Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [adv] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the East these restrictions were either almost unknown , as in the Ottoman Empire , or were only slowly winning acceptance , as in Russia . |
| 2 | In Angola and Mozambique , once self-sufficient in food , armed conflicts had hit production capacity and were now seriously hindering food relief operations , although there were improved prospects of a resolution of the civil wars in these two countries [ see p. 37951 ] . |
| 3 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
| 4 | Thus , when the first flicker of daylight broke on the horizon at about 02.30 on 1 June , Jellicoe found the sea empty : Scheer had eluded him and was even then reaching sanctuary . |
| 5 | He had retired last year and was now only doing concert work . |