Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sticking on with a little royal icing or glue , wrap the strip carefully around the edge of the roof , scalloped edge upwards . |
| 2 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 3 | As though to underline her thoughts , and reverting suddenly to a much earlier observation , he said : ‘ Do all the women in your time wear next to nothing ? ’ |
| 4 | Should the judges take it into their heads to question this ‘ authority ’ ( as occasionally they have ) then much of it is not too difficult to discount , as being obiter dicta , or as relating only to a rather narrow , specific point , ( e.g. the effect of a fraud on the Private Bills Committee of the House of Commons ) and leaving untouched the broader general question . |
| 5 | Jump into a cold swimming-pool , for example , and who can blame your frozen phallus from shrinking away to a delightfully compact inch or so . |
| 6 | We were climbing away at a very gentle angle and I could not understand why I could not move the controls . |
| 7 | Walking away from a potentially ugly situation is not failure . |
| 8 | Beyond the final lock , the canal joined a river , opening up into a very wide stretch of water , bounded by pleasant meadows and with scores of mooring places , most of them occupied . |
| 9 | The partnership struck three times within a fortnight last July , winding up with a particularly game effort to deny in-form Pickles by a length in a competitive seven furlong handicap at Ayr . |
| 10 | The furniture of the room was very homely , of course — a few rough chairs and a table , a comer cupboard with their little stock of crockery and delf , a gaudy tea tray , representing a lady in bright red , walking out with a very blue parasol , a few common , coloured Scripture subjects in frames upon the wall and chimney , an old dwarf clothes-press and an eight-day clock , with a few bright saucepans and a kettle , comprised the whole . |
| 11 | Average walkers will go further along the glen to the Lochan Dubha at the foot of Blaven before returning happily after a most interesting ten-mile trek . |
| 12 | We will be living together in a very small space . |
| 13 | For rapid changes are taking place in the structure and content of teacher education and , with it , a massive increase in part-time school-based schemes for initial and further training together with a more extensive use of ‘ sandwich ’ type training especially for higher grades of teachers . |
| 14 | ’ Her voice turned tired , wandering slightly like a very old woman 's . |
| 15 | All three men were looking up at a newly stained wallaba beam which supported the terrace room . |
| 16 | But one , hung in the dining room , by a window looking out onto a most majestic ancient cedar tree , is strikingly different to all the others . |
| 17 | Bill the dog , happy as ever to be out and about , was sniffing everything in sight , his tail whirling round in a completely circular motion like a helicopter rotor ; Eddie , however , having no tail to wag , was simply smiling , something he 's very good at . |
| 18 | EIGHTY factory workers were looking forward to a very merry Christmas — until their boss gave them just one bottle of whisky between them . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not married at the moment , but I am looking forward to a very happy future with Natasha 's father . |
| 20 | But it is important to be aware of the limitations of the statistical concept of style before going on to a more realistic assessment of its value . |
| 21 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 22 | They get typically twice or two and a half times the salaries that our people get and that 's being going on for a very long time . |
| 23 | There 's a lot going on at a very fast speed . |
| 24 | Mr Kinnock 's voice was choked with emotion as , refusing to concede defeat , he said : ‘ Even now as the recounts are going on in a very large number of seats the results of this election is not decided . ’ |
| 25 | If liked , wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing on with a little royal icing . |
| 26 | Cut out four long strips and use to cover the cake drum around the cake , securing on with a little royal icing and trimming to fit . |
| 27 | If liked , wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , securing on with a little royal icing . |
| 28 | Transfer to the cake drum with care , securing on with a little royal icing . |
| 29 | Wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum , if using , securing on with a little royal icing . |
| 30 | They have been frequently invited to international festivals , but this will be the first time they have visited our own festival — we have been waiting patiently in a very long queue ! |