Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see the Quattro 's tail-lights drawing slowly away from him in stop-start jerky movements . |
| 2 | Ralph sat in the driving seat of his car , inching slowly forward with the snaking traffic jam stretching along the road . |
| 3 | The douce denizens of Edinburgh looked up in sudden amazement as a Heinkel thundered low across the rooftops beloved of Baillie Nicol Jarvie and disappeared beyond the hills , a spitfire hanging grimly on to its smoking trail and blazing away at it with all four guns . |
| 4 | Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms . |
| 5 | It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including most controversially in the defence and security fields . |
| 6 | Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 7 | Continued diplomatic lobbying by France resulted on April 5 in the adoption by the UN Security Council of Resolution 688 condemning the " repression of the Iraqi civilian population in many parts of Iraq , including most recently in Kurdish populated areas , the consequences of which threaten international peace and security " . |
| 8 | They waited for some long-legged creature to come stepping delicately out of the trees . |
| 9 | But this day he was all action , stepping right up to Nick and thumping him hard . |
| 10 | It looks as if there 's a wall sticking right out over the shingle . ’ |
| 11 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 12 | He came shambling shyly out of his room , his black face almost coy in the embarrassing anticipation of being thanked . |
| 13 | It was a warm golden evening and a blackbird was singing somewhere near by . |
| 14 | Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park . |
| 15 | But United embarked on what Mr Ferguson dubbed ‘ kamikaze football ’ against City and ended up hanging on desperately for a point . |
| 16 | ‘ What did he say ? ’ said Masklin , hanging on tightly to the sweater . |
| 17 | Eurotunnel appears to be hanging on only by the skin of its teeth . |
| 18 | Though not in the best of health , Marian was determined to make her own way , accepting little else from Bloomsbury House except tickets for the occasional outing to the Wigmore Hall . |
| 19 | The rambling voice got lost in a maze of tenses as Twoflower ran along the dead tunnels , with the dragon loping along easily behind him . |
| 20 | Screams rang out from the galleries , where spectators had been gazing down instead of hiding . |
| 21 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 22 | These programs allow you to a ) combine two or more patterns into one and b ) knit multi-coloured jacquard ( that is , program patterns for knitting in up to seven colours in a row . |
| 23 | This would enable you to program an intarsia pattern for knitting in up to seven colours in a row and which is bigger than 60 stitches and 150 rows . |
| 24 | He never knew what these special things were and tried to find out by sneaking down there at night , but the shed door was always locked . |
| 25 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 26 | For had it not been raining so hard on that Tuesday evening I would have arrived at the Philharmonia Hall in good time . |
| 27 | His children appeared to feel no bitterness about her stepping so swiftly into their mother 's shoes . |
| 28 | He pressed on and on , resting only briefly on a rock outcrop before continuing . |
| 29 | He paused dramatically , gazing so intently at each child below him that Sam thought he must be scanning their heads for lice . |
| 30 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |