Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another of the benefits of the travelling team system was the camaraderie that was built up between the players , all of whom were effectively competing with each other for Davis Cup recognition . |
| 2 | Will you be all right driving after that wine ? ’ |
| 3 | Sitting behind Eva and Dad in the car , watching their hands constantly fluttering towards each other , you did n't have to be a genius to see they were a couple . |
| 4 | But they are not only competing amongst each other , they are competing with men as well . |
| 5 | So when staff are literally fuming at each other , and wanting to sue , the simple solution is to install an electrostatic air filter . |
| 6 | He 's only looking at that bit . |
| 7 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 8 | There should be no long pauses — as you are only listening at this stage |
| 9 | Searching Ellie 's face , perhaps looking for some resemblance , she gave a funny little sigh . |
| 10 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 11 | Do you think that there 's any scope for perhaps going down that road in the future ? |
| 12 | I 'm somewhat wondering about this flat . |
| 13 | It was apparently reassuring to this woman to have her aggression recognized so straightforwardly , because the couple was then able to have intercourse . |
| 14 | Erm especially going up that hill at Hockerill lights . |
| 15 | We have enough racing in this country and I believe in reserving one day at least for the Lord . |
| 16 | Whatever was affecting the rate time passed at seemed to obey the inverse square law , the phenomenon apparently radiating from each clock face , while at the same time there was a more generalised sort of effect emanating from the huge central mechanism buried somewhere in the castle 's many lower levels , making everything down there happen more quickly . |
| 17 | So Eliot , in ‘ ode ’ , a poem dealing with a tortured wedding night , has a protagonist apparently lacking in all inspiration except that coming from the ‘ bubbling ’ of a river described as ‘ mephitic ’ . |
| 18 | Occupational and social careers are mutually facilitating in this respect . |
| 19 | Much buying in this type of trade is centralised , and in many cases the potential buyer visits the seller ( unlike industrial selling when the seller normally visits the buyer ) . |
| 20 | These are a bit like pop-up books with foreground , middle ground and background to give perspective and , in movement , parallax , that is , near things apparently moving past each other in the foreground and middle ground while the background stands still , which is how motion is perceived in the real world seen from , say , a train . |
| 21 | His assembled staff stared stonily back , as he looked round at them , apparently calling for some kind of congratulations . |
| 22 | We are so lacking in any form of racism that we never actually noticed . ’ |
| 23 | Either of these ways is easy ; because your victim is carelessly drifting through another evening of everyday , life . |
| 24 | Someone had put on a record , slow , lazy music , and the couples on the floor were n't really dancing , merely clinging to each other like limpets , nuzzling each other 's necks . |
| 25 | Erm it 's only coming from this way . |
| 26 | This is unfortunate , for there is evidence that much more effective methods of tackling the problem can be adopted , without necessarily undermining in any way the principle of parental responsibility . |
| 27 | 7.7.9.1 to rebuild and reinstate at its own expense the Premises or the part destroyed or damaged to the reasonable satisfaction and under the supervision of the Surveyor the Tenant being allowed towards the expenses of so doing upon such rebuilding and reinstatement being completed the amount ( if any ) actually received in respect of such destruction or damage under any such insurance policy or |
| 28 | Why they should be so flinching on this score is beyond me , but let me assure Ed that I 'm note remotely intolerant of any of them , only surprised and amused that its mention should matter to them so much . |
| 29 | Attached to the wall of the castle were forty of the creatures , hanging upside down and gently hissing at each other . |
| 30 | I 'm only talking about this country . |