Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been painting since I was old enough to pick up a brush . |
| 2 | Lydia did not castigate herself for so disliking a fellow-being , believing that it was sufficient merely to refrain from overt unkindness . |
| 3 | Do this as a separate routine after writing if you are concerned not to interrupt the flow of composition . |
| 4 | ‘ We will be interviewing him about what happened but obviously he is in no fit state for us to talk to him yet and we will be waiting until he is well enough , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 5 | ‘ The party 's only just got going and it 's quiet up here , peaceful . |
| 6 | ‘ We have a patient with multiple lacerations of the face and neck and our fascio-max is away — I was just wondering if you were good enough , ’ she replied bluntly . |
| 7 | Although the maker and even country of origin of these pieces surprisingly remains unknown , one view holding that they are German rather than French , this uncertainty did not matter to the bidders as it sold to an anonymous private collector for $1,700,000 ( £944,400 ) . |
| 8 | The man obviously needed to overcome his feeling of inferiority by demonstrating that he was brave enough to leap into the river , in spite of the danger . |
| 9 | Right , that 's the other element , it 's what you think they think you should be doing and it 's amazing how few people , yeah that 's the yeah |
| 10 | I 'm sure many of you will have younger sisters who are already Rainbows or are , perhaps , thinking of joining when they are old enough . |
| 11 | " I was always creative John ! " she said again and again , as if I kept impiously insisting that she was creative only sometimes or not until recently . |
| 12 | " I was always creative John ! " she said again and again , as if I kept impiously insisting that she was creative only sometimes or not until recently . |
| 13 | It is knowing that you are capable enough which is the difficult thing . |
| 14 | She glanced at Luke apprehensively , knowing that he was mature enough to control his dislike of Florian — but probably only as long as Florian refrained from being provocative ; if he did n't , and one never knew with Florian , Luke might say or do anything . |
| 15 | I thought it was a bit of a cheek seeing as I 'm due here mornings but I 've nothing against Mrs. Schofield and if she wanted me I was n't above obliging . |
| 16 | Excitement had been steadily rising in the crowded chamber during the closing stages of the debate on a new clause to be added to the Criminal Justice Bill , but jubilation found vent in a roar of cheering when it was evident how the vote had gone … |
| 17 | Quickly , Hari ladled the soup into bowls and cut a few thick pieces of bread , suddenly realizing that she was hungry too . |
| 18 | There was a thermometer on the wall displaying the temperature , ensuring that it was constant so that the paintings were preserved correctly . |
| 19 | I got round this potential danger of tonal contrasts by ensuring that I was near enough to the boat to see it mainly in its own shadows ( figure XX ) , thus reducing the glare of white , and thereby allowing a less contrasting tonal interplay between boat and background . |