Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is dying inside and crying out for love , just like me . |
| 2 | As they stepped out from behind the tree , a figure , walking rapidly and glancing back over his shoulder , stepped off the pavement a few yards up and came at them on a collision course . |
| 3 | Flying through the sea breeze front without realising it is a common cause of inadvertently landing downwind and ending up in a hedge . |
| 4 | At home she was very difficult to manage being given to severe tantrums involving screaming , followed by breath holding , throwing objects , overturning furniture , vomiting deliberately and lashing out at anyone within reach . |
| 5 | Mavis laid her knitting aside and came over to the bed , where , to my redoubled annoyance , she sat down and took my hands . |
| 6 | Take a 79 , 24 or a 51A , B or C , bus going southwards and get off on the South Circular Road , Kilmainham . |
| 7 | So just turning away and getting on with a job is the most effective response . |
| 8 | She stood for several moments in front of the altar before turning away and walking back towards the door . |
| 9 | Nicandra shrank away — she was not at all courageous about horses , especially when they were fidgeting threateningly and blowing out through their noses at the same time . |
| 10 | Aggie looked helplessly at Ben and he , moving forward and dropping on to his hunkers , brought his face level with Millie 's as he said , ‘ He … he has n't done anything yet . |
| 11 | ‘ It took me a while to realise that of course I am not really opening a window : something is zooming forward and appearing out of nothing . |
| 12 | Braintree prevented the try but were offside in doing so and went in at half-time 6–0 down . |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't sleep well , ’ he said , mildly apologetic , snatching a bite of bread and cheese , gulping a cup of coffee standing before nodding curtly and dashing out into a freezing morning . |
| 14 | Still increasing their number of titles which now stands at 23 , their newest , the Dromore Leader , purchased in October last year and the Castlereagh edition of the Ulster Star , are progressing well and fit in with Morton 's corporate goals , said the group 's senior executive John Morton . |
| 15 | No harder , one imagines , than pouting suggestively and prancing around in hipsters whilst holding forth unintelligibly about diminutive rubescent poultry . |
| 16 | ‘ I think the sense of camaraderie among rock musicians comes from the traditional thing of playing together and sitting in on sessions , ’ elaborates Liam . |
| 17 | Earn your freedom by behaving well and keeping in with your owner . |
| 18 | ‘ Office girls were screaming uncontrollably and walking about in a daze with blood pouring from them , ’ said witness Helen Millican . |
| 19 | His situation was not unlike Forester 's in that he was cold , sleeping badly and eating out of tins warmed on a small portable stove . |
| 20 | She and the other staff take a break — chef usually prepares them something — then they work through , clearing away and washing up until 11.00–11.30pm . |
| 21 | Jenna snapped , spinning away and storming off towards the house . |
| 22 | His wife , who was never speechless in those days , entertained the painters , art critics and sculptors more successfully than her husband and found herself slipping into various love affairs which her Arnold , smiling quietly and getting on with his business and his collection , seemed to expect . |