Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff were mopping up today as Mr Alton held his usual surgery . |
| 2 | He 's been going even longer than Johnny Carson and appearing on his show is a pleasurable experience , with great Irish hospitality thrown in . |
| 3 | Sales are going very well and Professor Jones was delighted to see copies at every location he visited in Brittany last summer . |
| 4 | They have not won away for 24 games since they clinched the 1992 title , and there was never any prospect of them doing so yesterday once Ian Rush had struck after 24 minutes . |
| 5 | But they have been sneering at America since Sidney Smith , François Mauriac and George Grosz and will go on doing so long after Harold Pinter is gone . |
| 6 | Plans for the next show , however , are not running so smoothly and Pigott Smith does n't hide his frustration at a system which seems to be hindering his every move . |
| 7 | In this case , it would be hard to find language indicating more clearly that Mr Clayton intended the land to be preserved and managed as playing fields for all time , or at least for as long as the law permitted . |
| 8 | The clocks were ticking strangely fortissimo and Fru Møller did n't even notice . |
| 9 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |