Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahead children lay like bundles of clothing on the edge of the road , only rolling away at the last hoot . |
| 2 | the end of the day saw children and parents — tired but happy — set off for home , already looking forward to the next party . |
| 3 | It had been kept pure during the nineteenth century and was still thriving early in the twentieth century , but the heavy crossing took its toll and the old type was lost . |
| 4 | We 're dealing with the day to day running of the theatre ; shows coming in , maintenance , but also looking forward to the next productions . |
| 5 | Old enemies now competing together at the first ever international games for disabled ex-servicemen . |
| 6 | As soon as he hits the front , he does n't pull up but he relaxes , and today he was n't really doing much in the last furlong . ’ |
| 7 | A war has been quietly bubbling away over the last two or three years , possibly unnoticed by all but the keenest marine fishkeeper . |