Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the position did become clearer in various respects ; and the problems and disputes which arose were seldom so acute or threatening as they had sometimes been in the past . |
| 2 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |
| 3 | Then its always worth calling the away club direct and asking if they sell visitors tickets . |
| 4 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 5 | The house that always used to be warm and welcoming when they got home is now dark and cold . |
| 6 | All that changed , as inevitably it had to , but it was lovely and warm and fulfilling while it lasted . |
| 7 | A car was coming up the track at high speed , creaking and groaning as it went over the bumps . |
| 8 | Lachlan was still snarling and kicking when they uncovered him , and they nearly broke his fingers trying to unfasten them from Farquhar 's neck . |
| 9 | When the girl 's mother and aunt came round to his house to take her back he became so violent and threatening that they decided they might be endangering the girl 's life by staying and arguing . |
| 10 | Sometimes new uses for a well-established term are so strange and mystifying that they refuse to ‘ take ’ . |
| 11 | Gradually the patients ' new environment seems less strange and threatening as they become aware of the possibilities for communication between hospital and their familiar environment . |
| 12 | Even as she tried to evade him , he was drawing her closer , making the blood sing in her veins as he smiled down at her , the hypnotic blue eyes half shuttered but still as powerful , as he raised a firm hand to the back of her head , guiding her face towards his own , his mouth seeking the trembling softness of hers , hard and demanding as it reached its goal , yet instantly becoming as gentle and manipulative as it had been when he had coaxed the throbbing melody from the borrowed trumpet . |
| 13 | I wonder what that did to you , especially the daily nagging and complaining until you got it right . ’ |
| 14 | But Hector , with his booming laugh , was so large and overpowering that he made it worse . |
| 15 | The creature looked expectantly at Twoflower , its skin rippling and twitching as it sought to open its wings in the confines of the passage . |
| 16 | He says the enormous sums spent on advertising by political parties — in particular the Conservatives — have more to do with boosting party workers ' morale and with the fact that it would be deeply embarrassing and demoralising if they lost the election but still ended up with cash in the kitty . |
| 17 | The adventure will become increasingly complex , deadly and demanding as it progresses . |
| 18 | From haute cuisine right through to superb vegetarian menus , dining at the Sauerhof can be as waist-expanding or waistreducing as you require . |
| 19 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 20 | In most housing a centre light fitting , for example , goes unquestioned , although people would find even daylight very harsh and glaring if it poured from the centre of the sky all day . |
| 21 | He was close , so close : his lips warm , tender and cherishing as they moved on hers . |
| 22 | It has been both exhilarating and draining and we have to work tomorrow , so we put in our earplugs and pull our sleeping bags over our heads while all around us the talk goes on and on . |
| 23 | But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled . |
| 24 | Mrs Hunt , who lives next door to Mrs Whalen 's home , said : ‘ People were all running and phoning because they took that long in coming . |
| 25 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 26 | There is a particularly fine example in the last pas de deux of La Fille Mal Gardée where Lise and Colas weave themselves into an embrace which is so tender , gentle and loving that it arrives at the end of a phrase as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 27 | So he can look boyish and appealing when he sweeps it back off his forehead . |
| 28 | Deputies from Estonia 's Russian minority boycotted the vote on the new law , describing it as discriminatory and claiming that it violated the constitution of Soviet Estonia , although Estonian nationalist deputies countered that that document had ceased to be valid since the March 30 declaration of a transition to independence [ see pp. 37322 ; 37461-62 ] . |
| 29 | He was all muscle and sinew , with no spare flesh as far as she could tell , the aura of strength very marked even in repose as he lay relaxed , his hands clasped behind his head , his face shuttered and dreaming as he listened to the music . |
| 30 | ‘ I was interested in how a mind works that is as analytical and calculating as his seems to be . ’ |