Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | I have seen beheading done too early and too suddenly — with the result that the still not perfectly united bud is literally pushed out by the sudden flood having nowhere else to go . |
2 | I might just add that what we are deeply disturbed by , is that as the fighting continues in Cambodia with Phol Pot trying once again to get into control , already a hundred and fifty thousand people have been displaced by that fighting and that er the number of amputees has reached something like a thousand a month which is twice last year 's figure . |
3 | The art therefore is to get the tyre spinning just enough to execute the turn , and then maintain forward drive as the tyre struggles to hook up . |
4 | The circulation depends on having enough blood in the system to fill the vessels , on the small arteries acting as taps which can be adjusted to send the blood where it is needed , and on the heart beating hard enough to push the blood through the resistance given by the taps . |
5 | But how could I get a fire going fast enough to catch them ? |
6 | I 'd say what we can see is some of that heat surviving long enough to escape through a cave mouth , ’ she said to Ace . |