Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pressing on OK shows the resulting bullet chart in the Slide Editor and it is here where you can change the bullet attributes if required |
| 2 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 3 | Ceauşescu 's arrogance in presuming not only to treat the Soviet General-Secretary as a person on a par with himself , but also one without the necessary experience to speak with the full authority of a veteran revolutionary like himself undoubtedly aroused a mixture of irritation and amused contempt in Gorbachev . |
| 4 | These little sneak fertilizers however are young and small of course , this is what they rely on their enormous of speed for , and they grow up into female mimics or transvestites , and what a transvestite does is when a regular male and a regular female are in the nest swimming around together doing the regular thing , the transvestite swims in , appearing as a second female . |
| 5 | There was scarcely room enough to turn ; it was surprising how obstinately single a single bed was . |
| 6 | The hugger-mugger that 's going on today concerns the same anti-morality . |
| 7 | Going up faster triggers a flashing rate indicator and an audible alarm . |
| 8 | Would it not be more prudent to say something interesting about her stamp collection before going out quietly to buy a simple cookbook . |
| 9 | Do n't worry about going out there to give the greatest performance of any particular speech and then come away depressed because you know you 've done it badly . |
| 10 | The Bundesbank can be — and has been — criticised for not going far enough to stimulate the German economy . |
| 11 | I gave it all I had and , grunting loudly enough to raise the dead , I achieved 3 metres 25cm . |
| 12 | He said , ‘ My son , my body is returning to my mother earth , and my spirit is going very soon to see the Great Spirit … |
| 13 | Ridden by Peter Scudamore , Nigel Twiston-Davies 's seven-year-old took over from the ill-fated Combermere at the 13th of the 27 fences and , staying on strongly approaching the last , drew clear of the top-weight Dalkey Sound to record an impressive eight-length victory . |
| 14 | On his previous appearance at the Berkshire course in December he won the valuable SGB Chase , staying on well to beat the luckless Minnehoma . |
| 15 | He slept well that night , getting up early to climb the wet , mildewed stairs to the top of the church tower where he saw the stars clear in the skies , studying their alignment before they faded with the dawn . |
| 16 | The good old pre-Taylor Report surge occured , I was flung about fifteen foot in the air , the soap box splintered , my dad acrobatically caught me in his teeth , and this big evil looking bloke got a nail in his leg from the now flattened soapbox.It was better than staying up late to watch an American Werewolf in London.The rest is history , and I 've been going ever since . |
| 17 | ‘ Should I really ? ’ she said , looking at the wine glass doubtfully , speaking as much to dispel the strange feeling that was coming over her every time she looked at him as to reassure herself over the wine . |
| 18 | ‘ Folk singers , ’ Roman explained shortly , for Caroline 's benefit , before strolling lazily away to greet the new arrivals . |
| 19 | The result confirmed Mr Yeltsin as the leading figure among radicals who want to speed up the process of reform , and who believe President Gorbachov is not moving fast enough to dismantle the old system . |
| 20 | During the span of his appointment , the CID was considering how best to fill a serious gap in the country 's defence arrangements . |
| 21 | When this happened teaching no longer offered a short cut to secure ( if indifferently paid ) employment . |
| 22 | Others , however , probably burrowed underground , surviving long enough to become the first true mammals . |
| 23 | Stevie Wonder wrote , sang and played arguably his finest albums , ‘ Talking Book ’ and ‘ Innervisions ’ , having only just broken the twenty threshold . |
| 24 | Everybody remembers where they were when JFK was shot and now a new round of ‘ Who Really Killed the President ’ books are coming out soon to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination . |
| 25 | By er failing even once to meet a reasonable demand for a for something to eat in a short period of time , then there 's a knock on effect to our business . |
| 26 | Old Moor Street station closed and all trains previously running there now use the new station . |
| 27 | Once you have mastered touch legering you will always be grateful you took the time and trouble to learn , for you will meet situations where , because of this experience , you are the only person catching fish on certain days when the fish are not biting boldly enough to give a good visual indication . |
| 28 | The state was independent of classes in determining how best to secure a social order given the circumstances of the time . |
| 29 | Long , straight fingers of light searched the sky in sweeping arcs , meeting , touching briefly as if in greeting , then sweeping away again to circle the brooding night . |
| 30 | The leaves are pale green and more elongated than those of S. auriculata , extending upwards almost to overlap the preceding leaves . |