Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numbly , she followed him to the ladder at the back of the yacht , then watched as he ignored it and dived powerfully into the indigo water , his body slicing cleanly with hardly a splash before he struck out with a strong , fast crawl towards the far distant shore . |
| 2 | Going away for just a day before Christmas to visit a friend or relative , just to let Alan Markby and Laura Danby know that she did have someone else , would bolster her morale . |
| 3 | The Davidsons ' publicist Clifford Elson said last night : ‘ Jim 's going away for quite a while over Christmas which will give the situation a chance to defuse . |
| 4 | After going comfortably for nearly an hour Pat Connolly reported that he was losing engine pressure . |
| 5 | Avoid going outdoors for about an hour or so . |
| 6 | Sometimes she 'd keep me waiting there for over an hour while she scanned the surroundings through 180 degrees , over and over again . |
| 7 | I 've been using both for over a year now and the best I 've been able to get is a ratio of 1.8 to 1 . |
| 8 | Its two pink legs ended in four toes , all pointing forward with only a suggestion of balancing heel . |
| 9 | After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man . |
| 10 | But that was , we were standing there for about an hour I should think it was . |
| 11 | And er he said it had been standing there for quite a while . |
| 12 | And she 's sitting there with just a swimming costume on and they think |
| 13 | They 've been sitting there for over a week |
| 14 | I must 'ave bin sittin' there fer over an hour an' then this geezer comes out an' beckons me in 'is office . |
| 15 | You do n't say ? wrecking one cherished wish after another , until she was reduced to longing desperately for just an end to the regular death of the street-corner parting , the fear and loneliness of the long walk home . |
| 16 | And he wo n't be sleeping again for quite a time . " |