Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he went to the john for twenty minutes and squelched back clicking and ticking like a geiger counter . |
| 2 | He paused and beamed affably at his host once more . |
| 3 | As the distinctive gold badge was pinned on to her chest , Fiona Ray glanced across at her parents , Rosemarie and Bob , and beamed broadly . |
| 4 | And beamed again . |
| 5 | The waiter placed an enormous bowl of whipped cream on the table and Willi spooned lavishly , then picked up his fork , paused and beamed again . |
| 6 | She caught the barman 's eye and beamed contentedly at his hot red face as he sipped iced water , taking a brief rest . |
| 7 | Nathaniel Sherman looked at his sons and beamed proudly as they joined the group around the governor . |
| 8 | I think she still lives in the parish and commutes in . |
| 9 | Woolley , arms folded , watched him get up and limp away , trembling with rage . |
| 10 | Some of the tunes are noodling , familiar and limp rather than languid . |
| 11 | This group concluded that Mrs Thatcher 's continued participation in the contest could only prove disastrous for the party : she might either scrape a narrow victory and limp on , having lost the confidence of the party , or lose and allow Heseltine to become Prime Minister . |
| 12 | In the cab is a single joystick control which operates all four sections of the arm , including : Lift/lower for the first arm , the same for the second arm , hood angle , and telescoping in and out . |
| 13 | Beat well until the dough comes away from the sides of the bowl , then transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead well by stretching the dough away from you , using the heel of one hand to push it from the centre outwards . |
| 14 | Quickly beat in the gelatine to form a smooth dough and knead well in the bowl . |
| 15 | Turn out onto a lightly floured table top and knead thoroughly until smooth . |
| 16 | Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently . |
| 17 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 18 | If the fondant feels a little dry , add a few drops of water and knead in well . |
| 19 | Nick picked up the receiver and listened for a moment , before muttering ‘ Wrong number ’ and hanging up . |
| 20 | Its function is basically to cover a woman 's hair and hide the shape of her breasts but it can be worn in a variety of ways , draped round the top half of her body and head , folded over her chest and hanging over her shoulders or loosely placed round her neck . |
| 21 | And hanging over both kitchen and dining room tables are colourful Tiffany-style lampshades . |
| 22 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 23 | He 's sort of waving one arm and hanging on with the other . |
| 24 | A not-so-good euphemism for someone who has tried to do him/herself in by hurling him/herself beneath a moving tube train , or someone who has been jostled from a congested platform on to the track , or some kicky kid indulging in Tube surfing-travelling outside the train and hanging on , and falling off , like John Koporo , age 11 , who in 1987 at Kilburn became the sport 's first victim . |
| 25 | A route not to take unless you know no fear , is to walk straight up the sweeping southern flanks of the hill , which will leave you giddy and hanging on to craggy , near-vertical terrain with your teeth . |
| 26 | The Ego revels in guilt , since it is a way of clinging to the past , and hanging on to old payoffs . |
| 27 | Just like throwing out old-fashioned clothes and hanging on to old favourites , we decide to stop using those actions that did n't get us what we wanted and to continue to use those that did . |
| 28 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 29 | Some more crag rats were further proving the delights of Yorkshire limestone , holding on to ledges with their eyelashes and hanging on to spars of rock by their nostrils , swarming in a team of a dozen or so all over the face of the scar like a plague of dayglo flies . |
| 30 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |