Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maureen showed an unexpected aptitude for driving and learned very quickly but Helen was not jealous . |
| 2 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 3 | The steps in the process involve some individuals surviving or breeding more readily than others . |
| 4 | Outside , the storm was growling and whistling as loudly as ever . |
| 5 | He had been debating whether to go down there or get in touch with the record office of the ATS when , returning one day from an unsuccessful interview for a job with a theatrical agent , he had happened to bump into Eleanor Fuller in Piccadilly . |
| 6 | he served with the Irish Guards before he volunteered for the Commandos , and you can be sure that he will have you playing that tune as often as possible , as long as you do n't play it around this H.Q , I do n't mind . ’ |
| 7 | When you first come in you feel dead funny because you 're pregnant and they 're all with kids and they 're screaming and running round everywhere and you think , " What have I got to put up with ? " |
| 8 | They need stretching and filling out so that they reflect the fullness and adequacy of who God is . |
| 9 | He 'd been working and playing pretty hard since he 'd arrived in London though , and after eating he felt so tired that he would n't get dressed . |
| 10 | One boy , sitting near the front , leant forward slightly if the reader 's voice volume needed raising and leant back slightly if it was too loud . |