Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [conj] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 2 | You have to be fine-tuned and the notion of writing drunk or even with a hangover is not on , because you need every sense and more . |
| 3 | A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark . |
| 4 | Out of court he has to work far into the night , night after night , working hard and continuously at a mass of detail . |
| 5 | Feeling more than ever like a cur , Neil turned the pages — but it was all of her that was left to him — and , he told himself firmly , he would read just enough to discover the truth about her … and why she had hoarded the cuttings . |