Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [adv] [subord] " 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 | Hotels subsidiary Hilton International is only trading satisfactorily while the property business is recovering . |
| 4 | Throughout , Sartre has nevertheless taken it ‘ for granted that such a totalisation is constantly developing both as History and as historical Truth ’ ( I , 822 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The loot went on nannies , childminders , nappies , clothes , food and toys , with the nappies alone costing more than £300 a year . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Dot wanted to tell her how they were much better staying just as they were . |
| 11 | Kermit had watched some of the storm from his patio , only moving inside when debris started flying . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Still , it made for exciting viewing ; - ) That s what I miss about Sterland … few full backs are better coming forward than he was . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He looked at her , the temper suddenly draining away as he assessed her expression . |
| 18 | I will reaffirm that I can not condone the use of cannabis , nor for that matter daily watching more than 5 hours of TV . |
| 19 | And the people in front were obviously fleeing rather than decoying : Murray 's men . |
| 20 | He seemed to be loosening up , only tensing slightly when he noticed the no smoking sign again . |
| 21 | She 's only shopping today because of a family crisis stopped her doing so in the week . |
| 22 | We were we were only smiling then because Watsons also trains us |
| 23 | The School Magazine , The Stopfordian , soon celebrated its fifth birthday , thereby enduring longer than its predecessor which had lasted only from 1898 to 1902 . |
| 24 | Without such a review there is a serious danger that existing documentation problems may simply be automated along with the data , thus perpetuating rather than resolving them . |
| 25 | The national herd average yield is about 6400 litres , with the best producing more than 10,000 litres . |
| 26 | It is , in fact , an approach to managing health services and the range of views is largely reflecting just where individuals are within an organisation , the key tasks that concern them and their own approach to implementation . |
| 27 | Now watch this , as we go through the tack the sail is driving for most of the time just flapping briefly as the sail turns through the wind . |
| 28 | Least noticeably but perhaps most dangerously , the Palestinians living inside the 1949 Armistice Line , barely 11 per cent of the Israeli population at the time , were nevertheless growing faster than the Jewish community and were expected to exceed 20 per cent by the end of the century . |
| 29 | The man was just turning away when Breeze stopped him . |
| 30 | It is already supporting more than 100 projects . |