Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few moments she stood watching him as with quick little movements he fed himself , his sharp eyes darting suspiciously from side to side . |
| 2 | Now he squatted , toad-like , by Berowne 's body , his hands hanging loosely in front of him , palely disembodied . |
| 3 | The big western lakes , Conn , Corrib and Mask , are producing little at present and the Galway Weir produced only five salmon for the week in spite of excellent conditions for fly fishing . |
| 4 | The ginger tomcat glared up at her , its tail lashing furiously from side to side . |
| 5 | Passion is blushing furiously across pop , rapidly turning it to ashes in its shame . |
| 6 | So , for the English edition , he has added five new chapters , consisting mostly of advice to America to balance his previous advice to Japan . |
| 7 | There stretched before him a great expanse of mud-trodden grass , gleaming brokenly like water viewed from a height in the summer sun . |
| 8 | Fumes can be smelly and some people do n't like the stoves sometimes flaring badly during lighting . |
| 9 | In the case of Owen and Huxley there was a complex relationship , for Owen had been almost his father-in-science ; but Owen had other serious reasons for seeing little in Darwinism . |
| 10 | Some government leaders may have made foolish and irresponsible decisions in wading deeper into debt — there is certainly no shortage of idiocy and corruption in Third World governments , any more than there is in those of the rich world ( look at the current catalogue of woe in Japan 's ruling circles ) . |
| 11 | perceiving through reflecting all as will . |
| 12 | If a power of appointment , either in law or in fact , is vested in trade unions , the effect is not only to arrogate to them rights attaching only to ownership , but to establish them in this particular matter as the constitutional equals of Parliament . |
| 13 | Their preference was understandable , for Till was in flood , spreading in lead-grey pools across the water-meadows , and flashing suddenly into silver when fitful gleams of sunshine broke through the mask of cloud overhead . |
| 14 | Those eating less for health reasons now represented 46pc of the total , whereas those stating financial reasons dropped to 18pc from 26p c in 1990 . |
| 15 | Robert Bakker and the AAAS report notwithstanding , animal metabolism is a rather complicated subject , depending greatly for clarity on the precise definition of terms . |
| 16 | * Adding a little oil to the water prevents pasta from sticking together during cooking . |
| 17 | The forecasts period can cover 7 days , 11 days , 30 days or 90 days , depending entirely on management policy . |
| 18 | He said bookings for summer holidays this year were well ahead , with operators competing fiercely on price to capture their share of the market . |
| 19 | It seemed , nevertheless , early in 1956 that Washington and London were drawing together in opposition to Nasser . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah telt ye that before , ’ he recalled , his boozed eyes gazing emptily from side to side . |
| 21 | His troops began firing apparently without warning , after young ANC supporters broke through a razor wire cordon . |
| 22 | Under the Arab League Charter a resolution passed by a majority of votes was binding only on member states voting in favour . |
| 23 | If Soviet equipment is not always of an adequate standard , Western equipment is often over-sophisticated for Soviet purposes , demanding much by way of supporting technologies which in the USSR simply do not exist . |
| 24 | ‘ Really ? ’ repeated Edith , suddenly all attention , the bobble on her Bobby 's hat bobbing vigorously in sympathy . |
| 25 | I felt myself inflating slowly with rage , like a tyre . |
| 26 | All there in , in line with his prophecy , way back in Isaiah chapter fifty three , it tells us that he was numbered with the transgressors , that he died with sinful men , with with law breakers , and here it is , it 's happening right in front of th the very eyes of the Jewish leaders and the Jewish authorities . |
| 27 | VISITING LADY : [ laughing condescendingly with LADY JONES ] I was never served with such grace . |
| 28 | The suit emulated the movement that Ace had made , twisting slowly in space and freeing the air line so that it ran straight from the suit into the shuttle 's open cargo hatch . |
| 29 | Was he driving slowly on purpose , or had the car decided of its own free will that it was a nice day to relax ? |
| 30 | Soldiers , returning wearily from war , reach a village where they are warmly welcomed by maidens , and their leader succumbs to the charms of the Scarlet Woman . |