Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cranston leaned over the table , placing his hands over those of Fitzosbert and pressing down hard until the keeper 's face paled and beads of sweat broke out on his brow . |
| 2 | They went back to the Franz Joseph together — she liked everyone to see them walking off together when the performance was over . |
| 3 | Argyle and Henderson ( 1985 ) , reviewing evidence about contact between siblings , suggest that this follows a U-shape , being high in childhood and teenage years , falling off in the middle of adult life , and then picking up again as the siblings move into old age . |
| 4 | Further development work is going on even as the pilot progresses . |
| 5 | Everything was going on well till the machine broke down . |
| 6 | It seems this sort of thing 's been going on ever since the Romans colonized Sardinia and drove the indigenous population off the rich pasture in the lowlands up into the Barbagia . ’ |
| 7 | She was just heading off downstairs when the telephone rang . |
| 8 | But the inward drift slows slightly as the extra dissipative losses are more than compensated for by the energy and angular momentum which the bar pumps in at this point — recall that the bar is here going around faster than the gas , so it has a tendency to spin the gas up as well as a tendency to cause it to radiate vigorously . |
| 9 | There was a lot of activity in the area of the farm buildings , people dashing about even though the farm was being heavily mortared . |
| 10 | I can not understand why riders are holding back just when the sport needs them most . |
| 11 | She was giving up anyway when the baby came , so she might as well go a little early . ’ |
| 12 | travelling around faster than the centre ; |
| 13 | As he stood up , Yanto arrived and threw his bike into a beautifully controlled side skid , jumping off just as the bike crashed to the ground . |
| 14 | But Gray is unlikely to be axed simply to silence the unjustified demands of the minority but he must wonder whether it is worth carrying on anyway when the supporters are so fickle . |
| 15 | I was sitting down again when the words floated through . |
| 16 | By fighting back only when the bully attacks you , you are allowing him or her to pick the time and the place that suits them ; it may be a good idea to reverse the roles . |
| 17 | The principle was the same however — the reliance of the mineral with its heavier specific gravity , settling down quickly whilst the waste rode off with the water . |