Example sentences of "[adv] and [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had what seemed to me a great genius for — how can I put it ? — drawing the orchestra together and controlling it as a single expressive instrument . |
| 2 | What he had n't counted on was the tunnel effect of putting five together and pointing them into a wind that came more or less straight from the Urals after turning left over Norway . |
| 3 | Lucinda jumped to her feet , collecting cups , plates and cutlery together and placing them on the tray . |
| 4 | erm as regards correlating things together and bunging them into the same factor analysis model and stuff like that er even if the questions are a bit different I think you can still do that legitimately because it 's still sort of expressing the strength of opinion on some sort of scale erm so I do n't see that that 'll er interfere with the ambitions you 've got as regards the data erm so er |
| 5 | Even though open systems may be able to meet requirements at a lower cost than perhaps the traditional proprietary systems , if you 've already paid for the traditional proprietary system , clearly there is no saving to be made by throwing it away and replacing it with the equivalent functionality on new technology . |
| 6 | ‘ We know that , Mr Vigo , ’ he said , wrenching his eyes away and fixing them on an eggshell thin service , made to contain jasmine tea . |
| 7 | It will invigorate you , clearing the night away and preparing you for the day . |
| 8 | Breeders can increase production by taking an egg away and putting it in an incubator to hatch . |
| 9 | It 's a privilege and an honour for me to thank him , on your behalf , for coming here tonight and addressing us in the way he has . |
| 10 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 11 | Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum . |
| 12 | This time Midnight moved aside and grasping him round the back of the neck as he passed , flung him headlong into the gathering crowd . |
| 13 | Greg is lying on one of the Palace 's luxuriant couches , gesticulating wildly and fixing me with a stare that is part ultimate artistic earnestness and part repressed pathological violence . |
| 14 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 15 | Lizzie was taking off her coat and hat now and laying them on a chair as she said , ‘ I 'm fine , fine . |
| 16 | And then me picking up the keys living here and taking it down the road ! |
| 17 | He had absolutely no business forcing his way in here and treating her like a criminal . |
| 18 | It seems that the slimes and waste gravel from the mill were discharged directly into the beck which obligingly carried the man made detritus downstream and depositing them in the less boisterous places causing silting and then , during heavy rain , flooding . |
| 19 | The main benefit of owning a garden , no matter how small , is getting out there and enjoying it to the full . |
| 20 | It was not enough to excel in the swimming and the running , which he knew he did ; what was going to be the good of getting good scores there and nullifying them with a duff riding round ? |
| 21 | The scientific approach to the world of nature developed as a way of looking to see what was actually there and interpreting it in the light of its own evidence instead of simply accepting received , traditional wisdom . |
| 22 | In his extremity he put down the punch he could not hold steadily , and began to handle the half-shaped blocks of stone , dragging them forward and turning them to the light . |
| 23 | FitzAlan took instant revenge by leaning forward and silencing her with a slow , gentle kiss . |
| 24 | The doctor , however , acted in ways he found wholly admirable , and he thought that when he did get out he would apply his methods of handling patients — getting hold of them firmly and putting them into the right positions — to the positioning of his models . |
| 25 | For this purpose I line the cone first with kitchen foil and then cover the outside with knitting , tying the point very firmly and finishing it with a tassel or small ‘ frill ’ . |
| 26 | In Ostland the horde began to loot and destroy with customary Orc efficiency , crushing the spring crops underfoot and gorging themselves on the hard won stores of the local people . |