Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could not go there without checking up on our dearly loved Temple . |
| 2 | In fact , looking back on it there had been no hint of any real intimacy over the weekend , except during their lovemaking . |
| 3 | ‘ It sounds as if you will , ’ said Werewolf , looking around for something else to drink . |
| 4 | ‘ Cenzo ! ’ scolded Katarina sharply , interrupting Meredith and looking askance at her vividly blazing eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought you 'd forgotten your coffee and had decided to go to bed instead , ’ he said , looking disapprovingly at her freshly done hair . |
| 6 | Well I think all we can say with any confidence is that the patterns of evolution and behaviour going on within it today indicate that it has an apparent beginning between about fifteen and eighteen billion years ago . |
| 7 | He acknowledges her humiliation by jumping out of his side of the car , coming round to hers , opening the door for her and waiting ostentatiously for her awkwardly to tuck her legs inside before closing it with a little bow . |
| 8 | But Changez looked so alone — and close up I could see bits of bristle sticking out of his badly shaved face — that even I could n't laugh at him in my usual way . |
| 9 | At the death-cliffs the Tau-Taus lining the balconies were looking appropriately terrible , staring down with their freshly painted eyes . |
| 10 | But the offer of your coming here to us still stands . |
| 11 | I think that the church has the responsibility to continue to find new and innovative ways of reaching out and doing a better job and that is er testimony to the fact that we can continue to reach out to persons who are suffering in many ways , and I would appreciate and look forward to learning better from you how to do that and would be happy to share . |
| 12 | They progressed along dark stone corridors , past various pantries and flights of steps , arriving eventually in what later turned out to have been the servants ' hall and was now superficially , and partially , converted for modern living . |
| 13 | He was breaking the French stick , his eyes roving dispassionately over her scantily clad body , and she felt herself blush . |
| 14 | Every language has characteristic ways of linking words , phrases , clauses , sentences and paragraphs in connected discourse ; of referring back to something previously mentioned ; and of deleting redundant information . |
| 15 | She was the organist of a village church , and the freedom from long hours in a shop , or former office work , had given her the opportunity of practising more on her dearly loved organ . |