Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty yards away , through the storm , I glimpsed his figure , furiously lashing away as though his last fishing moment had come . |
| 2 | Her privately published Photographs of British Algae : Cyanotype Impressions was issued regularly in parts between October 1843 and September 1853 , eventually incorporating more than 400 photographic plates , and was distributed to scientific friends and institutions . |
| 3 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 4 | Flying through the sea breeze front without realising it is a common cause of inadvertently landing downwind and ending up in a hedge . |
| 5 | Hotels subsidiary Hilton International is only trading satisfactorily while the property business is recovering . |
| 6 | Throughout , Sartre has nevertheless taken it ‘ for granted that such a totalisation is constantly developing both as History and as historical Truth ’ ( I , 822 ) . |
| 7 | But I laugh it off , paraphrasing Beau Brummell , only remarking lightly that the saddest thing is , it was my favourite ankle . |
| 8 | Now we cross to the other side of the no go area but turning is called tacking , and so to make ground for wind width we have to go in a series of zig-zags , each time turning for about ninety degrees and see that the sail is kept full most of the time only flapping momentarily as the boat turns directly through the eye of the wind . |
| 9 | ‘ I mean it , ’ Alina said , her gaze so searching now that Amis could n't break contact or look away . |
| 10 | The loot went on nannies , childminders , nappies , clothes , food and toys , with the nappies alone costing more than £300 a year . |
| 11 | ‘ We are seeing British scientists not only going abroad but also spending far too much time in this country chasing funds , ’ Sharp said . |
| 12 | He was only whispering then but Maggie heard clearly and her face lit up with delight . |
| 13 | The stones threw long , flaring shadows that suggested the shape of some ancient harp , only lengthening imperceptibly as the sun 's angle grew more oblique . |
| 14 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 15 | ‘ This is not some countries , ’ retorted my mother , perhaps wondering again whether the money she had spent so that I might learn French and a little grace had been utterly wasted , for I had learned only superstition and discontent . |
| 16 | Dot wanted to tell her how they were much better staying just as they were . |
| 17 | This group was constantly moving forward and as a result obscured our view of parts of the ground . |
| 18 | Kermit had watched some of the storm from his patio , only moving inside when debris started flying . |
| 19 | He had then sought to usurp him by demanding an EC inquiry into French 's affairs and by getting himself , though contrary to Rule as a non-sailor , elected as Delegate to the 1911 Annual General Meeting with a demand that he should be made Glasgow secretary in French 's place , only breaking away when he was not permitted to attend . |
| 20 | No she 's only staying tonight and they think , they just phoned me up then and they were on the square , I think she 's going home phorr what 's that smell , it stinks what ? |
| 21 | ‘ We are all doing well but so is Kylie . ’ |
| 22 | Still , it made for exciting viewing ; - ) That s what I miss about Sterland … few full backs are better coming forward than he was . |
| 23 | On recommencing shooting the same locked-off camera would hold its picture of the empty set , that shot then being mixed with the replay , producing a finished recording of the ship apparently fading away while the background remains stable . |
| 24 | A stocky , even heavy woman , with straight blonde hair that was parted in the middle and otherwise unregulated , she padded about with firm , deliberate steps , not looking much at anyone , not smiling easily as Caroline did , only nodding indifferently when Alice caught a glimpse of her through a door or coming efficiently through the hall . |
| 25 | She was excitedly aware of his hand , expertly unbuttoning the front of her dress , gently slipping inside and cupping her breast . |
| 26 | Because crossing with the blending of parental characters keeps the species constant as long as the conditions are constant overall , only changing temporarily and locally . |
| 27 | The campus was fenny-flat , laid out like a kind of chess-board , redeemed by an imaginative water-gardener who had made a maze of channels and pools , randomly flowing across and around the rectangular grid . |
| 28 | The two should be interrelated and constantly evolving so that a five-year rolling plan is always in view . |
| 29 | This is the work of an exceptional artist , but he is only carrying further than usual ideas that occupy all archaic East Greek sculptors and are soon transmitted to those of other areas . |
| 30 | And Fand did n't try to counter-attack , only parrying again and again with the shaft of her spear , gripped in her two hands . |