Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The energies expended on continually fighting for funding could have been put to more practical use but the decision vindicates that effort , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Norm then told him to carry on just playing for as long as he could . |
| 3 | Had the operator of the giant video screen been allowed to go on merrily replaying the more explosive moments , there could have been rioting on the terraces , where already the stewards had their work cut out . |
| 4 | If everyone can manage this we will all be able to go on quietly shaving our heads , lighting our candles , starving ourselves on particular days of the year — and no-one will mind or probably even notice . |
| 5 | We do n't want to go on forever making lovely things that do n't suit us ( notice this is a useful expression for ‘ too small ’ ) simply because some knitting pattern has told us how many rows and stitches to work . |
| 6 | ‘ Rather than plough on regardless damaging the scheme and the partnerships we have created , we have decided to suspend the project . ’ |
| 7 | No , honestly , I often sit in alone wearing a bottle and a half |
| 8 | The opportunity to display extracts from an online thesaurus in windows is particularly valuable , since it is often useful to be able to view the thesaurus alongside other screen displays in either indexing or searching . |
| 9 | Continued help in learning Spanish — I can now communicate , but still have a long way to go in fully understanding what people are saying to me |
| 10 | The two awards were seemingly an acknowledgement of the specific problems met in adequately resolving the problem of the two sites . |
| 11 | Four years later , Greenpeace returned with another ship and succeeded in properly blocking the pipeline using special rubber balls . |
| 12 | This scene came towards the end of an episode in which Frank had already caused havoc in the local library , succeeded in unintentionally dismantling his neighbour 's chicken house and attended an interview for a job selling farming products . |
| 13 | Within a very few years it succeeded in drastically altering the climate in its own homelands — much to the pain of surviving Liberals , such as Harnack , who saw in the entire regrettable enterprise the swamping of properly respectable theological and historical study by a wave of sheer barbarism , of uncouth and indeed vulgar ‘ enthusiasm ’ . |
| 14 | He attempted to escape by hitting a nine-iron left-handed but succeeded in only moving the ball a couple of inches . |
| 15 | The waiting is over — now Ruggia 's mind must concentrate on further adapting his hectic 250 riding technique to the 500 |
| 16 | Oh ! ’ she exclaimed on suddenly spotting an envelope with a Czechoslovakian stamp on in her bag . |
| 17 | Then common sense and anger got the better of her and she firmed her mouth and concentrated on gently trying to wriggle the key free . |
| 18 | Lawless prefers to concentrate on further shaping Mason 's career , encouraged by his quick-witted responses to tuition and the enthusiasm that has developed from greater recognition . |
| 19 | Our future lies in further developing the appeal of our outstanding portfolio of brands with consumers all over the world . |
| 20 | But the way to peace lies in truly following Jesus . |
| 21 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 22 | one thing is for sure , we have succeeded in dramatically reducing the volume of noise using the A ten and |
| 23 | Now Seb had the men 's attention he said , more hopefully , ‘ She left her own camp in the forest to come down here hoping to sell a few trinkets to your men . |
| 24 | As a family , they had everything — materially , anyway — and their father bent over backwards pleasing them , assuring them he loved them all . |
| 25 | And then developing further understanding through actually doing or following through those notions or processes . |
| 26 | It starts off essentially defining them as people who are impartial , and in no time at all we are talking about them being nominated from different sector interest . |
| 27 | It starts off happily printing away , gets to page full |
| 28 | Would n't you just love it if you knew guys jerked off just looking at you ? ’ |
| 29 | So they grow up just assuming that whites are the goodies and blacks are the bad dies and pass the same stereotypes onto their children . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , if this war wound stands up ter walkin' up those stairs I might be able ter get it down ter the dustbin for yer , ’ he said with a grimace . |