Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flying through the sea breeze front without realising it is a common cause of inadvertently landing downwind and ending up in a hedge . |
| 2 | She was excitedly aware of his hand , expertly unbuttoning the front of her dress , gently slipping inside and cupping her breast . |
| 3 | The teacher expressed concern that , although he could write quite well in English , he only did so when writing collaboratively with his friend ( who was absent ) ; she thought that collaboration might be becoming an avoidance strategy , to get out of the frustrating task of attempting to write in English . |
| 4 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 5 | He thus asserts the Truth of History while constantly projecting forwards and deferring its proof . |
| 6 | What we therefore need to do is to print it out in a way that will not only show the grid , but be big enough to follow easily whilst knitting . |
| 7 | And the people in front were obviously fleeing rather than decoying : Murray 's men . |
| 8 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 9 | Without such a review there is a serious danger that existing documentation problems may simply be automated along with the data , thus perpetuating rather than resolving them . |
| 10 | Travelling strongly for much of the way , Ballystate had just moved ahead when belting the final flight . |
| 11 | He has not given up hope that he can recover in time , saying : ‘ I 've not ruled myself out of it yet I 'm just looking forward and hoping I can be out there . ’ |
| 12 | He tried to catch the attendant 's eye but the man was already turning away and reaching for the nozzle of the pump hose . |
| 13 | So just turning away and getting on with a job is the most effective response . |
| 14 | Just lying there and waiting . |
| 15 | I 'm just going there and getting a pound book . |
| 16 | Then he picked up his torch , switched off the bedside light and made his way down-stairs treading warily and keeping close to the wall to avoid the creaking treads . |
| 17 | It gives a blow-by-blow account of the stages involved in action research , with an early emphasis on reflection , finding out what is already known elsewhere and refining research questions . |
| 18 | This is what I think , not just hiding away and saying get on with it you know get on with whatever you want to do , no this is what I believe is what I believe that we 're doing . |
| 19 | He 's gone about it quietly , just plugging away and learning from watching others . |
| 20 | Just sitting there and pushing food into your face ? |
| 21 | But you were confusing him because you knew , where he 's used to just sitting there and telling blah blah blah blah and |
| 22 | Instead of just sitting there and quoting all these figures |
| 23 | I was just thinking rather than having plain which you 'd have to pay for anyway a plain piece of glass and , and er putting lead on it yourself I think that 's a brilliant idea that . |
| 24 | They ca n't just sit there and saying nothing . |
| 25 | Caroline had stared at her blankly before finally smiling faintly and agreeing that it would not be . |
| 26 | I feel there can be few more worthy objects for the book-collector who is suitably placed geographically than gathering the printed products of his town or city through the centuries . |
| 27 | Some others , though , among them the winner in Paris in two Sundays ' time , will be mysteriously gathering rather than losing strength . |
| 28 | Mr Houghton still glows proudly when recounting Corning 's role in helping to create the electric light-bulb after Thomas Edison came to the company in 1879 with his ideas . |
| 29 | But this will have to involve levelling up to the more advantaged rather than levelling down to the lesser , although future benefits can be reduced so long as diminution is applied equally to both sexes . |
| 30 | My husband 's always coming home and saying ‘ Oh I sat down and talked to so-and-so today ’ or ‘ we had a laugh today with so-and-so … ’ |