Example sentences of "[adv prt] [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The review will provide evidence to support buying such a dedicated program or whether to carry on using the existing system . |
| 2 | Often people will move up to a better word processor or spreadsheet , but will want to carry on using the other applications in their integrated package . |
| 3 | It is only if theologians go on using the old equipment ( sun goes round earth etcetera ) that they fall out with the philosophers and scientists . |
| 4 | After the meal she went on knitting the complicated sweater while Penry immersed himself in the newspapers he 'd bought earlier in the day . |
| 5 | In trying to go home he simply pressed the wrong buttons — and kept on pressing the wrong buttons , taking his human passengers backwards and forwards , and in and out of time and space . |
| 6 | I shuddered , the very thought of anyone being so foolish baffled me , the steps were so rotten that it would n't have taken any weight to have snapped them and sent anyone plunging down causing a bad injury . |
| 7 | Every evening he would come down wearing the black cashmere jacket he had worn on the first night , and in a mood that was somehow expectant . |
| 8 | One day a bloke came in wearing a rubber mac , a real Wimbledon Common regular by the look of him . |
| 9 | Patrick thanked her and sat down facing the second maid , Sarah . |
| 10 | She came in holding a large vase of flowers and said with a smile : |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Gabby came in riding the second wave . |
| 12 | Historians will be occupied for a long time to come in determining the exact balance and interaction of forces — including , to mention only the more obvious , the economic disaster of the Second World War , the rise of America , and the development of nationalism — which contributed to Britain 's imperial demise . |
| 13 | As she turned , there was a knock at the door and a young woman in SS auxiliary uniform came in carrying a large file . |
| 14 | At that point , the mother came in carrying a large tray on which were the four suppers . |
| 15 | I was just making supper when that stupid eunuch came along making a great commotion . ’ |
| 16 | He ended up 200 miles off course and when the Salisbury beacon came in showing a 160 mile track error to the west , he realised he had been following a star ! |
| 17 | The Ty Mawr children 's home in Gwent is to close down following a damning report . |
| 18 | I dropped down following a lovely track through the woods below Ivelet Boards and followed the pathway down to Ramps Holme , disturbing a weasel on the way . |
| 19 | Day 24 ) While I was fixing a meal , another truck like mine came in needing a rear axle . |
| 20 | Craven Terrace had lost its C , and she scurried along fearing the steel-black swoop of huge birds plucking her high into the air to drop her like a snail and scoop up the pulp . |
| 21 | In the first issue , Owen finds out he has diabetes and we follow him through his first visit to the doctor and then at the hospital , as he learns how to manage diabetes so that he can go on living a normal life . |
| 22 | He kept on remembering the good bits , that was the trouble . |
| 23 | A team of top American managers , who have taken over running the 97-year-old firm , are now its only hope . |
| 24 | The problem which arose over finding the right dress for Miss Humby 's appearance has been amply described in Ada McGeer 's book of personal memoirs which she has entitled ‘ Oh Call Back Yesterday , Bid Time Return ’ , wherein she describes fully her frantic but successful efforts to secure Miss Humby 's dress from a Vancouver shop . |
| 25 | Swansea took over following a 14–0 win at home to Newport , as Stuart Davies celebrated his call-up to the Wales squad with a try , but were replaced the following week by a determined Pontypool . |
| 26 | I also feel that this country can not go on permitting the unrestricted sale of looted antiquities from abroad . |
| 27 | For the time being Jonathon will carry on cleaning the empty theatre in the hope that one day he 'll be on the stage and the seats will be full . |
| 28 | In most circumstances you are better off using a lower resolution and clearer text . |
| 29 | Although the prestigious London address certainly adds to the appeal of David Paul & Partners ' services , would the person buying a cottage in their home town in Lancashire be better off using a High Street firm of solicitors with local knowledge ? |
| 30 | If you are booked in to Black Sail Hut Youth Hostel and the weather puts you off completing the main route , you can make a circuit around Crummock Water before crossing Scarth Gap . |