Example sentences of "and [adv] [v-ing] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the evening they gravitated to Soho , moving from the Wheatsheaf , to the Highlander , the Black Horse or the York Minster , and perhaps taking in a meal at Fava 's , then Minton 's favourite restaurant , before returning to 37 Hamilton Terrace to crash out on divans , some staying the night with Susan Einzig at her flat in Hampstead . |
| 2 | He is described as playing tricks on Jewish moneylenders in order to finance his soldiery , and generally behaving in a manner very far from what one might expect from the deeds of similar heroes such as Roland , Ogier or Lancelot . |
| 3 | What he does do , though , is present these foes as mysterious and indefinably threatening in a haunting manner : ‘ For though they bodies seeme , yet substance from them fades ’ ( II , IX , 15 ) . |
| 4 | Dustin knew he was coming in to Broadway with Jimmy Shine and did not relish the idea of making a film and simultaneously appearing in a play , especially as the production was having problems on the road . |
| 5 | Syl went out of his way to preserve a semblance of youthfulness , wearing his clothes untidily and even eating in a haphazard fashion as though he was n't quite old enough to have learned proper manners . |
| 6 | He had been urged by his doctor to escape the English winter and at the end of the year he went once more to South Africa for a ten-week holiday , sailing to Durban and then proceeding in a leisurely fashion to Cape Town . |
| 7 | The initial sums were often quite modest as football clubs tend to grow gradually , first drawing crowds on a casual basis and then fencing in a field and charging admission ; from this point a wooden stand might be built and earth piled up into which steps could be cut . |
| 8 | Deems was silent , hanging his head and then asking in a subdued voice , ‘ What will you do with me ? |
| 9 | Her veins ran fire , flashing back like a powder-train to the heart , and there bursting in a brilliance and violence such as she had never experienced or dreamed of . |
| 10 | A third film , embellished with live dialogue , showed one couple making friends with another at a restaurant , returning to an apartment and there engaging in a quartet . |
| 11 | She hardly looked up as we entered but continued to stir the huge , black pot which hung above the flames , now and again throwing in a scattering of herbs and the occasional piece of raw , fatty meat . |
| 12 | The book , then , was once again in progress , under a new title , " and evidently progressing in a spirit that might be called " philosophical " , and specifically " metaphysical " or " aesthetic " , and perhaps even " poetic " ; but not philological . |