Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never knew what these special things were and tried to find out by sneaking down there at night , but the shed door was always locked . |
| 2 | ‘ When women in North Africa and the Arab world are struggling so hard for equality and respect , it is ironic that here in France a fundamentalist minority is pushing them to conform to tradition . |
| 3 | New syllabuses ( e.g. Lesotho , Uganda ) show a greater diversification of materials and media in art and craft , and recommend many materials available in the environment rather than depending so single-mindedly on picture-making . |
| 4 | I 've been signing on postally in fact . |
| 5 | Indeed those binary relations occurring most frequently in practice possess special properties including some or all of : Properties 2.2.4 |
| 6 | I remember walking down there at night and I had a cough . |
| 7 | Most accounts of the different kinds of fossils start with the simplest organisms and work towards the most complex , often ending somewhat selfishly with man . |
| 8 | ‘ Not seemly , ’ she observed , her eyes dancing with merriment , for a widow and her parish priest to be laughing so loudly in church at the expense of his parishioners ! |
| 9 | During the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries the skeleton was a recurring motif in funerary art , appearing not only on trade cards and invitations but also on monuments ; its symbolism was profound . |
| 10 | John Stevenson has noted the importance of transport networks , with riots occurring not only at sea ports but also along inland waterways where corn might be moved out of a district , such as on the Trent or Avon . |
| 11 | The Bill gives the Secretary of State wide-ranging new powers , relating not only to capping but to the vast number of orders and regulations that he will be able to issue , and even to the grants that will be given to London 's voluntary organisations . |
| 12 | A countryman was returning home late at night , rather drunk . |
| 13 | In Committee we talked about the needs of women returning home late at night and of the problems encountered by mothers with young children transferring from one mode of transport to another . |
| 14 | Not long ago , my parents were driving home late at night when , for no apparent reason , a car full of men tried to force them off the road . |
| 15 | The postclassical version of human rationality and motivation can perhaps be illustrated by taking a simple example — my relationship with the laws against speeding when I am driving home late at night . |
| 16 | Your life is opening up more through travel or education . |
| 17 | This would include things like providing adequate guarding , wiring up properly in accordance with electrical regulations , installing fume extractor equipment , etc . |
| 18 | Yes but on the day , people are walking up there with carrier bags full of the stuff , and it 's got to be done , and put out . |
| 19 | By the time he reached the bottom of the ladder , he was almost laughing out loud with happiness . |
| 20 | But he could hardly keep himself from laughing out loud in anticipation : he crammed his fist into his mouth to stifle the outburst . |
| 21 | Oh he 's walking back home in temper now ! |
| 22 | He 'd seen a kid walking excitedly away from Coffin Corner with a fragment of the Bradshaw cradled in his arms . |
| 23 | Since 1989 defence has taken a growing share of state spending ; the official defence budget has doubled , keeping well ahead of inflation . |
| 24 | For all the hard work on his and Sir David 's part , however , this proved too harsh a deadline ; but then with Mr George 's conference ending yet again in indecision , his lordship set his sights on a further great conference scheduled to take place in Switzerland the following year . |
| 25 | Willy was driving too fast for safety , naturally , but that did n't become apparent until we started down the hill . ’ |
| 26 | Allan Martin , sacked as coach to Aberavon 's forwards this week , believes that Welsh rugby is becoming too much like football with the current spate of hiring and firing based on league results . |
| 27 | You might start complaining that all these changes are happening too rapidly for comfort . |
| 28 | It is a brain stimulant , acting rather specifically on nerve cells in the reticuloendothelial , or ‘ wakefulness ’ system , to increase brain arousal . |
| 29 | It is just as easy — and as pointless — to criticize the American press for misunderstanding the Piggott style as it is to criticize Piggott for flirting so dangerously with defeat . |
| 30 | Already involved with her longstanding boyfriend Neil Turley , Jenny declined his advances , but undaunted , fearless Frank phoned her on a regular basis and left messages with her unsuspecting boyfriend , a West Ham fan who was flattered that the team 's top scorer was training so late at night . |