Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rejoice that their pews are full , without facing the sobering fact that they are only filling them by emptying someone else 's . |
| 2 | The unthinking brashness of the adult expert is altogether lacking in the youngster and our nurturing and helpful instincts are unconsciously aroused , wanting to help the recent arrival become familiar with its new physical overcoat , gently coaxing it into utilizing its full capabilities , like the mother bird calling from the twig . |
| 3 | Life is constantly astonishing us by confronting us with new kinds of character , and thereby with different kinds of goodness . |
| 4 | He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them . |
| 5 | Similarly , he feels that by offering it as a no-cost option , the company invalidates the criticism that users will tie themselves into a non-standard technology : since V.32terbo is downwardly compatible with V.32bis , he points out that users are not losing anything by giving themselves the option of faster transmission with V.32terbo . |
| 6 | I think we have to recognise Angela 's concern if er a subject area that she 's trying to present , present and she is not precluding you from doing what you 've got |
| 7 | I was still a little niggled at his not congratulating me on beating his British record . |
| 8 | The oriental did not flinch , but merely drew the two youngsters close together in front of him , effectively shielding himself by placing them between himself and the killing arc of the shotgun 's blast . |
| 9 | And if the government had provided it for his use , why was it now prosecuting him for using it ? |
| 10 | The Rover closed right up , blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him . |
| 11 | AFTER THE Tunney fiasco , they were n't doing anything without putting it through the full committee structure . |
| 12 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 13 | So far in this chapter my argument has been that by entirely removing the Devil from the Christian world-view , or simply silencing him by demythologising him away a la Bultmann , we undercut the gospel as divine drama . |
| 14 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 15 | He played with her , letting his grasp slip so that she almost toppled backwards , then saving her by pulling her roughly back into his body . |
| 16 | I was just silently congratulating myself on tumbling her secret at last when I realized who the man in the photograph was . |
| 17 | He just reads their mail without them knowing it and the thing that would really appeal to him is that the companies he sets his sights on are actually paying him for delivering it ! ’ |