Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 Wigan and Huddersfield should be officially crowned champions of the First and Third divisions respectively , with Leigh and Sheffield effectively clinching promotion to the First .
2 But now , here was Beryl vigorously maintaining that her father had ‘ worked it all out — planned it move by move ’ .
3 Then I heard Dan Rather saying there had been explosions in Israel .
4 They flew across the UK , down the Irish Sea to Gibraltar , back through France and Germany eventually arriving back at Coningsby in time of an early breakfast .
5 The game went into extra time with Hereford eventually winning four three on penalties .
6 In the context used for training , contextual cues will be able to establish an A2 ) ( secondary activation ) representation of the CS thereby limiting the ability of the stimulus itself to evoke Al ( primary activation ) .
7 The situation was much the same in the bronze medal fight against Jimenez Reve — Mills gamely avoiding a score but never in contention for the match .
8 It does n't sound much but you 've got to watch out these days , with everything constantly getting cheaper and Tod grimly counting his money the whole time .
9 That prompted a musical u-turn akin to Clannad suddenly embracing thrash metal and ‘ Screamadelica ’ brings that reappraisal to its logical conclusion .
10 It is possible that Storr continued the concern , Fogelberg perhaps acting as the sleeping partner .
11 Gerald obviously feeling er , very , very bad about er , this scheme to make us all pay twenty pounds extra , if we have a second T V set in the house .
12 But when the First Test came the tour selectors , with Stewart naturally taking the dominant role , decided that Mains was suspect because he did not have the speed to cover the hard South African grounds when the ball was loose .
13 Quite apart from the threat of legal proceedings from sect appointed lawyers , he also had Deputy Commissioner Elrick eagerly awaiting the slightest slip on his part , to pounce and nail his ass to the wall with a disciplinary hearing .
14 Flip over and you 'll find equally impressive tunes from Liberty City and Interceptor patiently waiting to be tried and tested , both estimable club-friendly giants sleepwalking through Deep House style lobbies and thoroughly warranting as much attention as ‘ Reach Me ’ .
15 Quarterly meetings which they call them that was held in er the Odd Fellows Hall in Forest Road and I think it was the March January February March quarterly meeting that they er the ballot was taken for delegates for the conference .
16 As the two girls stood there , Isabel dubiously eyeing the rickety-looking structure at her feet , a wagon rumbled to a stop behind them , filled with women .
17 ‘ It 's just not possible for me to pack a briefcase and go and stay in a Hilton somewhere looking for business and agents .
18 Yelena Prokina skilfully using Mussorgsky 's rapid melodic fragments to suggest her terror as she is about to succumb to rape , Andrey Khovansky pursuing her with the exaggeration of the weak man who is over-asserting himself .
19 Coming out of the 4th lap the Russian and Hungarian dropped him and that is how it remained to the final straight , Bohacs eventually taking the win but Andy with an unprecedented second bronze , within a minute of the winner and nearly two minutes clear of Bartunek in 4th place .
20 Notably , it proposed that a " clear organic relationship " be established between the Western European Union ( WEU ) and the new political union , with the WEU eventually becoming part of the political union and developing " a common security policy on its behalf " , which would not , however , interfere with existing defence arrangements .
21 The DIY business has been fiercely competitive with Do-It-All , B&Q and Texas all battling for supremacy through price cuts and heavy advertising .
22 Hating the thought that she was eavesdropping , Julia still could not force herself away and half turned to see David gently pushing his mother upright again .
23 Beth had thought her son and Cissie were still in the garden , so was pleasantly surprised to see the two of them already in the kitchen ; Richard eagerly awaiting his tea , and Cissie fussing with a place setting .
24 Of that quartet Caroline Hall was the best-placed on 78 with Rachel Bolas , Joanne Hockley and Nicola Buxton all returning 79 .
25 This involved the creation of an Intendant-General of Finance and a number of Secretaries of State : the cumbersome system of councils on which the Spanish Habsburgs had relied so heavily in the previous century began to fall into disuse , the Council of Castile alone remaining important .
26 Bill Clarke 's son , David literally following in his father 's footsteps .
27 These parts are superbly realised by the cast ; Clive Francis , James Grout , Sarah Badel , Richard Huw and Lucy Scott all giving the sort of lived-in and clearly progressing performances that you rarely find in the same play .
28 When the Iran operation was blown , North was struck by Secord suddenly remarking , in his terse way , ‘ I do n't know why this is the problem that it is .
29 The 400 metre hurdles were close with Ian Neely just beating Darren Gallagher who hit the last hurdle .
30 We just look at each other — me crying and Marie just staring .
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