Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The world is only slowly emerging from recession and it is not certain whether Germany 's has been arrested . |
| 3 | Rob was so obviously brimming with enthusiasm that Merrill had to say carefully , ‘ I think it sounds delightful . ’ |
| 4 | Armstrong World Industries , so long concentrating on mineral fibre ceiling systems , has now introduced a metal laminate system — the ML ceiling . |
| 5 | Apparently not bleeding to death , or considered worthy of priority , I just had to wait my turn . |
| 6 | I would add that toy manufacturers used a good deal of imagination and licence when they produced their models , perhaps not taking into account the keen eye and future criticism of FlyPast readers ! |
| 7 | Trying to pretend he had mistaken her for someone else was obviously not going to work . |
| 8 | This can be applied to the case of marriage , where there will of course be usually sanctions of varying degrees against behaviours that threaten marriage , and sexual activity outside marriage may be disapproved of , but this does not imply that merely not engaging in marriage is disapproved of , nor that an unmarried condition is sanctioned . |
| 9 | The dismantling of that establishment is only just getting under way . |
| 10 | But did it not occur to you , ’ Theda said , her breast heaving with the passion she was only just holding in check , ‘ that I have lately not been seen ? |
| 11 | As curare was only just emerging from obscurity ( see Chapter 6 ) , this was a very prompt seizure of a new opportunity for therapy . |
| 12 | Was n't there a tiny nagging feeling on watching the re-runs of Butterflies that perhaps he would have been better off sticking to television comedy series and enjoying their rich rewards ? |
| 13 | I says I think , this year , you 'd be better off stopping at home . |
| 14 | For once she would probably have been better off staying at home as far as the weather was concerned . |
| 15 | And since she could not say , " About horrid Ben Braithwaite for wasting two years of Linnet 's youth and having his dreary wedding on a day when Gemma would have been better off staying in bed , " she chirruped brightly , " Everything , darlings — because this is what I want us to do . |
| 16 | Yeah but the thing is you 're better off going to Gateway first . |
| 17 | Horace Walpole described her as having a ‘ paltry air of significant learning and absurdity ’ , and added that she was so totally lacking in humour that ‘ she repined when she should laugh and reasoned when she should be diverted ’ . |
| 18 | Some of the answers are only now coming to light as we find out more about the structures of the proteins that go to make up living cells themselves . |
| 19 | The full impact of last Thursday 's freak storm in Llandudno , Conwy and the surrounding areas is only now coming to light and it could be several months before some of the 500 people forced to leave their homes will be able to return . |
| 20 | A fine guitarist in many styles , his band combines professionalism with wry humour and a straightforward honesty of purpose ( so often lacking in music of this kind ) . |
| 21 | Only in Kempe 's noted version on EMI ( 2/88 ) have I felt so strongly the main attributes of Lohengrin : here Robert Heger , the very epitome of the Kapellmeister manner at its best , give to the many passages of formal utterance a grandeur and intensity so often missing in studio performances , culminating in a magnificent outpouring at the final greeting to Elsa in Act 2 . |
| 22 | These had left too many pupils of average ability or below either struggling with work beyond their abilities or following ‘ improvised ’ courses . |
| 23 | Although light and convenient , plastic is one of the most environmentally damaging of packaging materials . |
| 24 | I you mentioned going to college or or rather not going to college . |
| 25 | this bloke and his bird , right , and then ahead would n't like it clears up a bit in , in the Blackwall tunnel but it 's still like sort of five yards in between each car and he 's just like moving from lane to lane without signalling or anything |
| 26 | Er we also had one very large , cumbersome machine which carried things like lighting and breathing apparatus , and heavy lifting gear and all the other bits and pieces of rescue equipment , which came along in slow time , now that has been improved upon no end , and they 've got a very modern equipment now for that , erm er modern in the sense that new , new pieces have come on , cutting equipment with hydraulic jaws which er just slice through the top of a car roof , whereas we had to cut it with a hacksaw perhaps , or , or another metal saw , we , these can be done with just like cutting through cheese . |
| 27 | Save The Children 's work is not just about dealing with emergency situations . |
| 28 | and things are just about going to plan |
| 29 | Hopefully we can get away with that room Jane with just maybe having to emulsion it |
| 30 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |