Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 2 | Maggie 's heart was suddenly thumping as they slowly left the floor . |
| 3 | Suddenly realising that she no longer had their attention , and that they were both listening to a woman 's voice loudly exclaiming from outside , she lamely tailed off . |
| 4 | His face was an arrangement of harsh lines so discouraging that she almost lost her nerve and backed out . |
| 5 | ‘ I would be delighted to design the flowers for your wedding … | ’ The daydream was so engrossing that she almost did n't see the man and the girl struggling on the pavement opposite . |
| 6 | ( You will have noticed , I trust , that there is no mention of my walking stick and my gloves in this kiosk episode , thus proving that I certainly do not need to use them . |
| 7 | While I am not suggesting that you immediately dismantle an arrangement of flowers , perhaps after a day or two you could carefully remove a leaf or two , and a few flowers . |
| 8 | I was just checking before I actually erm |
| 9 | Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point . |
| 10 | Sorry , I was just wondering if you actually asleep or not . |
| 11 | Erm I 'm just wondering if he ever gets the messages to say I 've phoned . |
| 12 | They say it 's too soon considering that they just started work with Bull on them , as we ourselves noted . |
| 13 | ' I was ah — I was just thinking that we really must — must get Willy to give us another shot of his old car ; you know , the Mini he bombs up and down the sands on sometimes ? |
| 14 | That was the movie in which Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye went to Vermont for the holiday to discover it was not snowing when it jolly well should have been . |
| 15 | He turned to walk on alone , not realizing that he still loved her . |
| 16 | Corbett smiled ; a few minutes later he wished he had n't , for he too was sick and was still trembling when they safely reached the abbey gates . |
| 17 | She was still crying when she suddenly noticed Gabriel Oak , who had come up the path on his way to the church , and was watching her sympathetically . |
| 18 | And though Douglas on the surface was more generous , more giving than his sometimes taciturn elder son , Shiona recognised that what they shared in common was that fierce individuality and sense of purpose that had brought Douglas , through his own efforts , from rags to great riches . |
| 19 | its really cold , yeah oh that was good , I enjoyed that she 's still there , she 's a Lance Corporal now as well and I must admit well I , I did n't think she 'd ev , she was always crying but I never thought she 'd actually do very well in the T A , did n't seem to have the get up and go about it but she obviously sorted herself out and got , Spambo Man they called me . |
| 20 | She ran off screaming but she never pulled faces at us again if Dad was around . |
| 21 | He did eighty-two years of caddying and I think he was perhaps the oldest caddie still working before he finally packed it in . |
| 22 | How many times have I told you that you should give up smoking but you never listen to what I say . |
| 23 | He wandered off when we were n't looking and we never saw him again . |
| 24 | When the owner shouts at the cat , instead of simply stopping as it usually does , the cat will massively over-react with one of its mad-panic rushes . |
| 25 | He was n't talking as he sometimes did , just for the sake of making a conversational noise . |
| 26 | The division of classes , however , goes on increasing and it finally undermines the society in which it had arisen . |
| 27 | ‘ Then why ca n't we keep on talking until we finally get through to each other ? ’ |
| 28 | Her eyes were almost closing when she finally drew up outside the villa . |
| 29 | We 'll look at what you 're currently doing and we also suggest to you something that you could be doing . |