Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day he went missing , and the producer went in search of him , eventually catching sight of his Rolls-Royce parked outside a bar . |
| 2 | Elaine drained hers thirstily and made a loud sucking noise with her straw . |
| 3 | His parents hoped that this might prove a stepping-stone to a painter 's career , but Rosenberg hated the work , only deriving consolation from his reading of such poets as Byron , Keats , Shelley , and , most importantly , William Blake [ qq.v. ] ; from his own writing ; and from evening painting classes at the art school of Birkbeck College . |
| 4 | If it is to feed at all , it has to lower its head , so losing sight of its surroundings . |
| 5 | But the sergeant knew he was not , it was simply the effect of a quiet man suddenly giving vent to his anger . |
| 6 | How many Welsh coaches , for example , see their role as not only achieving success for their clubs but also furnishing players of quality for the new multiplicity of Welsh squads ? |
| 7 | Andre Gide , apparently taking leave of his senses , described him as ‘ the greatest of all , the most genuine novelist we have had in literature ’ . |
| 8 | She 'd always had a passionate side to her nature , she thought , suddenly making sense of her reactions to life . |
| 9 | It had been hard enough telling Dane about her past , but the thought of her background becoming common knowledge was horrifying . |
| 10 | The bristles work by laying down flat in the direction of travel , so reducing friction between your skis and the surface and allowing the skis to slide . |
| 11 | A second list details Hunts and Huntsmen accused of only declaring part of their income . |
| 12 | By the end of the fifteenth century Louis XII was already using French in his letters to other monarchs ( the only significant exception was Poland , whose ruler he wrote to in Latin ) , while at the same time it was the language of the imperial court under Maximilian I. The century or more which followed saw a tendency for it to be used increasingly as the language of diplomacy . |
| 13 | It seemed as if the instruments they held — long pipes and hand drums — were somehow becoming part of their bodies . |
| 14 | If people are treated as though they are ‘ Theory X ’ people , because of management assumptions , ‘ Theory X ’ behaviour will in fact be induced thus confirming management in its beliefs and practices ( eg. ‘ clocking on ’ , time-keeping systems , close supervision and management controls etc ) , ie : ‘ Theory X explains the consequences of a particular managerial strategy ’ . |
| 15 | Kevin Kline was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Fish Called Wanda . |
| 16 | But whereas Ms Tomei was Best Supporting Actress in My Cousin Vinny ( with Joe Pesci ) , here she is the fully-fledged leading lady of a romance which appears to have Beauty and the Beast and Tarzan and Jane as dual inspirations . |
| 17 | But he 's not g no give and take with this guy , he 's just taking advantage of his size . |
| 18 | When older people think of the past they are not just taking stock of their lives but trying to decide what to do with the time that they have left , and trying to do so in relation to concluding or making sense of what has gone before . |
| 19 | Perhaps the disaster had reinforced the belief already taking shape in his mind , that something was deeply wrong with the Soviet system . |
| 20 | Seven months on , Ford people are admitting as much , just as the clever among them are no longer feigning surprise at our conclusions . |
| 21 | She bridled at the coolly assessing tone of his voice . |
| 22 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 23 | I was just playing bass in my bedroom before I joined The Lost Pandas , ’ he says . |
| 24 | So wrote Victor Hugo in 1867 in a guide book to Paris , thereby paying tribute to his enemy Napoleon III , for it was he who was in the process of transforming the city . |
| 25 | Bill Baudelaire would n't be calmly eating dinner with his daughter if there were a multi-horse crisis going on over in the racecourse stables . |
| 26 | With the Rothschild report on the coal industry still gaining currency with its prospect of just 12–14 deep pits , Heseltine will not necessarily be toasted throughout industry . |
| 27 | She could not have borne to watch Betty sleazily slicing bread in her dressing-gown . |
| 28 | Jessica lay back , still hard , still seeking softness in her heart . |
| 29 | You 're always getting sand in your eye are n't you ? |
| 30 | You see a black guy in the ring and he moves around in this relaxed way , totally lacking inhibition in his movement . |