Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [coord] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nurse ( just twenty-two and looking forward to her holiday in Greece ) checked my hand for bits of glass and then applied an impression splint . |
| 2 | In Japan , the relationship between maternal age and late fetal death ratios is " J " shaped at most birth orders , but the pattern is more variable in the two central European countries , where the ratios are either increasing with successive age classes ( beginning with the youngest ) as the first , third ( except at age group 25–29 years ) and sixth and higher orders , or the relation is " J " shaped ( somewhat lower at ages 20–24 than at ages under 20 and increasing thereafter , with the highest risks at the oldest ages ) as at the second and fourth orders of reverse " J " shaped as at the fifth birth order . |
| 3 | Another completely unknown actor , also thirty but looking much younger , named Dustin Hoffman , impressed director Mike Nichols so much in his off-Broadway plays that he was running favourite , despite his lack of experience . |
| 4 | The delegates , numbering about 900 and representing more than 100,000 members , elected the union 's founder , Konstantin Trenchev , as president . |
| 5 | Anyone over 18 and earning more than £9 a week at that time will probably be entitled to a small graduated pension . |
| 6 | Russell , who is again captain of the touring squad , again travelled to New Zealand to play for Mount Maunganui and while the team did not fare too well , the Stirling County professional was pleased with his form , averaging over 40 and taking quite a few wickets . |