Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] and [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add the oil very carefully , drop by drop , beating in between each drop to avoid curdling until about a quarter has been added , then mix in the rest , pouring it in slowly and beating at the same time . |
| 2 | The approach is easy , forward down gently and landing number one is acceptable . |
| 3 | We imagined ourselves in a cosy little country practice , jogging along comfortably and enjoying our work . |
| 4 | Most of these are basically simple , involving sitting or lying down comfortably and focusing awareness on a pleasing thought ( ‘ Still and calm … still and calm ’ or whatever ; or invent your own ) ; a soft ‘ nonsense sound ’ ( a mantra ) that you repeat under your breath ; on the rise and fall of your chest as you breath ; or successively on different parts of the body , starting at the toes and working upwards . |
| 5 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 6 | I remember waking up and reaching down automatically and realising that they had shaved me which was my biggest shock . |
| 7 | Down here and trying to get past to get into Crick Laid |
| 8 | ‘ Coming down here and talking to people is better than just looking at boards in a Jobcentre , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm spending the night down here and returning in the morning . ’ |
| 10 | But , you see at February we 're then into review er cro er reviewing the PDP 's for some reason or another , I 've written down here and profiling reporting to parents . |
| 11 | Cairns had taken 6 for 70 in the Lancashire first innings , and after watching him add 5 for 75 against Kent Robinson commented : ‘ He is still a youngster but he is setting in well and showing what an excellent prospect he is . ’ |
| 12 | down there and getting everybody 's |
| 13 | Yes we had er ships wh we , they call erm these liberty ships come in from America loaded with bombs and when they moved them up there , well they call them down here they call them liberty ships and er the bombs were loaded , so they used to erm put all timber between each layer of bombs and they had proper carpenters who would fix all these and when the dockers went down , they put these bombs out , cos they were n't detonated , the detonators were in the fore end of the ship , right down the lower hull and erm the bombs were loaded into open trucks loaded into , well the dockers they thought it was dangerous , cos we had the Fire Brigade , that 's the fire service down there and standing by with the fire engines and dockers they wanted the , they want a shilling , I think it was a shilling a day extra , well a shilling extra something like that and there they got it the shilling or extra pound , cos us crane drivers we were n't on the same par as them , so we asked for a shilling . |
| 14 | They would start coming in late and drifting off early . |
| 15 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 16 | The foal was lying down again and looking sleepy , and Firelight was dozing over it perfectly contented , and Nails decided to go down and tell Nutty what had happened . |
| 17 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 18 | And then he was n't Paul McCartney , he was Dad , and he was shaking blood all over everywhere and laughing . |
| 19 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 20 | I said , ‘ I am getting off here and walking to the Astoria , where I will drink one hundred grams of port wine . |
| 21 | From the kitchen behind them came the sound of Mrs Brissett cleaning up vigorously and singing ‘ The Holly and the Ivy ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Gods help us … what is it now ? ’ he muttered , getting up slowly and pulling on his gown . |
| 23 | Until this happens people will always feel the threat of a ‘ 10/6 ’ dictator popping up somewhere and causing great global conflict damaging the fragile , but nevertheless improving balance of world power . |
| 24 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 25 | The next morning , we were all up early and eating breakfast by eight o'clock . |
| 26 | Yesterday the Bank of England raised around £3 billion by getting up early and cashing in on the market 's victory leap . |
| 27 | You can either be very timid and start in a small way , building it up gradually and expecting to make a profit in the first year . |
| 28 | By tomorrow , which was Wednesday , I was breathing shallowly but without mechanical help , sitting propped up sideways and drinking soup ; talking , attached to drainage tubes and feeling sore . |
| 29 | Well if you 're gon na get the bottom of the garden where you 're downhill it 's not too bad but when you 're coming up here and doing as he was watering the new grass on the front he he I mean yes he is below it it 's the bottom of your storage tank in c in the attic which counts . |
| 30 | Tomorrow we 've got quite a lively day ahead of us erm by the time we do our group work tomorrow first thing in the morning , and also tomorrow after that you 'll be doing a role play as well using the things that you 've picked up today and seeing how many of them you can practice and put into action what you talked about . |