Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a number of walkers now , all taking their time and drinking in the view , but the chap at our heels had now resorted to breaking away from his party to try and close the gap so obviously gnawing at his soul . |
| 2 | I think that they are only just getting into their stride on this particular issue , because some years ago we had flooding in Worthing , quite severe flooding , so every application went to the Southern Water Authority and we never got back no , you ca n't develop on that area and it was , it was very difficult . |
| 3 | The Sheikh was only just getting into his stride . |
| 4 | When I first visited John Smiths in 1968 , the council was only just embarking on its policy of making Glasgow a city dedicated to the motorway . |
| 5 | Late at night , when he had drunk quantities of red wine to relax , Modi would begin to hum and sing , badly out of tune , Italian and Hebrew melodies , obviously still hankering for his home . |
| 6 | It uses the left side of our brain to project past failures , thus actively interfering with our ability to overcome the negative impact that we face . |
| 7 | A good working relationship also enhances an officer 's intelligence system , more effectively bringing to his attention knowledge of pollutions for which the discharger or his neighbours may be responsible . |
| 8 | If you 've got a question , shout , shout out to start you on and that start up encourages cos it so often happens yeah bop bop bop bop bop and somebody is still basically looking for their rucksack while all the rest are up the , half way up the mountain . |
| 9 | But she was still only playing with her food like a bored baby . |
| 10 | Birkenhead , who had written after the victory of 1924 of ‘ the tragedy that so great an Army should have so uninspiring a Commander in Chief ’ and was usually more sparing with his admiration than with his criticism , allowed some balancing increase of his own regard for Baldwin to occur . |
| 11 | In 1820 Sir Frederick Adam published his Survey of the State of the Poor , in which he showed that throughout the shires rates of pay for labourers of all types were low , and that many families lived on small quantities of wheaten or barley bread , skimmed milk , cheese , potatoes and legumes , meat hardly ever figuring in their diet . |
| 12 | ‘ Unrelated , ’ the Doctor said , once more reaching for his hat . |
| 13 | Jennie preferred to stay and supervise ; she was always backstage seeing to their make-up : |
| 14 | With your dog once again lying on his back , gently trim the inside of each leg , then carefully around the tummy and penis areas . |
| 15 | Appreciative of the loyalty you have given us in the past , we are once again asking for your support . |
| 16 | Calls for a public enquiry were once again echoing on our television screens . |
| 17 | The Chancellor — clearly just clinging to his job — told Ministers at a Cabinet meeting yesterday that they must slash millions off their budgets . |
| 18 | He was not to make another attempt , later tragically falling to his death from nearby Cousin 's Buttress . |
| 19 | I 'm really only looking for my place on the bandwagon . ’ |
| 20 | He would ride the boy on his shoulders or shove him roughly aside according to his mood . |
| 21 | You can understand the need for a programme , constructed in advance and regarded by you as legally binding on your attention . |
| 22 | She got quite enough teasing about her name without letting on about her all-too-appropriate birth-date — and her parents ' hasty marriage was hardly his concern . |
| 23 | One ex-sailor whom Minton met at the Mandrake was Joshua ( ‘ Mike ’ ) Avery , then just embarking on his discovery of Soho and sharing a room with Daniel Farson . |
| 24 | As with the shares of any quoted company , prices can vary quite substantially according to their supply and demand , which in turn can be determined by a variety of market factors . |
| 25 | On several occasions he stood up with some serenity and went to the bathroom , and dived back in again gracelessly scrabbling at his belt . |
| 26 | And then he 's got he 's got a beard , except it 's not very long going behind his jawline like Captain Ahab . |
| 27 | She has also functioned as an extremely efficient troubleshooter on our system , identifying problems and very patiently liaising with our software suppliers when problems have arisen . |
| 28 | But by this time there was something very obviously missing from her play . |
| 29 | Releasing a pent-up breath , only then did she realise that she was actually physically tingling from her encounter with the man who had called to collect Travis . |
| 30 | Yes , I , I was actually just saying to my wife last night , erm , who would have ever thought that in the same year , we could have lost two of the greatest wing-halves , as they were in those days , but I suppose mid-field players they 'd be known as today , who 'd |