Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't forget that you can keep on using your FlexiLoan until you reach your borrowing limit . |
| 2 | The concept of the ‘ independent ’ director , though arguably reflecting what non-executives should always have been , is a new one . |
| 3 | If , on the other hand , your exercises are insufficient to stimulate your limb and heart muscles , thus providing aerobic exercise , then you will be effectively wasting your time . |
| 4 | The equivalent , I suppose , of someone who loves chocolate falling into a big vat of the stuff and unhurriedly eating their way out ! |
| 5 | ‘ If things did n't carry on the way they have been , I would carry on enjoying my life . |
| 6 | ‘ Carry on enjoying your life in your own home with a Stannah Stairlift … ‘ |
| 7 | In both instances a worker , acting in his own self-interest , may choose to retain his benefits ( by refusing extra pay or a job ) , thereby perpetuating his dependency on the Welfare State . |
| 8 | It is surprising the number of skills machine knitters have besides using their machines . |
| 9 | How else , besides using her leg muscles , might she be able to help herself to stand up ? |
| 10 | But if artists and art critics go on nursing their grudge against everything Soviet and do not combine their efforts in order to organise a museum of Soviet culture , which would highlight the Soviet variant of Socialism , this artistic phenomenon will inevitably disappear like the notorious armoured car . |
| 11 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 12 | ‘ Rents should be related to the capital value of the property , thereby reflecting its popularity in market terms ’ . |
| 13 | His portrait was modified , in stages which can be dated by coins , from a depiction in the tradition of a Hellenistic king to one based on the canons valued in the Greek city-state , thereby reflecting his change from being one of the warlords in the civil wars after Caesar 's death to a new ‘ democratic ’ position after the settlement as first citizen , ‘ first among equals ’ ( fig. 17 ) . |
| 14 | This woman violates the taboo of not touching any man when in a state of impurity by secretly touching his garment , hoping thereby to heal herself . |
| 15 | SEA-LION pups seem safe as they lounge on a Patagonian beach , slowly building their strength and preparing themselves for their departure into the sea . |
| 16 | I cleared my throat and kept on eating my burgers , pretending I had n't heard him properly . |
| 17 | But today he just carried on eating his pot roast with his head down , paying no attention at all to his argumentative brood . |
| 18 | This type of guarantee was in the past commonly created by the manufacturer supplying with the goods a reply paid postcard which the purchaser was asked to fill in and post , thereby accepting its terms . |
| 19 | We ca n't er we ca n't give up smoking if you 're gon na keep on sucking your thumb . |
| 20 | As she joined him , rather shyly accepting his glance of approval at her slim body in its white bikini , the wind stirred his hair , blowing it out of its rigidly swept-back style . |
| 21 | It is human nature to advocate change in someone else 's affairs whilst vigorously opposing its necessity in one 's own . |
| 22 | He stressed that he had relinquished his deferment after only two months , thereby allowing his name to go back into the draft pool at a time when he could not have known that the draft would be shortly replaced by a lottery system . |
| 23 | He 'll go on bringing me cigarettes ( if he does n't I sha n't ask him for them ) and food . |
| 24 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 25 | They were everywhere , slowly inching their way across the desert . |
| 26 | Your whole intention seems to be to ruin me , simply in order to go on building your castles in the air . |
| 27 | ‘ But keep on building your castles , she said , ‘ just as long as ever you can . ’ , |
| 28 | Colleges do not admit students unless they seem capable of sustaining and successfully completing their college courses — and of entering fully into college life . |
| 29 | Although she is very much a latecomer , Chile is now furiously building her Pacific interests and ambitions . |
| 30 | Garvey chortled and went on fastening his boots . |