Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost invariably , when that happens , its blue tail drops off and lies wriggling on the rock with such vigour that the aggressor 's attention is diverted to it , often for sufficiently long for the skink itself to slip free and escape . |
| 2 | By late afternoon , a full-scale battle had broken out with rockets and grenades exploding regularly and bullets thudding into the walls . |
| 3 | Wide margins , the suggestions given above and colour coding during study periods make for an attractive and useful set of notes . |
| 4 | Oh , we 'd felt like this for years but we would n't acknowledge it , and then we started meeting casually and standing talking for ages , but it was only when I met him and he was so upset about the baby and — and other things . |
| 5 | I was lying on the grass , seeing it all from a low angle , Gómez moving in and Ward turning on him . |
| 6 | The place was obviously an informal car park , the grass worn away and dust stirring beneath her feet as she walked . |
| 7 | Finally , it is fair to point out that sculpture selling at auction is restricted by the problems of size and security . |
| 8 | But working near the top of the BBC is said to be a nightmare , with Checkland a lame-duck , Birt not speaking out and Hussey acting like an executive . |
| 9 | The cells are distributed so that callers travelling through cells a fair distance apart can use the same frequencies without interfering with each other , making most use of the limited spectrum available . |
| 10 | She had to run the barrage of more glances as she made her way over to the new extension , but she knew then that people looking at her was not on account of her being half an hour late , but on account of everyone , it seemed , knowing of her engagement . |
| 11 | Although consumption grew faster than output leading to a rapid expansion of imports , the generally improving terms of trade rendered the trade gap small . |
| 12 | I keep remembering the last night we were here — same hotel and all — and how Matt and I went out and got stinko-paralytico together and ended up doing the Zorba dance and got thrown out and Matt pointing at me and saying to the waiters Hey do n't you recognize Mista Rick from Parkway Peninsula and they did n't and made us pay for the plates . |