Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 2 | The Giral government , consisting entirely as it did of bourgeois Republicans , was increasingly irrelevant to the new situation . |
| 3 | On her office desk sits a picture of mother and daughter laughing together as they stroll through the Lake District . |
| 4 | Ma is thin and she 's not all that strong , but she did have a go , persevering even after it mowed down most of her prize herb bed . |
| 5 | Ten minutes later , Mr and Mrs Crumwallis , returning earlier than they expected from the wine and cheese do , heard even from their quarters the noise from the boarding section . |
| 6 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 7 | Fran turned and glared at Luke , feeling her heart thudding painfully when he smiled with an easy charm that sent little tingles shooting down her spine . |
| 8 | At last a lone figure staggered out , singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor . |
| 9 | Harry brooded , frowning terribly as he toyed with his knife . |
| 10 | Ben was grinning now as he looked at Millie , saying , ‘ Perhaps they 're goin' to adopt you . ’ |
| 11 | I was beginning to feel sleepy , and very cold ; the temperature seemed to have gone down , and I was shivering even while I sweated from the furnace-like emanations of the curry . |
| 12 | An old gent stopped in his tracks and raised his face to the sky , listening intently as he leaned on his walking stick . |
| 13 | The castle dogs crept closer to the flames also , snapping lazily as they squabbled for their accustomed places near the warmth . |
| 14 | The manner of integration remains to be seen in practice when the two modes of working are operating fully but there seem to be at least three possible strategies . |
| 15 | She was shivering uncontrollably as she walked to her cabin . |
| 16 | Dieter guided her to an empty chair ; she was trembling violently and he called for brandy . |
| 17 | HERO pilot Dane Crosby coolly saved the crew of his rescue helicopter from drowning yesterday as he ditched in raging seas . |
| 18 | Carrie 's heart was pumping furiously as she dashed through the kitchen to the front door . |
| 19 | The Stranglers started going downhill when they took to releasing piss-poor cover versions as singles . |
| 20 | Allowing his legs to relax , he worked at unlatching the twin bolts and eased the door open , clambering inside where he dropped to his knees , exhausted , his chest heaving as he sucked in mouthfuls of air . |
| 21 | He was coming in of a about a fortnight ago , we were just pulling away and he said to Teresa are you still doing ? |
| 22 | yeah cos Derek were going backwards when we went round the corner were n't we ? |
| 23 | In addition there is a mass of evidence that a very high proportion of people in their sixties and seventies are physically capable of remaining longer than they do in the formal labour market . |
| 24 | ‘ Everything seemed to be going well and I looked like finishing well in the points when I went off , all on my own , towards the end . |
| 25 | All was going well until I knelt on the front overlap . |
| 26 | Winged shapes , clattering eerily as they swerved through the air , were descending towards them . |
| 27 | Thessy , squatting nearby as he waited for his father 's permission to join the conversation , looked up as a twin-engined plane howled low overhead . |
| 28 | Going ahead and it started with annual wage increases because the wage increases that you did get were all about three , four or five percent at the time . |
| 29 | Edward was sweating lightly when they walked into the house . |
| 30 | In severe cases , they may respond by shaking and urinating uncontrollably when they come near the surgery . |