Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Stir the cake crumbs and ground almonds into the chocolate mixture , stirring until well mixed . |
| 32 | It awaited the great mobilisation of savings that railway construction elicited and the parallel arrival of limited liability , but , as Professor Wilson has pointed out , " by advertising the opportunities of the stock market " the dealers of " Change Alley " helped in the long run " to widen the circle of investors as well as of speculators , by creating habits of investing rather than of hoarding and possibly levelled out extremes of fluctuation by increasing competitive bidding for stock " . |
| 33 | Legends tell that the Koki-teno can seduce any mortal man and that their victims will eventually become subject to ‘ fox possession ’ , running about growling and easily frightened by dogs . |
| 34 | Was ninety percent of the people there very law abiding and just got on with own lives , and ten percent that caused the problems it kept re kept sh showing its head because of these . |
| 35 | The loud taped music , incredible speed , vigour and sheer rush of a non-stop class sent her home reeling and almost defeated . |
| 36 | From about the fourteenth century lay artists became more prominent , sometimes travelling and sometimes settled in urban workshops near wealthy patrons . |
| 37 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 38 | Following the ceremony , thanked the guests for coming and briefly explained what they would be seeing on their tour of the working factory , which is expected to boost the Company 's production to over 50,000 tonnes during 1990 . |
| 39 | In a way , the revolution had been a long time coming and somewhat contained in America , despite the reactions of the mass media which had been — like all conservative America — horrified , if not titillated by the lurid images of beat youth . |
| 40 | Suddenly , the room was filled with silence , threatening and highly charged . |
| 41 | Perhaps that 's what you intended doing and never got around to doing |
| 42 | Special classes and units may also be provided in mainstream schools ( especially primary ) for children with particular needs , e.g. the partially hearing or partially sighted , ‘ disruptive ’ children or slow learners . |
| 43 | He also died by labouring the Windows strategy that we can all repeat like the Lord 's Prayer and by demoing that well known object-oriented tool ( NOT ! ) |
| 44 | Licensees say they have sent rents soaring and already forced many out of business . |
| 45 | A low wattage bulb glowed half-heartedly beneath a grubby glass lampshade and on the wall to her right was a light switch , round and brown , and set against an embossed biscuit-coloured paper , fading and patchily stained with damp . |
| 46 | Therefore the cylinder was alternately heated by steam entering and then cooled by the jet of water . |
| 47 | One is astonished , for instance , at how the daughter of Olivia Shakespear , no ordinary mother , was restricted , even in the arty society that she and Olivia frequented , by the still rigid conventions that wheeled her , uncomplaining but always chaperoned and often bored to tears , through a round of pointless visitings . |
| 48 | Not sauntering but fanatically rooted to their hallowed places at the end of the ‘ Up ’ main platform in most big stations are to be found the train-spotters , living proof of George Orwell 's observation that the English are a nation of collectors , in this case of train numbers . |
| 49 | Given the miles of corridor which had to be traversed , this essential commodity left the kitchens boiling but often arrived either tepid or cold . |
| 50 | Proteins were electrophoresed on denaturating SDS/polyacrylamide gels containing 17.5% acrylamide/bisacrylamide and visualized by Coomassie brilliant blue R250 staining as previously described ( 7 ) . |
| 51 | A decreasing number of self-corrections , showing that unconsciously made miscues are often semantically acceptable and do not need correction . |
| 52 | The fragmentation of political authority , and the existence of multiple , changing and politically defined goals , have led to continuous ad hoc intervention by the political controllers of public enterprises in their decision-making . |
| 53 | She was fighting and then beaten , the pain and the blackness as vivid in her nightmare as it had been in reality . |
| 54 | Also words from the former England cricket captain Graham Gooch , Nottinghamshire 's Jimmy Smith on basketball and of course the globe trotting and well tanned Martin Fisher from five past seven G M T. |
| 55 | Lime was particularly good for coppicing and its timber prized for turning , furniture making and much used in coachwork . |
| 56 | The beans are ground as soon as possible after roasting and either packaged for use in percolators and cafetières or freeze dried to make instant coffee of distinction . |
| 57 | The water monitor has a flattened tail for propulsion in water and nostrils at the tip of its nose to aid breathing when nearly submerged . |
| 58 | Had no one in the hospital tried to stop him leaving or even noticed that he was missing ? |
| 59 | If you are successful in your application , you will be assured of an enjoyable , rewarding and fully occupied life , whether in library , lecture room , laboratory or other activity . |
| 60 | Rainwater pipes and gutters missing or inadequately jointed |