Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adj] and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd always said he 'd kill himself driving like that and now he had . |
| 2 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |
| 3 | Growth is occurring in remote and completely rural counties , as well as in counties that are partly urban or dominated by nearby metropolitan centres , but the south and west are increasing the fastest . |
| 4 | The maximum number of new shares which may be issued under the schemes is restricted to 5% of the issued ordinary share capital over the first five years ending in 1991 and thereafter 3% over any three year period . |
| 5 | Leaping to left and right , |
| 6 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 7 | A set of mandatory elements are agreed by ASC much of the material consisting of collated and briefly interpreted statistics , available from the central administration . |
| 8 | The problem for Trotsky was thus very similar to the problem which bureaucracy poses for the liberal interventionist , or welfare , state : how can those with the responsibility for carrying out the functions of government be controlled — in this case by a political leadership consisting of dedicated and ideologically sound revolutionaries ? |
| 9 | Green shoots or otherwise , the effects of recession continue to bite and booksellers and publishers are looking for innovative and more profitable ways of doing business . |
| 10 | living with that and then when we got rid of that purple carpet |
| 11 | A combination of vulnerable classes or groups living in vulnerable and ecologically marginal areas in many cases causes a failure to create sufficient income for food to feed themselves . |
| 12 | They started training in 1986 and initially spent 36 weeks on block-release at college learning basic engineering skills , fabrication , machining , fitting and basic electrical work . |
| 13 | Elsewhere national language maps are exceptionally complex , ranging from large and clearly educationally viable groups like Hausa or Luganda through progressively smaller units to situations where numbers speaking the mother tongue are very small or very scattered . |
| 14 | In almost every chapter and section I have found it convenient to say things about crime writing in general and sometimes the art of fiction in particular . |
| 15 | Just how far the market has declined in the last two years can be gauged by the performance of Henry Moore 's ‘ Reclining Figure No. 6 ’ ( lot 89 , est. $50,000–70,000 ) , an important bronze maquette dating from 1954 and closely related to the great elmwood reclining figure of 1959–64 . |
| 16 | There were no bids for a large postcard piece by Gilbert and George ( lot 360 , est. £9,000–12,000 ) , nor for Tony Cragg 's ‘ Yard ’ ( lot 378 , est. £18,000–25,000 ) , an important granite sculpture dating from 1988 and formerly owned by the late Sebastian Walker . |
| 17 | Under previous legislation dating from 1969 and rarely implemented , companies faced maximum fines of only $3,000 . |
| 18 | Artai was bowing to left and right now , the last time in his life he would ever be required to offer courtesy to others . |
| 19 | In April 1050 he and Bishop Hermann [ q.v. ] of Ramsbury visited Rome on an errand of Edward the Confessor [ q.v. ] ; according to later and possibly unreliable sources it was to secure the king 's release from a vow of pilgrimage made before his accession . |
| 20 | Before anyone could say a word he had turned on his heel and strode off looking to left and right as he went . |
| 21 | Its momentum was flagging by 1730 and even its constrained educational objectives were being criticised as a step too far . |
| 22 | The behavioural view says we behave as we do ( for example not stealing , not hitting others , not spitting in dining rooms , not going about naked and so on ) because we have learned to behave this way . |
| 23 | The Americans owe the company money and they 're waiting for that and also the , they sold one of the machines at the exhibition so , and they 've had some enquiries , so hopefully they 'll bring some work in . |
| 24 | This was as elementary as his lesson to Hoomey : from the side of the bath he put his foot on the back of Jazz 's head as he came to the side , and stepped in , taking Jazz 's head with him , forcing in abrupt and most accomplished somersault . |
| 25 | All that the King could do was to provide some sort of legal foundation of government for Englishmen going to unsettled and thinly populated areas , which he did by linking the legitimacy of their governments to the legitimacy of his government . |
| 26 | The old Soviet parliament was to be replaced by a two-chamber Supreme Soviet , and in due course a new Soviet Constitution would be presented for approval leading to presidential and perhaps more general multiparty elections the following year . |
| 27 | These were already declining by 1400 and apparently continued to do so throughout the fifteenth century . |
| 28 | you 're holding like that and then I 'm cutting there |
| 29 | Problems were encountered when personnel officials — generally lacking in senior and especially Board status — were being asked to advertise for , interview , help select and then appoint executives to positions considerably higher than those they held themselves . |
| 30 | I was getting in deeper and deeper with my lies . |