Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Saturday afternoon was drawing in now and Carrie looked out through the partly drawn curtains at the dark , rolling clouds . |
| 2 | You do n't want to start by bellowing so loudly that people shrink in alarm . |
| 3 | Can he defy what may appear to be a paradox by both easing the burden of excessive interest rates and pressing on relentlessly until inflation is completely eradicated from the economy ? |
| 4 | The pod was now shuddering so violently that Defries 's voice was distorted . |
| 5 | The guide contains commonsense recommendations covering situations such as meetings in strangers ' offices and homes , walking home alone and car breakdowns . |
| 6 | Staff were mopping up today as Mr Alton held his usual surgery . |
| 7 | He was practically laughing out loud as Ali reached critical mass . |
| 8 | This pigment is sensitive to red light and changes to a different form when the red part of the sun 's light hits it , reverting back again when night falls . |
| 9 | driving even further than spain is the Oxfordshire team of Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell … the winners of the London to Sydney car marathon … are the first to enter the London to Mexico marathon which was unveiled for the first time this week … |
| 10 | Before he came along we 'd mess around with songs like ‘ Build Me Up Buttercup ’ , with me fiddling around on a little clavinet that we 'd found knocking around somewhere and Steve singing . |
| 11 | Several references were presented suggesting not only that drugs that increase central dopaminergic transmission increase locomotor activity and induce stereotypy and hyperkinesia but also that neuroleptic drugs like haloperidol , that block dopamine receptors , induce hypokinesia and rigidity . |
| 12 | In 1934 , there were 8,600,000 families , about 73.5 per cent of the total number of families in Britain , living on less than £4 per week . |
| 13 | He motioned an unwilling Adjutant and Sergeant out ahead of him and stood by the open door , frowning so deeply that Clarissa would have followed if Charity had n't risked leaving her defences and staked all on a final devastating attack . |
| 14 | The values indicate that , given the assumptions made about firms ' costs , the dominant firms were acting slightly more competitively than Cournot while the blenders were acting less competitively than Cournot . |
| 15 | Larsen was sprinting away almost before Springfield had finished speaking . |
| 16 | These lords viewed Edward III 's seizure of power with enthusiasm , believing not only that Edward might wish to wipe out the stain of the Stanhope Park campaign and the shameful peace , but also that they themselves might reap some political reward for their opposition to Mortimer in 1328 . |
| 17 | Men like him became lynchpins in Sussex rural society , serving not only as tenant farmers but also as parish churchwardens and constables , helping to maintain a semblance of order and to interpret the gentry 's will in their communities . |
| 18 | It is essential to obtain confirmation in writing not only that services are available on or adjacent to the site , but in addition that they are adequate in capacity , and the cost of connection . |
| 19 | Some puppies tend to respond to training more quickly than others . |
| 20 | To see Dustin Hoffman playing his own song on the piano , and looking up adoringly as Sting sang — well , you do n't get many moments like that . |
| 21 | My other half ordered from a catalogue disc drives to assemble compu , er a home computer and he was looking very carefully cos computer parts can be quite expensive and he was looking at national catalogue for the best prices . |
| 22 | Unless it was a loose one that was lying on here cos Richard was |
| 23 | In man discrimination against known cheaters is intense , going so far as imprisonment and other forms of punishment . |
| 24 | Brown claimed it was himself and not Nicholas who was guilty of the assault adding somewhat implausibly that Charlie was ‘ pure as the driven snow ’ . |
| 25 | FitzAlan 's gaze immediately flashed to her mouth , his eyes darkening so abruptly that Isabel 's knees went weak . |
| 26 | It is worth noting once again that calls have an unlimited profit potential similar to that of the long share while that of the puts is limited to E — P ; i.e. the maximum is reached when the share price S has reached zero . |
| 27 | Also VDEW ( Vereinigung Deutscher Elektrizitatswerke ) , the association of German utilities , points out that electricity is gradually increasing its share of the industrial market and total consumption is growing more quickly than energy consumption . |
| 28 | As Guha points out , there is none of this management ego trip stuff of going upmarket so that people compliment you on your Littlewoods tie when you go to the golf club . |
| 29 | ‘ This is intrusive , see , there 's the fault going up there and squirts of lava coming down . ’ |
| 30 | We put enough rehearsal in to know we were going to be okay ; it was n't people just going up there and jamming . ’ |