Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Far from hibernating in winter and emerging only briefly to feed , when the temperature drops the fish reverse their feeding habits and dine in the dark . |
| 2 | And that would be that : thousands of years of generation succeeding generation , unable to learn from the experience of the past and dying too soon to benefit from the present . |
| 3 | He groaned and dropped to his knees , grabbing her other leg and pulling hard enough to send her flying . |
| 4 | Here is now , left edge of the penalty area , moving towards the byline and doing well there to take it away from him but at the expense of a throw-in , that 's taken back to Alan , is twenty yards back from the byline and moving back out towards the touchline on the far side . |
| 5 | ‘ They beat Holland the same way they beat Italy , by defending tightly with a sweeper and breaking away cleverly to score . |
| 6 | I am initially startled by another chair hitting the jellied surface of the pool and descending dreamily downwards to bounce gently onto others in the watery grave . |