Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms .
2 It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including most controversially in the defence and security fields .
3 Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war .
4 They waited for some long-legged creature to come stepping delicately out of the trees .
5 It looks as if there 's a wall sticking right out over the shingle . ’
6 She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’
7 ‘ What did he say ? ’ said Masklin , hanging on tightly to the sweater .
8 Eurotunnel appears to be hanging on only by the skin of its teeth .
9 Based very loosely on the Pat Barker novel Union Street — so loosely in fact that the Robert De Niro character Stanley does n't exist in the original — Stanley and Iris manages for most of its length to say a great deal about struggling along just above the poverty line .
10 Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much .
11 As Ross watched her gazing fondly down at the babies , whose heads were already covered with dark hair , and — so Laura had firmly informed him — were carbon copies of their father , he knew that he was an incredibly lucky man .
12 In any case , sparks were riding the breeze and touching down far across the river in hidden gardens and remote rickyards .
13 We 'll go no more a-screwing So late into the night , Though the heart is still as loving And the moon is still as bright .
14 He speaks English in a curious way , that improbable Dutch-accent tongue slapping down hard on the vowels , like shoe leather on a dry pavement .
15 That was why she was reacting so badly to the news that he had left Taipei .
16 Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality .
17 Just when his eyes were adjusting to the gloom , the novice ahead of him threw open a door , and Gabriel emerged into pale but blinding sunlight flaring in low through the window of the gallery .
18 OFF to a good start on the field , Crook 's cricketers are faring less well in the clubhouse .
19 Our confidence thus bolstered , we were now stepping eagerly out of the tent bound for Ancohuma .
20 The tide was rising : it came filtering gently in through the salt-marsh vegetation , washing up the beach and receding , leaving ribbons of foam along the sand .
21 The position of the outlets on the fascia board can be determined by a plumbline hanging down centrally over the gully or drain inlet .
22 Part of the rope still swung there , hanging down directly over the water .
23 About now , the first Hooray of spring can be seen stepping gingerly out of The Admiral Codrington and standing with his G 'n' T in the middle of the road .
24 ‘ But I do n't think either ourselves or Forest will be struggling down there at the end of the season . ’
25 There was a thick concrete wall which we were all going to hide behind and we had our helmets on in case any car parts came raining down out of the sky .
26 It 's a shame , happening right here at the fête and all .
27 It widened but nothing could be seen in the gap , save for the path ahead , winding on down to the valley .
28 But these are frustrating conditions for a dedicated drifter who does n't feel entirely happy unless at least one drifting vane is bobbing somewhere out on the horizon .
29 He was last seen pedalling furiously away from the Midland Bank in Chiswick , west London .
30 He was last seen pedalling furiously away from the Midland Bank in Chiswick , west London .
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