Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We imagined ourselves in a cosy little country practice , jogging along comfortably and enjoying our work . |
| 2 | Instead of liking the look of the water , wading in carefully and finding it was wonderful , she 'd tumbled in at the deep end . |
| 3 | We were walking downhill now and reached the shingle to head north for the Cock of Arran . |
| 4 | You should always be on the look out for extra long pentatonic licks that move horizontally along the fretboard , weaving right through and linking up two or more of the five pentatonic positions . |
| 5 | Every few minutes a fresh fusillade of whirring bombs hurtles downwards to smash into the debris below , compelling the observer to stop walking idly around and take cover . |
| 6 | Recently , however , I have notices that they are appearing more frequently and seem to be chasing the tetras which gather round one of the exits to their cave . |
| 7 | As they wrote out a ticket 30-year-old Pere Costa smashed the car 's windows , doused it in petrol and set it on fire before walking home yesterday and leaving the police to deal with the blaze . |
| 8 | As the UN Security Council debated whether to intervene , most New Yorkers appeared to be knuckling down to what they do best : driving gratuitously badly and yelling at each other . |
| 9 | It 's always in there , and er and I can remember walking around there and seeing the place where they make them , and her photograph 's outside and underneath it says , I am the lady I make them . |
| 10 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 11 | But others criticised her for interrupting too often and looking unprofessional as she slumped in her seat asking him about his O level exam achievements . |
| 12 | To stir up mischief , no doubt , and to eye Jean Bruce , the blacksmith 's daughter — they had been seen strolling about in the gloaming more than once , laughing quietly together and holding hands . |
| 13 | With Speed pushing right up and supporting the 2 forward … would enable him to make his runs into the box , also get on both flanks to cross , or get on the end of Wallace crosses … |
| 14 | This resulted in a great deal of correspondence between myself and the Development Corporation and at the end of it I told my wife the best thing to do was to hand her notice in as there was no chance of us ever getting a house in Harlow , fortunately her services were much more seriously in demand then we imagined and the company nominated us for one , a house which is allocated to one of their executives , the house that we 're living in now and have lived in ever since nineteen sixty three . |
| 15 | This is particularly so when it is remembered that the working parties are serviced by the DES , whose influence on a group of disparate experts meeting only intermittently and working under great pressure , is very considerable indeed . |
| 16 | He 's bouncing away now and shouting |
| 17 | Presidential elections were held on May 16 , passing off peacefully and conducted in a manner described by former United States President Jimmy Carter as " adequate and honest " . |
| 18 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 19 | If you keep your eyes looking straight ahead and turn your body , is your left arm still perpendicular to your line of sight ? |
| 20 | He was stumping along , looking straight ahead and frowning . |
| 21 | But I 'd get off at the Meinhof , looking straight ahead and keep on walking and I 'd feel this presence move up beside me . |
| 22 | We are living here peacefully and want no trouble ’ . |
| 23 | She scrutinised a dilapidated man on the pavement outside who was passing from rubbish bin to rubbish bin , rustling around inside and placing everything of interest in a plastic bag . |
| 24 | A coastal walk with several variants : do the whole coastal stretch , looking round inland and finishing at the visitor centre for the bus back , or start a shorter walk from Coldingham ( walking back along the road or taking the bus ) . |
| 25 | I stood looking round vaguely and trying to decide what to do . |
| 26 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |
| 27 | When I got home Mum was acting very strangely and frogmarched me off to Derek 's house . |
| 28 | It helps people to appreciate mystery by not defining too easily and sewing it all up . |
| 29 | The defender now turns attacker , stepping quickly forward and striking with a reverse punch to his attacker 's chest . |
| 30 | They are exercising more , eating more carefully and cutting down on smoking and alcohol ’ . |