Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These fish are naturally shoaling and like plenty of space . |
| 2 | The sergeant came in beaming and congratulated me on doing a fine job . |
| 3 | I can not believe the amount of injury time actually , you see if I put a record on at half past eight they 'll have finished bang on half past eight but er the fact that I carry on rabbiting and telling you about the quiz competition three or four times er they decide to play plenty of injury time . |
| 4 | Aung San overcame his plea that he just wanted to go on writing and brought him to Rangoon . |
| 5 | Urgently Ramsay directed them , all but physically pushing and prodding them into the approximate shape of a great wedge . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ said Cardiff , noting with rising anger that Rohmer was just standing and watching him with that smile on his face again . |
| 7 | When the majority have formed their beautiful chrysalises , which can vary in colour from bright green to spangled gold , it is a good idea to collect those caterpillars that are still eating and release them into a large clump of nettles so you can concentrate on hatching the rest . |
| 8 | They swop over from one state ( usually over-eating or having lots of high-sugar , high-fat foods ) to another , quite separate , diet state ( under-eating , with little fat or sugar ) . |
| 9 | So , for example , it would be better to stick your head out of the window and take in six large gulps of air instead of smoking a cigarette than to cut out smoking and put nothing in its place . |
| 10 | When the proceedings were adjourned for lunch , Julia collected the notes she had been conscientiously making and pushed them into her briefcase , before looking for David to see whether he wanted to have lunch with her . |
| 11 | is now nitpicking and harassing me to a degree which might lead me yet again to write to my MP . |
| 12 | A day out shopping and treating myself to some new things |
| 13 | The following half-century saw intense debate revolving round various interpretations of the creed and the possibility of either supplementing or replacing it by something either wider or narrower . |
| 14 | Occasionally mainman Simon Breed will become so preoccupied with his crazed exhibition , he neglects the art of singing into the mic , grappling with his guitar as if it were a rabid pitbull while savagely screaming and throwing himself around the stage like an out-take from Nightmare On Elm Street . |
| 15 | It may be extremely hard for your employer to justify a poor grading at assessment time when earlier in the year you received a letter from the chairman specifically thanking and praising you for your efforts . |