Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider , for instance , the ability of the male praying mantis to continue copulating whilst the female steadily devours him from the head end downwards , or for the head end of a wasp to continue eating even when severed from the abdomen . |
| 2 | ‘ In my experience ’ , ’ she mimicked , ‘ men hate hanging around while women shop . ’ |
| 3 | He 'd stopped walking now as well and was regarding the end of his Montecristo with an expression of faintly weary inappetency . |
| 4 | Foley , of Finchley , north London , admitted driving recklessly while unfit through drink or drugs . |
| 5 | Despite these optimistic thoughts , and his excitement , Ybreska stopped singing abruptly as he began to walk along the track . |
| 6 | Cos the one thing you always get when you 've got a mixture of people , I mean , all thi this needs recovering basically as well . |
| 7 | Detailed documents may be produced and these will need summarising so as to be usable in the later stages of planning and prioritising . |
| 8 | He stopped climbing only when he was too exhausted to climb any higher . |
| 9 | The most common is the all-too-familiar cystitis — the bladder could be inflamed and JoJo may think it needs emptying even when it is only partly full , with the result that she could be effectively ‘ caught short ’ . |
| 10 | According to Hermitage director Mikhayl Piotrovskiy , rumours about the calamitous situation at the museum are somewhat exaggerated ; the Hermitage needs developing rather than saving . |
| 11 | But this stuff needs brushing out once it 's that supposed |
| 12 | Well and he wants popping round when there 's nobody here and then I 've left some for half an hour . |
| 13 | The speed limit is fifty miles an hour , but some drivers have been caught doing more than eighty . |
| 14 | The Revenue will not impose interest or penalties on anyone who has simply misunderstood the position , but will consider doing so where someone has knowingly made false or fraudulent declarations on the registration form , or deliberately failed to inform their bank or building society that they had become liable to tax . |
| 15 | The bureau has said it will consider doing so if its estimates are good enough . |
| 16 | Five TECs have reported having more than 1,000 youngsters awaiting offers of training places , and another five have between 500 and 1,000 waiting . |
| 17 | And my goal was to bring him around to my way of thinking ; there 's no question that I stopped fooling around when he agreed with me . |
| 18 | The £2.5m star said : ‘ The players wo n't notice the difference when the ball starts rolling tomorrow except for a lot of cameras concentrating on individuals and advertising . ’ |
| 19 | I stopped playing just as the church door burst open and a very irate Officer came charging along the pews in my direction , his eyes bulging out of their sockets . |
| 20 | I think it might need burning off because if you leave it on it 's gon na be a bit oddish ! |
| 21 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
| 22 | One voice followed another , and she had almost stopped listening altogether when a sudden difference jerked her back to avid attention . |
| 23 | In addition , cyclists , runners and skiers have now adopted close fitting garments like our jodhpurs for ease of movement , but they do n't top them off with ties or traditional jackets to go flapping around while they have other things to concentrate on . |
| 24 | But momentum was the thing — self-doubt came sneaking in as soon as they let up . |
| 25 | This other guy I 've seen hanging around since Denver comes over to talk with me . |
| 26 | This meal has been shown to be totally absorbed producing less than 20 parts per million ( ppm ) of peak breath H 2 concentration , when consumed by normal volunteers . |
| 27 | A fresh cloud of flour came sprinkling down as God burst out laughing . |
| 28 | Now in right locality and have just realized I did not finish looking up where he lived in A-Z . |
| 29 | They came flooding in because they were deliberately organised by welfare rights groups in those areas . |
| 30 | Right so , you know , there are those who would teach that Jesus he would die for our sins and he 's forgiven us sins , but only those who come to him , Jesus died for the sin of the whole world , for every man , woman , boy and girl that has ever lived or ever will live , he died for the sin of the whole world , not just for those even who lived after his death , that 's why it talks about in the Old Testament people like Abraham looking for that day , and so Jesus who in , when he died , because he 's eternal , so we 've got the problems with time , God has n't got problems with time , he 's eternal and so his sacrifice , the sacrifice of him on the cross was effective for Abraham as it is for you , it was as effective for David as it was for Paul otherwise Abraham would never of had his sins forgiven because what happened with all the sacrifice with all the little lambs that were killed and all the goats and all the rest they only acted as a covering for sin , did n't take them away , it covered them , what for , until the moment when Jesus would come and would take those sins away and so when you think of David 's sin , his adultery and his murder , how does he get forgiven for that because Jesus died from the cross and he takes upon himself David 's sin and he takes upon him Abraham 's sin and Noah 's sin and Adam 's sin , just as much as your sin and the person who will be born in ten years time their sin also , all our sins er as Gloria just read there from , from one John to two they were all of him he has died for every one , well that 's his humiliation , hurry along quickly now his exhortation , the period from Jesus 's resurrection onward is referred to as to the , as the state of exhortation , now what does that term mean , well as Jesus according to his divine nature has always been , he was always every where , now in his human nature , before , be , sorry it 's not , it 's not on that one , but before he , he came to earth , he was every where , he was God , he was , he was omnia present that means he was every where at the same time , but he takes upon himself he 's su , he 's , he 's human nature and he takes upon himself the limitations and when Jesus is walking down second avenue in , in Jerusalem he 's not in Nazareth that 's why there were times when people came to er , to , to , came rushing out because they heard that Jesus was passing by , see he was n't there resident with them , he passed by , now he 's gone back to heaven and where is he , he 's in heaven , he , er whereabouts , where do you think Jesus is now , that resurrected body that was glorified that has gone back to heaven , where do you think it is |