Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 2 | I insist on eating properly and will not skimp , even if it means altering the social calendar to suit . |
| 3 | Oh yeah listen to the rattling on and everything . |
| 4 | There is a complex range of institutions and practices involved in local political activity , including economically and socially based organizations . |
| 5 | Indeed , the child was rattling and bubbling , coughing weakly and obviously in great discomfort . |
| 6 | He could feel his heart thudding furiously and hoped desperately that he 'd succeeded in making his voice sound casual . |
| 7 | I seem to have been blathering on and on . |
| 8 | It 's getting dark , so the lights look extra pretty , flashing on and off . |
| 9 | It 's a big white ambulance with a blue light on top , flashing on and off . |
| 10 | I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass . |
| 11 | Lights flashing on and off in my head . |
| 12 | lights flashing on and off , |
| 13 | A large blue diamond was flashing on and off . |
| 14 | Such covenants , so far as they relate to the premises leased , are binding on and enforceable by assignees both of lessor and lessee . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 16 | I 've been coughing on and off . |
| 17 | Smaller firms are avoiding auditing altogether and 40% are operating without insurance cover . |
| 18 | Eating badly and gaining weight is an unpleasant experience , and should be so different from your new lifestyle that you never want to do it again . |
| 19 | Pilate standing on , you imagine knowing that he has delivered up an innocent man , knowing that he 's delivered to death someone who is not guilty of death , knowing that he is the son of God , the King of the Jews , listen to what he says and th listen to what he 's watch , he 's seeing rather and the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around him and they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him , and after weaving a crown of thorns they put it on his head and reed in his right hand , and they kneeled down before him and mocked him saying , hail ! |
| 20 | The afternoon was drawing on and he must proceed with despatch , for he had promised his star , Fantina , his dearest daughter , that he would be back early . |
| 21 | The day is drawing on and this apothecary 's shop is the very gateway to Hell . |
| 22 | The aim is to clarify the issues underlying such questions , drawing on and developing the appropriate economic theory , and to provide some concrete empirical evidence . |
| 23 | Follow up work to the study of original sources might include elements of reconstruction or re-creation , often drawing on and synthesising information from a range of sources . |
| 24 | Dressler and Wodak ( 1982 ) argue from experimental evidence that the operation of CSPs is dependent on ‘ attention ’ factors — that is , whether the speaker is articulating slowly and carefully ( see further 8.2.2 ) . |
| 25 | After a few years caddying on and off for de Vicenzo , Dave went into full-time caddying in the mid-1970s , although he was still doing work other than caddying when he took the bag of Vicente Fernandez . |
| 26 | Saddles , gleaming immaculately and stirrup irons polished , hung neatly on pegs . |
| 27 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
| 28 | and he 's not catching on and I 'll just |
| 29 | From how to make curries and biscuits to microwaving successfully and entertaining in general , The Australian Woman 's Weekly Home Library has all the answers . |
| 30 | Through reflecting on and articulating aspects of my Christian life and discipleship — my hopes and fears , my successes and failures — with someone who will help me look for the Spirit 's direction , my private world becomes shared , I can make more sense of my pilgrimage and continue in it supported . |