Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Bourn did not boast an anemometer we had to quickly learn wind speed by other means , such as how much or how little the trees were bending in the wind and whether the distant windsock was at full stretch or hanging limply from its staff . |
| 2 | They also have not yet learned to use their eyes together ( called binocular vision ) , so they may be seeing double or seeing only through one eye . |
| 3 | Not all alternatives are looked at , rather those most familiar to decision-makers or deviating least from existing practice are examined first , in order to cut down the information and transition costs associated with more radical changes . |
| 4 | A disobedience means a refusal , run-out or circling immediately in front of the obstacle . |
| 5 | ‘ So there was no need to have anything highly scented or smelling strongly on the table , ’ said Henry at once . |
| 6 | Hastening importantly past are certain to be scores of the varnished wooden launches that are the cabs of Venice , their occupants talking hard inside if they are Venetians , or reclining ecstatically in the open sterns if visitors . |
| 7 | A third of the recent records relate to birds found dead or dying inland after severe gales . |
| 8 | The modern habit of Oxford dons ' merely coming into their colleges to teach , and perhaps lunch , before cycling or driving home to their wives and children had not caught on . |
| 9 | She would joke about the young ‘ uns with fat bums , riding around in cars and we would marvel at the so-called disabled people dismounting briskly from buses or climbing energetically from orange-badged cars . |
| 10 | A few people were about , returning from church or walking home with a newspaper or a neatly wrapped pastry . |
| 11 | This section covers additional accommodation and travel expenses incurred in reaching the overseas destination or returning home as a result of the failure of public transport services in getting the insured to his departure port or airport by the time stated in the itinerary . |
| 12 | I hope you are well & looking forward to the sunshine . |
| 13 | If this happens , a pilot may mistake pitching or sinking rapidly in turbulence as an indication that the aircraft has stalled . |
| 14 | It was partly the proximity to the fens , for though they 'd long since been drained and farmed , all the fields were bound by ditches and dykes and he felt as if the land was oozing bog water , or sinking imperceptibly into some primeval slime . |
| 15 | So does deliberately wetting the carpet or shouting angrily at mother , or refusing to go to bed . |
| 16 | They were all there on the last day , even down to the original.horse-drawn trams , rattling or gliding past in stately line-astern , a fleet from decades gone , past the Central Hotel and the ‘ Mal ’ , up Hope Street , and bidding farewell to Argyle Street under the gateway of the Hielan' Man 's Umbrella . |
| 17 | Just because unsubstantiated rumours abound that Terry 's brother Ted occasionally supplies me with specialist literature from the Continent , it does not mean I am taking backhanders or looking favourably towards Terry when including him in the first team . |
| 18 | If you are married or living together as a couple , you should only make one joint claim ( any other members of your household should make a separate claim ) . |
| 19 | In this Europe there is a Benetton in every high street , Badoit and Czech Budweiser in every fridge , an Armani jacket in every wardrobe , Beaujolais Nouveau on every table , cable and satellite television channels in many languages in every living room , an Umberto Eco novel on every bookshelf , a Volvo in every garage , where CDs of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment lie casually next to Eurythmics , and where nipping across to Paris for the day is as natural as doing a day 's business in London . |
| 20 | All claims by creditors are provable as debts against the bankrupt whether they are present or future , certain or contingent , ascertained or sounding only in damages ( r 12.3 ) . |
| 21 | Focus is on SPACE for the warm-up , running in circles , lines or groups ; building STRENGTH ( perhaps by squeezing a ball or pulling away from mother ) ; developing SKILLS ( for example , throwing , chasing and balancing ) , then progressing to Bunny-hops , rolling and spinning . |
| 22 | Becoming pregnant or going ahead with a pregnancy has to be a personal choice for each individual HIV positive woman . |
| 23 | When crossing the dual carriageway or turning right into the road , treat each half as a separate road , wait |
| 24 | Because he lost sight of me quickly , he knew that I could not be going down to the river or turning left into the church : he had an uninterrupted view of both . |
| 25 | Using the Windows software supplied with the printer it is possible to setup , configure and maintain your printer from the comfort of your PC screen — no more fiddling about with mysteriously labelled buttons and switches , or peering hopelessly at a badly lit LCD panel . |
| 26 | He seemed to see men in winged helmets lounging around Frost 's , the late-night delicatessen , or peering oafishly into the windows of Sturgis , the estate agent . |
| 27 | Other horses were sitting or lying comfortably on the floor , on clean blankets . |
| 28 | Naked men of unbelievable varieties were standing , sitting or lying all round the cove . |
| 29 | It really is not there 's nothing worse in life than getting to old age , or getting anywhere with no money . |
| 30 | At night we gather in the bar before hitting the nightspots of Lloret 's West End , or getting together with the other hotels for a party or disco night . |