Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the yarn was prepared and spun in the new water-powered mills in the valleys , weaving long remained a domestic craft that was practised in the older settlements on the hillsides . |
| 2 | What 's the point of being aggressive with somebody when they 're gon na walk away feeling as if they 've just been walked all over , so you 've still got the same situation you 've got one person walking away feeling a little bit fed up and the other person not so if you talk about assertiveness in terms of aggression and in terms of submission i.e. there 's going to be a winner and there 's going to be a loser depending which way round you look at it then you still have n't quite grasped what we mean by assertiveness . |
| 3 | Three visitors from Frankfurt , Germany , recently visited ACET 's offices before returning home to begin a similar service , Christian AIDS Help ( CAH ) . |
| 4 | The focus on timetabling also adds a different dimension to the concept of reciprocity in family responsibilities , in showing how the nature of the calculations which individuals must make itself changes over time . |
| 5 | Beat the egg and add to the potato mixture , blending well to make a smooth dough . |
| 6 | Tool using thus covers a broad range of activities throughout the animal kingdom , from the mindless and mechanical to the considered and imaginative . |
| 7 | She tore her eyes away from his and pushed through the crowd , wanting only to put a great distance between herself and Lucenzo . |
| 8 | If we apply the yardstick of affection and respect to all our dealings with the elderly and they feel this in everything we say to them , most of the small problems which are bound to arise when we are living together stand a reasonable chance of solution . |
| 9 | This restriction , however , merely limits Mr Nesbitt , who is chairman of the casino company Crockford 's , and Mr Isaacs from conspiring together to start a rival record chain . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll send me husband , then , ’ she said , huffily , and went out vanquished , pausing only to give a good hard scratch to her left calf . |
| 11 | This is a splendidly versatile way of patterning so spend a little time trying it out before you start on ‘ moon craters ’ . |
| 12 | Writing also provides a permanent representation , hence the writing may be manually edited , thereby simplifying the identification of false starts . |
| 13 | I I 'm not certain that they were particularly group organised , but er , certainly I shall be looking forward to deposit a large number of files there from our group . |
| 14 | In particular , stimulated Brillouin scattering actually had a lower threshold , but was ingeniously eliminated by use of a pulse train , rather than continuous pumping . |
| 15 | ‘ I was going home to get a new hearing-aid . |
| 16 | We 're going to stay with racing now to see a sporting dream come true … |
| 17 | ‘ Vitor did his best , but tragically it was already too late , ’ he said , hurrying forward to place a protective arm around her . |
| 18 | Eating also has a relaxing effect , which is fine . |
| 19 | She tried to tell herself it was her pride that had been damaged , but something raw and bleeding inside told a different story . |
| 20 | The tornado aircraft was developed under a cost plus environment er contracting environment and erm at the time that was actually the most efficient an and probably the only practical way to do because the the risks inherent in having three partner companies that do n't know how the others work , getting together to build a single aircraft , were , were extremely high . |
| 21 | The Working for Patients White Paper later that year ( Cm 555,1989 ) proposed to abandon the RAWP formula and rely instead on a ‘ simpler ’ weighted formula for regional allocations , moving gradually to apply a similar formula to the cash districts were allocated . |
| 22 | Phase splitting also plays a vital role in the important variable phase-shift network to be considered in a moment . |
| 23 | Exporting invariably requires a great deal of documentation and specialised pricing , a large part of which is now being handled by the new computer system . |
| 24 | People protect their own territories and are reluctant to put themselves out for other departments striving hard to provide a good service . |
| 25 | It is traffic-free ( motorised baggage trolleys ) which means that getting there involves a delightful half-hour train journey . |
| 26 | When feeding characteristically run a little way and then stop , often bobbing head nervously ; head held up as if listening , not down like Knot ( p. 129 ) or Dunlin ( p. 127 ) . |
| 27 | He smiled , then got up , moving across to fetch a small towel to mop up the ch'a , a brush to gather up the tiny pieces of broken porcelain . |
| 28 | The House of Commons was moving forward to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies than before ; partly to evade this , William created a Board of Trade and Plantations , made up of civil servants and privy councillors , that was unlikely to pay much more attention to the Commons than its predecessor , the Lords of Trade , had done . |
| 29 | A valley broke , its sides drifting apart to reveal a sparkling sea , 3,000 feet below . |
| 30 | STOP PRESS Manky 's Marauders have failed to umpire again for the 10th year running thereby creating a new league record . |