Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the admiring spectators did n't see was Zarei sitting in the first aid room and insisting those helping him look away as he took off his socks , ‘ because I do n't want to frighten you ’ , and later on slipping a tape of Irish Folk music in to his Walkman as he went back on to the track and muttering quietly to himself , ‘ that will help me stop thinking of the pain ’ . |
| 2 | In February John Broom , 30 , was given three life sentences for raping a schoolgirl aged 16 , and later indecently assaulting a student . |
| 3 | Secondly , is it appropriate to regard the state as bringing companies into existence on the understanding that they are to carry out public purposes , and hence similarly justifying a right of intervention ? |
| 4 | At best , he should have been waiting until the morning and then politely requesting a desk and a telephone and an interpreter somewhere in the back reaches of their Counter-Terrorism building . |
| 5 | IMAGINE correctly predicting the first four horses in the Derby , and then not winning a penny . |
| 6 | He was making a statement that was demeaning to her , and yet her flesh burned , familiar fire stabbed at her loins and her body stirred against his , jerkily at first and then involuntarily adopting a rhythm that was both sinuous and surging , blatantly erotic . |
| 7 | It 's all about consolidation and then hopefully making a push for promotion towards the end of the season . ’ |
| 8 | And in the eighties , unemployed girls who 've never experienced economic independence are doing the only thing they can — having babies , either getting married or not , but often staying with their mam and dad , and quite soon getting a council house . |
| 9 | Like Anglo-Welsh , the big companies could argue that they are not heavily represented in the affected areas and therefore not creating a monopoly . |