Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were fixed on the forms which he was signing and stamping as fast as he could go . |
| 2 | Like most of my fellow white South Africans in the early days of contention , I did n't realise at the time that people like Peter Hian and Hassan Howa were looking further than we were , and seeing further ahead than our own claustrophobic horizons . |
| 3 | What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done . |
| 4 | We do n't want that train creepin' in and creepin' out again while nobody 's lookin' . ’ |
| 5 | But you know having said that they are there for a reason and the reason they are there for is is if the group did n't have somebody to pull them back down again then they 'd might be going off in all different directions doing all these wonderful things and ending up nowhere because you have n't had somebody who pulls them back and says well hold on a minute . |
| 6 | I 'm sure you can appreciate that people are wary about big-city developers coming in and turning everywhere upside-down because they know nothing about the area . ’ |
| 7 | The red bitch had returned , as insistent on food as ever , and limping only slightly as she trotted around , getting in the way , impeding Chola 's cooking . |
| 8 | Then he was back in the car and moving away almost before she 'd unlocked the door . |
| 9 | Hardly had he done this before he heard that Yucef was near at hand , and coming as fast as he could come . |
| 10 | Had anyone been looking in the direction of Miss Danziger they would have observed a faint smile gathering at the corners of her mouth and fading as quickly as it formed . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The next thing I remember was getting up and falling down again because my feet were numb , ’ he said . |
| 13 | You 'll probably need to wash your hands , so start your survey on the upper floor , in the bathroom ; as you wash , check the water pressure in the taps , examine the fittings , lift the carpet in the corners and check the floorboards for damp and woodworm — and inspect the plumbing and heating as far as you are able ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 14 | So you think the students are quieter and , and working harder now than they used to . |
| 15 | Instead of deciding what should be done and working out later if it can be afforded , the economists say the problem should tackled the other way round . |