaning up behind the bar , while his daughter , Genny takes part . |
| 7 | I I that has n't been made clear and erm you you then end up with getting down to the nitty gritty is this an application you advertise under the new procedures for ad advertising departures from the development plan ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Our very limited resources are all tied up in getting on with the work . |
| 10 | COLBERT : He 's been paid back for dropping in on every human being possible . |
| 11 | So these dare devils have got 6 months to dry out before diving in at the deep end once again . |
| 12 | It should perhaps be pointed out before going on to the next set of examples to be discussed that most of the uses found with have admit of only one of the two interpretations given above . |
| 13 | The first thing was when I got there , my parents took me up there and the cow man was just coming back from going in with the cows , and he looked across at me in my sparkling white , new uniform , you know , land army girl sort of standing , ’ Ah , you be my new mate then ! ’ you should have seen my mother 's face ! |
| 14 | Anyway , whatever , it got pretty popular for a bit before everyone got bored with it and went back to staring out of the window and hiding Brian Smart ( and his accessories ) in the stock cupboard . |
| 15 | A bit of bother with walkers trudging through his land can soon be sorted out by nipping along to an agricultural auction and purchasing some huge stinking cows . |
| 16 | Sid Field asked whether dead ones were accepted and John Stanley sent in a Bob Dylan song , saying he was the only ‘ modern whose lyrics I coul get my hands on without going back to the Bard , and I thought that was n't what you wanted ’ . |
| 17 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 18 | Which megastar was about to beamed in from a Hollywood poolside to give a transatlantic Tory thumbs up ? |