Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since preview audiences rated it both best and worst thing in the film — presumably depending on level of squeamishness — it obviously made an impression . |
| 2 | Then he went on gazing at Thérèse , voluptuous in flowered chintz and blue ribbons . |
| 3 | AMERICAN born Lisa Price , now living in Llanidloes , has been appointed sales manager for Radio Maldwyn , and is successfully canvassing for advertisers in time for the independent local radio station 's launch on July 1 on 756kHz medium wave . |
| 4 | But the group most demanding of provision is that of adults with severe learning difficulties who are newly resident in the community . |
| 5 | It is most demanding in terms of irrelevant information — the information I think is irrelevant , all the extras — bits and pieces … |
| 6 | The imagination must be fed ; we should not expect children to go on drawing from imagination or memory without directing his attention to the things he does and sees , and tries to imagine . |
| 7 | You do a complete circuit , left or right depending on wind , and then you can go where you want . |
| 8 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 9 | He believed that it was a piece that people would want to go on seeing for years , and that turning it into a film would shorten its life . |
| 10 | The ‘ Office of Innovation ’ ( OI ) transcends the interests of individual departments , thereby allowing for cross-fertilization of ideas among divisions . |
| 11 | A PRIEST carries on preaching in Hawaii — despite the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Iniki . |
| 12 | Time performance of stoves and fuels varies widely depending on temperature , weather conditions — notably wind — and altitude . |
| 13 | If there is some improvement , persist for another month or two — the Candida is slowly dying of starvation , and it may take a little while to finish it off entirely . |
| 14 | The Saturday Benediction was slowly dying of indifference . |
| 15 | It was the most inspiring experience of my life and the visit provided food for my hungry spirit which by then was slowly dying from malnutrition . |
| 16 | In retirement I hope my company will provide me with an office and a secretary , so that I can go on contributing to society from my experience . |
| 17 | Therefore he strove to understand nature , and had ‘ The habit of wishing to discover the good and the Beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me ’ , thereby becoming in touch with ‘ plastic and vast , one intellectual breeze , At once the soul of each , and God of All ’ . |
| 18 | Uncle Albert picked up the oars , turned the boat round , and started furiously rowing up river . |
| 19 | ) This being Operation Bowery , conducted with HMS Eagle 60 of 64 aircraft successfully landing on Malta — KE ) |
| 20 | The hotel stands on the site of the home of General Hugh Mackay ( 1640–92 ) , who joined the English army in 1660 , serving in France and Holland , eventually returning to England with William of Orange , in the Revolution of 1688 . |
| 21 | Among the more conspicuous were Yolande Pompey , who challenged unsuccessfully for Archie Moore 's world light-heavyweight title in London in 1956 , and Hogan ‘ Kid ’ Bassey , a Nigerian who moved to Liverpool in 1952 , three years later won the Commonwealth featherweight title and , in 1957 , won the world featherweight title , before eventually returning to Nigeria as national boxing coach . |
| 22 | In gratitude for what I thought God had given me , a second chance , I ignored Leon 's boredom as I talked him through the files — just as I was ignoring Muriel 's messages to call her — and I ignored his rarely appearing at meetings with agricultural reps and men from the Milk Marketing Board ; ignored his non-involvement with any of the humdrum things essential to the running of a place like Sleet . |
| 23 | Throughout prehistory they have formed great carpet-like layers , the so called stromatolites , like those found in Zimbabwe nearly three billion years ago , slowly calcifying into limestone . |
| 24 | ‘ Subject as above , ’ — and subsection ( 1 ) deals with the fact that certain provisions extend to Northern Ireland — ‘ and to any provision expressly relating to companies incorporated elsewhere than in Great Britain , nothing in this Act extends to Northern Ireland or applies to or in relation to companies registered or incorporated in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Similarly , if a firm 's name keeps on appearing on behalf of plaintiffs against major local factories , you can be fairly sure that they are retained on behalf of a union . |
| 26 | I gave him a fair price for it , and I have let him carry on trading in smack . ’ |
| 27 | Although it was after three in the morning , Sophie could hear the low , penetrating drub-drub-drub of a bass-line and a siren somewhere wailing in counterpoint . |
| 28 | With the lack of grazing pressure much of the scarp slope has developed scrub and is slowly reverting to woodland . |
| 29 | ‘ Our computerised systems have definitely played a big part in the fact that our guests keep on returning to Hallery House ; the hotel continues to provide the same level of efficient , friendly service ( whether or not we are there in person ourselves ) at all times . |
| 30 | You remember those things : they littered the creeks and bywaters of harbours , slowly returning to nature , back to the trees and minerals that gave them life . |