Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not legitimate to extend the use of such terminology prospectively , to naturally occurring behaviour where there is no possibility of testing the contingent relations through experimental investigation . |
| 2 | These two distinctive features are , of course , there for a reason : they allow the bird to capture much more air , which gives it a much better pushing force as it gains height . |
| 3 | Jeffrey kept telling me he was only seeking custody because he wanted me back in the States . |
| 4 | I went through everyday life merely marking time until I could leave Ireland for Britain to become the real me . |
| 5 | Slowly they worked their way up the wide and gently rising river-valley until they were black sticks bent against their baskets of provisions . |
| 6 | Simon Williams in NME coined a telling phrase when he commented : ‘ The Wedding Present are merely treading water when they should be walking on it . ’ |
| 7 | For example , the subject 's mother may be verbally expressing affection while her facial expression and movements convey contempt or a lack of concern . |
| 8 | like a slowly mending fracture as I thread the car |
| 9 | The early morning sun was already gathering heat as they left the ship behind , anchored in the now-distant bay below , and she was glad she had chosen to wear the thin jade silk blouse with her white jeans . |
| 10 | If your hard disk is a short of space , you may have no option but to print , but most people will have the space to save a fax as it is received , thus saving paper if it 's one they do n't need to print . |
| 11 | Moira Murray from Finance at Peel Park was just having fun when she phoned the Q96 local radio station from her home in Cardonald , Glasgow . |
| 12 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 13 | Although developing countries are generally increasing their use of oil , many of the poorest and non-oil-producing countries of the Third World are , of necessity , still using wood as their main fuel ( see the beginning of the chapter ) . |
| 14 | She scarcely touched it , for it was downhill , but the ball chased past the hole and was still gathering pace as it disappeared off the other side of the green . |
| 15 | But he was always having fun so I suppose its the imagination that counts is n't it . |
| 16 | The mass media too are concerned essentially with communicating , usually giving information although it may also involve exchange in the form of readers ' letters to a newspaper or phone-in programmes on radio . |
| 17 | Patients were still taking omeprazole when they had the tests done for a second time . |
| 18 | Despite seven men still being anaemic not one man was still taking iron ; whereas 15 women were still taking iron although none was anaemic . |
| 19 | I 'm always sitting thinking if I had n't got them , I 'd be thinking now was it on the card I have n't got you know |
| 20 | Also offering advice if we felt qualified to do so but referring to the relevant health services or back to her if not . |
| 21 | Connon had enough of himself left to give Jenny a sardonically accusing glance as he left the room with the doctor . |
| 22 | Any curriculum innovation of such far reaching design as we have in Scotland at present will inevitably influence the whole life of the school . |
| 23 | It 's , it 's really stocking stitch cos it came from the stocking machine did n't it ? |
| 24 | Considering that NFS version 3 , which was a major re-do , is sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust because it failed to garner popular support , there will probably be some reluctance to call this puppy by the same name . |
| 25 | The men lay more quietly ; some , not a doubt of it , still alive , some even lying mort until it should be safe to rise and go . |
| 26 | There was no tiredness perceptible on Rune 's blandly enquiring face as he shrugged his wide shoulders into his own jacket . |
| 27 | They are secure in their roles and the young are generally simply marking time until they step into the marriage shoes waiting for them . |
| 28 | Their nests are frequently threatened by fast moving craft as they are built on the water 's surface , anchored only by reeds or branches . |
| 29 | He does not notice the noiseless , fast moving car until it is too late … |
| 30 | From here , the notion that the husband 's jealousy requires the lovers to perform a fabliau trick is made explicit ( 3294 – 302 ) , after which Nicholas takes up his psaltery , excitedly making music as he mentally rejoices in his conquest and the promise of sexual delight it holds ( 3305 – 6 ) . |