Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | At best , existence after death would resemble the interlude she was now experiencing while reclining in a deckchair : from all sides , she would hear the continuous babble of female voices . |
| 32 | If you 're really rocking and rolling in the art department and you 're allowing some of the experiments to see their way into print , even if they 're not so , they do n't have that slick veneer that people seem to want in the marketing department , progress results and the rawness helps and the thing that makes Jack Stoffagers pages so wonderful is that they are unfiltered , you have the feeling that it 's the printer talking to you , determining something that he 's read , you know , he wants you to read . |
| 33 | Demi-gods of the elements , immense and immortal , too cool too to even think of mentioning , for fear of spontaneously combusting and disappearing in a cloud of unworthy , wretched smoke . |
| 34 | Demi-gods of the elements , immense and immortal , too cool too to even think of mentioning , for fear of spontaneously combusting and disappearing in a cloud of unworthy , wretched smoke . |
| 35 | Athelstan stared into the flames , half listening to a wind which had suddenly sprung up , now whining and clattering against the tightly secured shutters . |
| 36 | It seems natural to regard dishonestly keeping or dealing with the property as theft ( as it is now in the case of bailees ) . |
| 37 | Of course if you have a mouse installed you can achieve the same result by simply pointing and clicking on the menu option . |
| 38 | Presently consuming or consumed in the previous 12 months . |
| 39 | These events show that plants and animals have evolved not only a circadian rhythm to regular their daily lives , but also a way of reliably sensing and responding to the changing seasons . |
| 40 | There was no reply , Mait simply standing and staring into the mirrored lens . |
| 41 | So presumably , other creatures are simply talking and communicating about the world according to their particular mind configurations . |
| 42 | Ethel bounced ahead , crashing joyfully through the russet bracken , then splashing and rolling in the stream , spooking as ponies loomed out of the dusk . |
| 43 | Four of the watchers , experienced men , not easy to shock , had to undergo therapy as they described how the figure of the youth was picked up and hurled twenty yards towards them , like a rag doll , first flying , then bouncing and rolling in a twisted assembly of disjointed limbs . |
| 44 | The mouse-pounce involves hiding , crouching , creeping forward , and then rushing and pouncing on an imaginary rodent , usually its mother 's twitching tail or a small object lying on the ground . |
| 45 | They are , they 're guesses , they 're using the current mean of three hundred and fifty one , erm , and then tilting that according to the seasonality er that 's shown over the last five years . |
| 46 | They pace together through the forest in silence , scanning the canopy intently , sometimes stopping and listening for the calls of colobus . |
| 47 | It is at that time I would expect Leeds to be consistently playing and competing in the highest echelons of the leagues and cups — a bit like the scum are doing now ( the Gala-whatever-rice defeat excepted ) . |
| 48 | ‘ I sometimes thought I got fobbed off , but everybody is out there campaigning and competing for the money , ’ said Ms Hinchliffe . |
| 49 | Then he lay there gasping and looking into the unreadable eyes of Isay . |
| 50 | Well , dear Rex was either lying or labouring under a misapprehension . |
| 51 | ‘ And you saw nothing either going or returning to the house which seemed suspicious or even unusual ? ’ |
| 52 | Application forms may be obtained by either telephoning or writing to the Admissions Office using the tear-off slip at the end of the booklet . |
| 53 | This capacity is no more than a device to enable the organisation to act , and should not be seen as either creating or weighing against an agency relationship . |
| 54 | Many exercises are performed either sitting or lying across a flat bench . |
| 55 | Unfortunately my phone line runs through several dozen pastures and chances are , like when I talk to Dave , that at all times a cow is either standing or chewing on the line . |
| 56 | It should not , Mr Mayor , definitely not be used simply as an easy option for those who could manage quite happily to provide for themselves , either renting or buying in the private sector but instead choose to let the state provide . |
| 57 | She knelt down on the cushion , placed her ungloved hands together , closed her eyes and appeared to be either thinking or sleeping in an upright kneeling position . |
| 58 | The Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) , waging a rebel war in the predominantly Christian southern part of the country , stated in a broadcast on its radio that 15 NCOs , all members of the Nuba tribe , had been executed by the ruling Revolutionary Command Council on Sept. 15 for allegedly plotting and collaborating with the SPLA . |
| 59 | Is the writer seriously suggesting that changing from a system where fees are paid in full by the state to a system where they are paid wholly or partly by the student is likely to be encouraging ? |
| 60 | Hurriedly showering and pulling on the same pair of jeans she had worn the day she 'd arrived , she jerked a baggy sweater over her head and went downstairs . |