Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was more than a shock I put my head in my in my hand and I remember kneeling right at this spot and just crying my heart out . |
| 2 | As he made his way up , feeling like a schoolboy with skimped prep , his eye caught , with a start of surprise , the rotund shape of Mr Kronweiser , eyes darting suspiciously in all directions , working at a desk . |
| 3 | They are competing vigorously with each other to be last . |
| 4 | I was weeping bitterly for most of the time . |
| 5 | The males responded by puffing up their chests and circling slowly towards each other . |
| 6 | So he ungloved , and rummaged with his fingers , sucking vigorously on those till the lower half of the skull , still attached to the spinal column , was quite empty . |
| 7 | Though literary festivals could be immensely enjoyable , especially if they took you to some pleasant distant city , like Toronto or Adelaide , there was something absurd about writers gathering together in this way . |
| 8 | ‘ Thank you , ’ muttered her host , leafing impatiently through some notes . |
| 9 | That has much to do with the bringing together of all participants in the one place — all staying in the same hotel , all competing at the same venue , all joining in the same events , culminating in the Barbarian Easter Tour-style tradition of each nation providing a ‘ cabaret ’ turn at the farewell banquet . |
| 10 | ‘ Active constitution ’ involves a bringing together of this qualitative ensemble in such a way as to strengthen , modify or weaken the initial felt response . |
| 11 | The field of candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination , hitherto consisting only of former Massachusetts senator Paul E. Tsongas and former mayor of Irvine , California , Larry Agran , grew substantially in September . |
| 12 | At any instant the production of small eddies is thus occurring vigorously in some places and only weakly in others . |
| 13 | That sense of right and wrong , preventing those in power walking all over those weaker than themselves . |
| 14 | You will be feeling ruthless and ambitious and walking all over those who drag their heels . |
| 15 | The fact of the matter is that it is not , as I have explained to the right hon. Gentleman on many occasions , happening only in this country . |
| 16 | One can only deduce that the Eurasian and African plates began driving together at this time , with the latter dragged down beneath the rising Alpine mountains . |
| 17 | They held each other out as being in partnership ( appearing together on each one 's business stationery etc ) but neither had any significant involvement in the other 's practice , or any financial interest therein or any right to examine the other 's accounts . |
| 18 | Hear her squeaking away on that |
| 19 | You still runnin' away from that there South Atlantic battle ? ’ |
| 20 | Hew Leyshon , convertibles specialist at James Capel , believes a portfolio yielding a good 30 p.c. more than the market average can easily be constructed , keeping away from most speculative issues and sticking to stocks where the underlying business is undoubtedly strong . |
| 21 | And er you you you could hear them patting this butter outside a shop you know , it was a lovely sound on marble slabs and they were patting away at this butter . |
| 22 | As I turned into the street I felt conspicuous , to say the least , in a red Porsche and wished I was driving a ten-year-old Japanese saloon like most of those rusting away on both sides of the road . |
| 23 | They 're just walking away with that division . |
| 24 | That is certainly the case , but the Government are walking away from that fact by encouraging imports of coal to destroy the fabric of our communities . |
| 25 | He had never rested with such absolute confidence in the judgement of any other , excepting once for that brief while in his childhood , when he had been in the care of Master Harry . |
| 26 | I work at a distribution centre , where there is continuous shiftwork , which means that women and men are walking home at all hours of day and night often taking short-cuts across playing fields and waste land , totally unaware of the potential dangers . |
| 27 | John Regis , my arch rival at 200 metres , was walking home with some friends late one night when they were attacked by some white men who were obviously extremely drunk . |
| 28 | Mr Tanner believes that AEI is probably at the forefront of its particular industry in trading electronically with both its customers and the airlines . |
| 29 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 30 | After tossing restlessly for more than an hour , Fran got up and crept from the room and down the stairs , hoping that a cup of tea would soothe her nerves . |