Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cenzo ! ’ scolded Katarina sharply , interrupting Meredith and looking askance at her vividly blazing eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought you 'd forgotten your coffee and had decided to go to bed instead , ’ he said , looking disapprovingly at her freshly done hair . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the offer of your coming here to us still stands . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was breaking the French stick , his eyes roving dispassionately over her scantily clad body , and she felt herself blush . |
| 8 | 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 . |