Example sentences of "a [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galileo took the argument further and claimed that the correctness of his law of inertia could be demonstrated by dropping a stone from the top of the mast of a uniformly moving ship and noting that it strikes the deck at the foot of the mast , although Galileo did not claim to have performed the experiment . |
| 2 | At 3500 miles into the Metro 's life , the Rover dealer had to sort out a badly slipping clutch and , a few miles later , replace the brake pads in a effort to cure the soggy feel of the originals . |
| 3 | It is set in the Whitebrook Valley , just a mile from the Tintern Forest where the peace and quiet is disturbed only by a gently babbling brook and birdsong . |
| 4 | Here is what she typed on the computer : UMMK JK CDZZ F ZD DSDSKSM S SS FMCV PU I DDRGLKDXRRDO RDTE QDWFDVIOY UDSKZWDCCVYT H CHVY NMGNBAYTDFCCVD D RCDFYYYRM N DFSKD LD K WDWK JJKAUIZMZI UXKIDISFUMDKUDXI She has other important calls on her time , so I was obliged to program the computer to simulate a randomly typing baby or monkey : WDLDMNLT DTJBKWIRZREZLMQCO P Y YVMQKZPGJXWVHGLAWFVCHQYOPY MWR SWTNUXMLCDLEUBXTQHNZVJQF FU OVAODVYKDGXDEKRVMOGGS VT HZQZDSFZIHIVPHZPETPWVOVPMZGF GEWRGZRPBCTPGQMCKHFDBGW ZCCF And so on and on . |
| 5 | First by learning about the nature of addictive disease as a naturally relapsing condition and therefore being aware of the need for continual monitoring . |
| 6 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 7 | Marjorie Boulton wrote : ‘ The whole Somerville experience was a revelation to someone who had previously had a largely stultifying education and a narrow background ’ ; it gave ‘ freedom of discussion , dignity of life , stress on truth in scholarship , study in depth , no fear of victimisation , undenominational chapel , fine library , interesting friends … and Joshua , the Principal 's tabby cat . |
| 8 | For example , the system may use a rapidly diffusing inhibitor and a slowly diffusing activator ; the inhibitor inhibits activator production but its own production is dependent on the activator itself ; and the activator stimulates its own synthesis . |
| 9 | because it is immoral in a secular way , perhaps as a socially destabilising activity or a crude self-surrender to animal lust ? , |
| 10 | After getting back into the accurate turn as before , apply a very small amount of opposite rudder to create a slightly slipping turn and try the stall again . |
| 11 | Master Macaulay it was who took up the baton , adopting a convincingly highfalutin' tone and laying into several powerful members of the journalistic and cultural establishments , secure in the knowledge that their rage would be turned upon yours truly , rather than the actual perpetrator . |
| 12 | ‘ We have to adopt a really attacking policy and give it our best shot , ’ declared Roxburgh , who has recalled creative players in Celtic 's Paul McStay and John Collins along with Rangers skipper Richard Gough . |
| 13 | Less than one in five people experiencing a severely threatening event or long-term difficulties will develop depression ( Brown and Harris , 1978 ) , but from a review of ten community surveys of depression using the same Life Event and Difficulty Schedule , Brown et al. |
| 14 | They make adequate monitoring of children 's learning a particularly demanding task and children themselves may find that such arrangements reduce their opportunities for the quiet , concentrated study required by the reading and writing activities which dominate their curriculum . |
| 15 | They 'd had a skinful so were n't in a particularly noticing mood but they saw and heard nothing , nothing except what they described as a kind of mournful whistling coming from deep in the wood . ’ |
| 16 | Or you hit on what seems a marvellously telling simile and can not bear to omit it . |
| 17 | He said that Riddle 's business was a sound concern with a steadily rising turnover and increasing profitability . |
| 18 | Finn stubbed out a cigarette in an already overflowing ash-tray and immediately lit another . |
| 19 | After an even opening session and a terrific toe to toe burst at the start of the second it was Oakes who took a grip with McGrath soaking up a steady stream of hard right-hand shots . |