Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when he came in at eleven o'clock breathing beer and curry fumes , try to fight off his hot little hands . |
| 2 | Contrary to popular belief , rainforests are not jungles through which you have to slash a path ; the tree tops screen out much of the sun and ground level plants do not grow that abundantly providing room to walk around in . |
| 3 | This slowly drifting cloud is pitiful ! |
| 4 | Delay itself was another powerfully disorientating factor . |
| 5 | Later the mass of dancers merely moves upstage sur les pointes to a pose and further ports de bras , then returns downstage to another slowly unfolding set of ports de bras and arabesques . |
| 6 | Reebok 's exclusive ‘ Energy Return Tubes ’ together with a ‘ Hi-elvaloy ’ midsole , give responsive long lasting cushioning . |
| 7 | Despite this somewhat shilly-shallying attitude , Bukharin was very clear in one respect : ‘ We can see the new course of our economic policies as a mighty strategic operation … intended to last for a number of years . ’ |
| 8 | On behalf of the applicant , Mr. Fitzgerald submitted that a death due to ‘ natural causes ’ in the sense that it was caused by some naturally occurring disease , nevertheless becomes ‘ an unnatural death ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) when it could and should have been prevented by the performance by some other person or authority of a duty owed by them to the deceased . |
| 9 | For centuries , bars of magnetite were used by sailors to guide them across the unvarying expanse of the oceans , and it is only fairly recently that manufactured substances have replaced this naturally occurring ore in compasses . |
| 10 | Miss Burns said : ‘ He discovered the victim and another apparently burgling room six . ’ |
| 11 | Values of v lie between 0.5 for a polymer dissolved in a theta-solvent to about 0.8 in very good solvents for linear randomly coiling vinyl polymers , and typical values for systems studied by viscosity and sedimentation are given in table 9.3 . |
| 12 | This generally approving judgement has characterised work on the Poor Law up until about the time of the American Revolution . |
| 13 | … the venison is tainted , the vulnerable hare has been hunted to death to provide meat for this already groaning table , the guests gorge themselves until they are grossly bloated |
| 14 | My Cousin Vinny Even Joe Pesci 's considerable talents ca n't quite lift this mildly diverting comedy about two New York kids accused of a murder they did n't commit . |
| 15 | Ten Trekkies got down on the floor to play this , some still wearing Federation anoraks , which seemed to be cheating somewhat . |
| 16 | The Christian achievement turns less on individual geniuses than in any other period of remotely comparable length in the history of this ever fermenting religion . |
| 17 | ‘ Higher environmental standards are now a reality that regulators , waste producers and technologists have to face daily in this ever greening world , ’ said project manager and manager of Waste Process Development at Dounreay . |
| 18 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 19 | It was cold comfort to realize after the event that the drama had been played out by three sick men , whose judgments contributed to this deeply wounding incident in Anglo-American relations : Eisenhower was suffering from ileitis ; Dulles had cancer ; and Eden had a recurrence of the abdominal obstruction that had laid him low once before in 1953 , and was to do so again after he resigned . |
| 20 | Buyers are understandably wary of this rapidly evolving market |
| 21 | Well , there must be those who are genuinely squeezed by operating from high-cost locations ; some who are , and some who think they are , providing a higher-quality service ; some simply over-priced due to inefficiencies ; and a few possibly making hay while the sun shines but who are ignoring the storm clouds of the recession . |
| 22 | Classical , Pavlovian conditioning is useful to the animal when it needs to be able to anticipate some repeatedly occurring change in its environment . |
| 23 | This outward looking emphasis does not stop with the clergy but is even more demanding for the bishops . |
| 24 | But if by chance some slightly tripping air should occur , then there 's a universal stamping ; you hear the entire parterre moving , noisily and awkwardly , to follow a certain member of the orchestra . |
| 25 | How far is this inevitably relativising method of study compatible with genuine religious belief and commitment ? |
| 26 | But here in the clammy blackness of a strange , confusing cave , with Roman in this unbearably taunting mood , she felt the stirrings of panic . |
| 27 | Another high stepping affair bundled over Swindon 's fourth . |
| 28 | Northumberland had more use for him ; he was temperamentally closer to this coldly thinking man than to his own son . |
| 29 | The men lay more quietly ; some , not a doubt of it , still alive , some even lying mort until it should be safe to rise and go . |
| 30 | Next , real multiple shops , some even selling furniture . |