Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must apologise for returning somewhat dryly to the procedural point that has been raised during the debate . |
| 2 | He explained his reason for returning so hurriedly to the crew of the Stranraer goods train . |
| 3 | FILM beauty Kim Basinger was in pain last night with a foot stress fracture — after pedalling too hard on an exercise bike in a Hollywood gym . |
| 4 | It was simply that he could judge such things after living so closely with her for however many years . |
| 5 | After declining sharply up to 1979 its share of both stabilized in the first years of the Thatcher government , only to fall once more into the late 1980s . |
| 6 | He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’ |
| 7 | After running dead straight for about 160 metres , the Royal Road reaches the modern road from Heraklion . |
| 8 | Lawrence said : ‘ I need cover but there is no question that Ian will stay in the side on Saturday after doing so well against Leeds . ’ |
| 9 | He added , however : ‘ We were n't happy with the way we started the season and although people will make us favourites to win this one after doing so well against Derry last season , all that means nothing . |
| 10 | Sometimes you have your guts investigated after working too hard for too long , and discovering that things have gone astray Down There . |
| 11 | But it is worth remembering that early in Earth 's history the continents were much smaller than they are now . |
| 12 | It is worth looking more closely at the expressions he cites . |
| 13 | Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's name coming to the forefront of the picture so unexpectedly made it worth looking more closely at him — in the past as well as the present . |
| 14 | It is just as easy — and as pointless — to criticize the American press for misunderstanding the Piggott style as it is to criticize Piggott for flirting so dangerously with defeat . |
| 15 | I thank the Secretary of State for acting so expeditously in establishing the two public inquiries . |
| 16 | He reckoned he had picked the wrong waves at the Hard Rock at Sunset , and was worn down by the sheer hard labour of surfing so long in such arduous conditions . |
| 17 | Enough to remind her of the consequences of submitting so easily to a man who despised her . |
| 18 | He should beware of presuming too far on the patience of the Prince of Gwynedd . ’ |
| 19 | This assumes that patterns and trends which can be identified in past ( historical ) sets of data may be projected forward , especially under stable economic , market and organisational conditions , for the purpose of forecasting perhaps up to one year ahead . |
| 20 | Presumably if they did modify their behaviour it was in the direction of approximating more closely to their own beliefs about what constitutes good teaching . |
| 21 | Mountbatten 's ‘ execution ’ , claimed the IRA faction responsible , ‘ was a way of bringing emotionally home to the English ruling-class and its working-class slaves … that their government 's war on us is going to cost them as well … |
| 22 | Ballesteros appeared on the threshold of challenging once again for Major honours . |
| 23 | The Galway International winner has n't given up hope of bidding yet again for one of the few big Irish rallies to elude him but describes his chances of being on the start line on Good Friday as ‘ remote ’ . |
| 24 | A hasty burlesque of a trial exculpated Bothwell , but instead of keeping tactfully out of sight for a while he abducted the queen on the pretence of seeking to protect her . |
| 25 | Gus halted the Aston Martin at the doorway instead of driving straight on to the garage , and was out of the driving-seat like a greyhound out of a trap , to dart round to the passenger side and hand Charlotte out . |
| 26 | ‘ A higher proportion of experienced rather than newly-qualified drivers failed because of driving too fast for the conditions , approaching junctions too fast and not anticipating the actions of other drivers . |
| 27 | Faldo partially blamed his height for starting badly , while Woosnam , at 5ft 4ins , complained of driving too frequently into the rough . |
| 28 | She had a way of looking slightly obliquely at me , as if she knew something I did not — not anything to do with the role she was playing , but about life in general ; as if she too had been taking lessons from the stone head . |
| 29 | I sat on his left , and had the impression of looking slightly down at him . |
| 30 | Which is why I was disgusted to read Tony Cottee 's recent comments , moaning about his current situation and looking to blame others instead of looking very carefully at himself . |