Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PEOPLE savaged by the tabloids are banding together to fight back . |
| 2 | Speaking of exploitation , students of the genre might care to consider Trapper County War ( Guild ) , an archetypal example of the backwoods nightmare , set in one of those supposed hillbilly communities where the locals , when not spitting out tobacco or imprecations , are banding together to hunt down interlopers and blast them to bits . |
| 3 | The room suddenly wavered , melting and reforming only to melt again . |
| 4 | ‘ Why should you assume that I 'm a virgin ? ’ she finally managed to say , twisting away to grapple inwardly for composure . |
| 5 | Many of those stubby towers out on the field of battle were recessing further to sink flush with the surface . |
| 6 | The needle is then withdrawn and the patient goes back to bed if he is an in-patient , or rests for two or three hours if an out-patient , before returning home to rest there . |
| 7 | The corridor by the gymnasium was barely able to accommodate it ; it forced those walking past to do so in single file . |
| 8 | Feel in urgent need of bracing and hear myself laughing loudly to show how relaxed I am . |
| 9 | She could n't swim , so that left her with only two options : she could stay where she was and wait for whoever was lurking there to reach out of the darkness — but with her nature that was unthinkable — or she could run the gauntlet . |
| 10 | Mr kerry is in rented accomodation … vowing never to take on another mortgage . |
| 11 | America , having no domestic jet development programme to match either of these two aircraft , was struggling just to keep up with large French and British orders of existing fighters and light bombers let alone worry about ‘ jets ’ . |
| 12 | The olive tree lives to a very great age ; it appears to be indestructible , sending out shoots from a distorted , dry , and seemingly lifeless trunk , reviving annually to bring forth its fruit . |
| 13 | She snapped the locks on the case , lifting it from the table , wanting only to get away from Luke Calder as fast as she could . |
| 14 | I 'd never be so desperate for you , Travis McKenna , that I 'd stoop so low ! ’ she cried and pushed herself to her feet , wanting only to get out of there . |
| 15 | The landlord 's dumpy wife began trotting about , finding a scrubbing brush and a length of rag for a towel , pausing only to say sharply : ‘ Get thee out then ! |
| 16 | Vendelin Gajdusek flicked one last look at her , leaving her with no idea whether he approved or disapproved , and , pausing only to pick up the dog 's lead , he went to the kitchen door with her . |
| 17 | Pausing only to straighten out the stripes on his drip-dry polyester-mix Marks & Spencer executive shirt , Brian will respond with a jaunty , ‘ Proceed ! ’ |
| 18 | The bed that Boy climbed into that morning , knowing that he would n't sleep , but wanting just to lie there a while , was on the twentieth floor of a council block right close by the river on the east side of the city . |
| 19 | The beast is becoming almost like a God , Jack pretends to forget about it , Simon wants to confront it , whereas Piggy compromises by wanting just to stay away from it . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt like I was escaping just to get in , ’ he reflected after his taxi failed to turn up and he got a lift from a receptionist at his hotel . |
| 21 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 22 | The beauty of these words can not entirely hide a sense of suggested differentness , of an essential something so far held back but pushing now to get out . |
| 23 | Weissman carried on courageously with a complex but fascinating lecture on RNA splicing , ignoring the loud hubbub and intermittent squawks from his own microphone , and pausing often to wait out an eruption of roars and whistles from next door . |
| 24 | ‘ And they see us — and seeing us garbed thus , they grow ever more surly , refusing now to carry out all but the most basic tasks . |
| 25 | Many valuable training experiences can be arranged within a single school or agency , or by a group of teachers from different schools meeting regularly to carry out an agreed task . |
| 26 | During that time he has been pushing hard to make up any lost ground . |
| 27 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 28 | Crowds gathered near the factory yesterday , despite warnings to people living nearby to stay indoors . |
| 29 | ‘ We are not only doing smarter things in our plants , but also looking downstream to see how we can use our products in new and more profitable ways , ’ Ewart explains . |
| 30 | ‘ I really have n't had a chance to press my claims and I sincerely believe I am pushing uphill to get back into the side for a long time . ’ |