Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But United embarked on what Mr Ferguson dubbed ‘ kamikaze football ’ against City and ended up hanging on desperately for a point . |
| 2 | ‘ What did he say ? ’ said Masklin , hanging on tightly to the sweater . |
| 3 | Eurotunnel appears to be hanging on only by the skin of its teeth . |
| 4 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 5 | Based very loosely on the Pat Barker novel Union Street — so loosely in fact that the Robert De Niro character Stanley does n't exist in the original — Stanley and Iris manages for most of its length to say a great deal about struggling along just above the poverty line . |
| 6 | The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union . |
| 7 | In any case , sparks were riding the breeze and touching down far across the river in hidden gardens and remote rickyards . |
| 8 | He speaks English in a curious way , that improbable Dutch-accent tongue slapping down hard on the vowels , like shoe leather on a dry pavement . |
| 9 | Just when his eyes were adjusting to the gloom , the novice ahead of him threw open a door , and Gabriel emerged into pale but blinding sunlight flaring in low through the window of the gallery . |
| 10 | The position of the outlets on the fascia board can be determined by a plumbline hanging down centrally over the gully or drain inlet . |
| 11 | Part of the rope still swung there , hanging down directly over the water . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do n't think either ourselves or Forest will be struggling down there at the end of the season . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Ah just like to know the company Ah 'll be keepin' down there in the Southern Ocean . ’ |
| 14 | She was walking on ahead up the narrow path now , he following behind pushing his bike , when he said , ‘ Your people live here ? ’ |
| 15 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |
| 16 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 17 | Yes , well fortunately this whole Gulf thing seems to have died down will be dying down just at the right time . |
| 18 | Now the cartoon Princess stops at the point where she is clad in sexy underwear , instead of stripping down further to the G-string . |
| 19 | Larger areas of track can be lifted off by applying Sellotape , pressing down firmly onto the offending artwork , and then lifting off sharply . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose you think that your father and I have scrimped and saved to give you children a good education so that you can waste your time and money at the pictures , ’ said Mrs Mallory , pressing down fiercely on a handkerchief . |
| 21 | Here , someone had gone to considerable lengths to get the cushions toning in nicely with the curtains . |
| 22 | Pound the cloves with the salt and pepper until smooth , then add the egg yolks , blending in well with a wooden spoon . |
| 23 | So how about having a look at disability — perhaps then we 'll be seen as people and not charity cases capable only of living our lives in day centres away from the public , instead of blending in harmoniously with the able-bodied world . |
| 24 | His back was to her , he was toddling along purposefully in the same direction as her , across that bleak empty landscape . |
| 25 | I was walking through here to the office . |
| 26 | So , Ill be signing off now in a CRAPPY SHEFF UTD sort of way . |
| 27 | The picture on the last page shows the father walking off alone along the darkening street , leaving the brightly lit house behind him . |
| 28 | It also tried to buy the Royal Bank of Scotland , but was blocked by the Bank of England , ending up instead with a 14.9% stake in Midland . |
| 29 | If she did n't get some decent sleep soon , she 'd be in severe danger of cracking up completely under the strain . |
| 30 | Well I 'm not actually signed up but I 'm going to start signing up now as a crew member . |