Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a bright moon , headlights were kept off — otherwise they remained on only when driving on the road alone . |
| 2 | He believed that the Scottish Secretary 's estimates were probably based on the operation of the system once it had bedded down rather than looking at initial assumptions . |
| 3 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 4 | I noticed that the plastic Seayak bobbed up , over and down rather than cutting through the swell . |
| 5 | Add the oil very carefully , drop by drop , beating in between each drop to avoid curdling until about a quarter has been added , then mix in the rest , pouring it in slowly and beating at the same time . |
| 6 | ‘ Coming down here and talking to people is better than just looking at boards in a Jobcentre , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm spending the night down here and returning in the morning . ’ |
| 8 | The reason why there are fewer disconnections is that the electricity companies have introduced card meters , so that people cut themselves off rather than having to be cut off by the electricity companies . |
| 9 | So if you were on night duty , it was n't much use getting off early and going to bed for a couple of hours and then going to court — you might be engaged in court for a long time . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ I am getting off here and walking to the Astoria , where I will drink one hundred grams of port wine . |
| 11 | ‘ Gods help us … what is it now ? ’ he muttered , getting up slowly and pulling on his gown . |
| 12 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 13 | Nothing is worse than feeling screwed up inside or suffering from a sense of utter emptiness and loss of interest or emotion . |
| 14 | Some of this noise turns up unexpectedly when cruising around the motorway limit , and the only answer is to go faster or slower . |
| 15 | about the events up too and leading after the events of Bloody Sunday , nineteen seventy-two |
| 16 | To spend her days reading and writing and finding out more and talking to people , and to spend no time at all trying to outwit awful people like Mother Clare . |
| 17 | I 'm looking forward to getting back home and sitting by the fire . |
| 18 | There 's nothing like going out there and playing in front of people . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , you know , ’ said the demon cautiously , glancing around nervously and shifting from claw to claw . |
| 20 | Er it 's just a matter of swapping it round now and thinking about your own home and i like you mentioned , it 's not , if you are in you 're , you 're , you 're still likely to be , well not likely , you still could be er targeted and the burglar who just opens a door and reaches in and takes |
| 21 | A coastal walk with several variants : do the whole coastal stretch , looking round inland and finishing at the visitor centre for the bus back , or start a shorter walk from Coldingham ( walking back along the road or taking the bus ) . |