Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are more independent , you 're contributing , not only helping and doing in the home but you 're bringing in some money as well . |
| 2 | Even when there was not a conflict of jurisdiction , there would often be much coming and going between the courts to ensure that the various aspects of a complex case were handled in unison ( see pp. 414 f . ) . |
| 3 | She looked forward rather selfishly to a quiet evening at home surrounded by familiar objects , perhaps reading or listening to a concert on the wireless . |
| 4 | He thinks of his show — 6am until 9am — like a relationship ‘ in that it 's constantly changing and looking for a balance . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , if you must know , that I 'm just waiting and hoping for the chance to marry you some day . ’ |
| 6 | As he had always suspected , she was just waiting and watching for an opportunity to rip him to pieces . |
| 7 | Yes , but On the last comment that er Chris made er bringing us and the letter to county about the the failure of the meeting on the twenty second cos we feel that they are just lying down to the situation and not pursuing a pursuing the D A P about whatsoever and erm we are , certainly in John 's letter probably get it signed tonight complaining and asking for a a meeting as soon as possible because we feel that that they ought to be pursuing the question of these two sites , they 're dragging their feet ! |
| 8 | Before considering future development it would be advisable for those agencies already providing or assisting in the provision of day care to evaluate current service to determine its efficacy . |
| 9 | But he could glimpse that the man was no longer standing but walking in a small circle , keeping level with the horse 's shoulder as he galloped . |
| 10 | With its formal rose garden , large lawns and a wooded area with a pigeon house and herbaceous borders , it is altogether an ideal place for just sitting and listening to the birdsong . |
| 11 | We sat for a while just watching and listening to the water and turned back to follow the path out of the steep-sided gill towards Cotterdale . |
| 12 | On the one hand Mrs Singh was told that his drawing and writing were immature , that he was still drawing and writing like a very young child ; yet later she was told that he was very good with a pencil and talented at art ! |
| 13 | and I said oh there 's Benjy , there must be something , you know , I thought it was one of the kids that had jumped or something because the little one had always climbing and jumping off the wall , breaking his leg you know the weak one , and the next minute saw the ambulance outside , but he must of been , it must of been too massive to be able to do anything cos he was n't breathing that bit you see |
| 14 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 15 | A Dayglobe Leisure spokesman said the company was still considering whether to appeal against the council 's decision . |
| 16 | Well , she went , like balling and shouting at the top of her voice , I mean , she talks to Terry like shit . |
| 17 | Matilda was still ranting and raving against the absent Earl for getting himself captured . |
| 18 | By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere . |
| 19 | Should be done by carefully dabbing or sponging with a wool — or silk-compatible cleaning solution for removing each specific substance ( wine , grease , coffee , etc. ) until as much as possible of the discolouring substance has been removed . |
| 20 | All round the coast fishing provided the chief by-employment , outranking both clothing and tinning in the south-eastern quarter of the county . |
| 21 | I believe that both fagging and beating by the Library have now been done away with . |
| 22 | 17.22 The full development of both reading and writing in the secondary years requires a broad definition of text to encompass both literary and non literary forms . |
| 23 | While I was afflicted with serious English composition and English literature , I was reading Scott , Fenimore Cooper , Henty , and the travellers , because I loved them ; I was also thinking and talking in a manner which owed little to those dignified exercises , though the day was to come when I spoke very much as I wrote … |
| 24 | On the facing page Peter Stansill ruminated on the meaning of the second birthday : ‘ most of us are roaming through 1968 internally screaming and writhing in the wilderness of our various human relationships . |
| 25 | Having eaten two packets of bacon-flavoured potato crisps , he had purchased another tube of Rowntree 's Fruit Gums , which he was now enjoying while waiting for the lights to dim . |
| 26 | In a special commemorative issue , Pavel Litvonov , a Soviet dissident now living and working in the USA , reflects on the changes over the past 20 years . |
| 27 | As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall . |
| 28 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 29 | On those facts C would , in my opinion , be committing a contempt of court , because he would be knowingly impeding or interfering with the administration of justice by the court in the action between A and B. ’ |
| 30 | The falsificationist sees science as a set of hypotheses that are tentatively proposed with the aim of accurately describing or accounting for the behaviour of some aspect of the world or universe . |