Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [v-ing] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 2 | instead of sort of going over and saying what a marvellous job we did here er and then saying yeah fantastic |
| 3 | She stopped in front of him , leaning forward confidentially and giving him the full benefit of the satin décolletage . |
| 4 | Space-travel , science , the whole world waking up and stretching itself A new age is beginning . |
| 5 | are now considering awarding them a permanent memento . |
| 6 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 7 | ‘ Where did you think I was going ? ’ he asked , turning her around and giving her a little push . |
| 8 | Cairns had taken 6 for 70 in the Lancashire first innings , and after watching him add 5 for 75 against Kent Robinson commented : ‘ He is still a youngster but he is setting in well and showing what an excellent prospect he is . ’ |
| 9 | I went back to Brigade headquarters that evening hoping that all would go well and wondering what the next problem was going to be . " |
| 10 | Unfortunately many of the Dizzy games were written on the Spectrum and ported across to the C64 , slowing the action hideously and leaving it a cruel parody of its Speccy counterpart . |
| 11 | The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability . |
| 12 | This has ensured that the video is up to date , as well as giving me a few more grey hairs ! |
| 13 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 14 | These amplify the sound as well as giving it a particular quality . |
| 15 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 16 | His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants . |
| 17 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |