Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ralph sat in the driving seat of his car , inching slowly forward with the snaking traffic jam stretching along the road . |
| 2 | Something else I 've left hanging rather dangerously in the air is another and rather different hint , and because of the close correspondence of their careers , the milestones along their way , Stephen Daedalus is merely another name for James Joyce , so that the portrait itself would be a blow by blow account of its author 's story so far , with the relevant identities politely concealed under pseudonyms . |
| 3 | It holds regular ministerial meetings to co-ordinate different aspects of policy amongst the Gulf States , including most controversially in the defence and security fields . |
| 4 | Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 5 | They waited for some long-legged creature to come stepping delicately out of the trees . |
| 6 | It looks as if there 's a wall sticking right out over the shingle . ’ |
| 7 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 8 | He pressed on and on , resting only briefly on a rock outcrop before continuing . |
| 9 | Laura gasped breathlessly as he raised his dark head , gazing fondly up at the man she loved so much . |
| 10 | As Ross watched her gazing fondly down at the babies , whose heads were already covered with dark hair , and — so Laura had firmly informed him — were carbon copies of their father , he knew that he was an incredibly lucky man . |
| 11 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
| 12 | Childhood memory is however typically family-centred , touching only haphazardly on the unattached . |
| 13 | And we 'd squared it up once before because there was wires hanging all over from the sp not from the radio , from the speakers . |
| 14 | We 'll go no more a-screwing So late into the night , Though the heart is still as loving And the moon is still as bright . |
| 15 | That was why she was reacting so badly to the news that he had left Taipei . |
| 16 | Some in the low-lying places , who were heavily asleep , did drown as they lay , the water gathering so rapidly in every hollow . |
| 17 | Surely , she mused , it had n't been raining long enough for the water levels to rise that far , and even though the middle of the week had proved consistently wet she felt confident she would arrive at the cottage long before the possibility became a reality . |
| 18 | Enough to remind her of the consequences of submitting so easily to a man who despised her . |
| 19 | OFF to a good start on the field , Crook 's cricketers are faring less well in the clubhouse . |
| 20 | Our confidence thus bolstered , we were now stepping eagerly out of the tent bound for Ancohuma . |
| 21 | The tide was rising : it came filtering gently in through the salt-marsh vegetation , washing up the beach and receding , leaving ribbons of foam along the sand . |
| 22 | About now , the first Hooray of spring can be seen stepping gingerly out of The Admiral Codrington and standing with his G 'n' T in the middle of the road . |
| 23 | It 's a shame , happening right here at the fête and all . |
| 24 | This is happening right now in the eastern Pacific — the Pacific Plate is sliding north-westwards , while the North American Plate is sliding south-eastwards , and the two strain and rub as they do so . |
| 25 | What is happening right now in the Persian Gulf , she says , shows the best example of the culture of death ! |
| 26 | But these are frustrating conditions for a dedicated drifter who does n't feel entirely happy unless at least one drifting vane is bobbing somewhere out on the horizon . |
| 27 | He was last seen pedalling furiously away from the Midland Bank in Chiswick , west London . |
| 28 | He was last seen pedalling furiously away from the Midland Bank in Chiswick , west London . |
| 29 | The day before our return , as we looked out over the battlements , we saw a succession of thick black clouds driving slowly in over the sand flats and camel grass . |
| 30 | They were climbing slowly back towards the cottage from the water 's edge . |