Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perdita felt too tired to eat , but when she tried her steak it was pure poetry , tender as velvet , juicy as an orange , and so exploding with flavour that she was soon piling her plate with potato purée , tomato salad and geranium-red barbecue sauce . |
| 2 | After that , he merely sat , smoking Woodbines and idly listening to Music While You Work on the radio . |
| 3 | necessarily calling for radicalization cos it was forced erm I , I , it appeared to me that how that the Communist Party would have continued a moderate policy had the peasants not erm been demanding further radical change and in actual fact the tone of the document 's quite moderate and it 's protecting middle peasants , rich peasants , even some landlords who had remained loyal to the Party so it 's not at all radical but erm it 's just it 's radical in the sense that how that it wants to get rid of feudalism , but it 's not getting rid of landlords per se as a class . |
| 4 | His reply was so matter-of-fact , so lacking in emotion that she found it hard to believe . |
| 5 | Now some people , even though the Green Party has er been an established party for some time now , might feel that er it , this is the Green Party perhaps coming of age because it does n't sound like a Green issue , you 're , you 're discussing things across the board at the moment are n't you |
| 6 | If he then varies or strays from the agreement in an unsatisfactory way you are only asking for trouble if you do n't act promptly for full recovery . |
| 7 | sufficiently taking into account when it comes to planning transport policy ? |
| 8 | Long fingering of manuscript and I thought the fingering . |
| 9 | To everyone 's surprise , the bodies of the tech and the scum warrior stayed in full view , soaring and bobbing on convection currents of superheated gases as if trying to swim away from the wall ; though the bodies were obviously changing in texture as they cooked . |
| 10 | He looked steadily at her and Jenna moved back obediently , her heart suddenly pounding with anxiety because she had no idea what Alain was talking about . |
| 11 | Window firm director Norman Waller , 34 , was just going to bed when he saw youths damaging a Vauxhall Cavalier belong to neighbour Bob Fay , Newcastle Crown Court was told . |
| 12 | Our spirits were already beginning to flag when I received a letter from Eliot dated 2 June : |
| 13 | Ruddock , already talking of retirement as he was led , still numb with disbelief , into the night , knew one of them would pay the ultimate price . |
| 14 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 15 | Ruth was still spluttering with laughter when she realised Fernando was n't . |
| 16 | The situation as we saw it was that there were no obvious leading firms er there were firms that had a particularly they were leaders in a particular niche markets for example 's being very aggressive , they were certainly nationally leading on insolvency and they were getting a lot of a lot of beneficial er publicity from that , locally we saw them er as erm th they were very good in the tax field and certainly in the consultancy field , having one of their major consultancy based in by the airport . |
| 17 | There is obviously something wrong with a portrayal of children as totally lacking in reason until they leap out of bed on their tenth birthday announcing that they are now able to act on principle . |
| 18 | ‘ Some of them were still standing to attention as they fell . |
| 19 | Gurder was still arguing with Topknot when they got back . |
| 20 | Kevin was always talking about syntax because he was reading philosophy and this is the kind of thing philosophers talk about . |
| 21 | We must please be clear about those factors which actually matter , always bearing in mind that it is for the county council in the first instance and perhaps for the panel in the second instance , to take a decision about the suppression of past migration trends . |
| 22 | Out of that curve , Doohan grabs another gear and the warbling exhaust note signals that the rear tyre is still scrabbling for grip as he shifts up again and aims at the daunting , sixth gear left on to the back straight . |
| 23 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 24 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 25 | In East German they are now drowning in rubbish because they used to have a perfect recycling scheme everything was collected and recycled cos they just did n't have the materials . |
| 26 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 27 | The trash and wreckage before him was now shivering with fire as he stood , hands on hips , watching all his powers gather in the smoke . |
| 28 | However , when this becomes a driver we are often looking for attention when we are doing something . |
| 29 | Some of the answers are only now coming to light as we find out more about the structures of the proteins that go to make up living cells themselves . |
| 30 | The full impact of last Thursday 's freak storm in Llandudno , Conwy and the surrounding areas is only now coming to light and it could be several months before some of the 500 people forced to leave their homes will be able to return . |