Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her husband told her they had been ruined by Wickens , she stormed off to confront him , only to see him setting off on his bicycle . |
| 2 | The sudden movement caught her by surprise and she leaned back , attempting to slow down , only to find herself toppling over to land once more in the snow . |
| 3 | I have to look after two dear little boys , but these days I can only see them growing up to behave so cruelly towards women . |
| 4 | Besides , she did n't want to take such a step merely for escape 's sake and perhaps find herself ending up as a prisoner in just another house in just another town . |
| 5 | At the end of it , you suddenly find yourself driving down it again , only this time the street would have changed in all sorts of little ways . |
| 6 | To her enormous relief she suddenly saw it running down the passage , she leant against the wall , how tiresome of that spider to come to her when it might have gone to anyone else . |
| 7 | Maidstone 's chairman and managing director Jim Thompson announced last week the Fourth Division club would have to close unless a buyer stepped in to save them going out of business . |
| 8 | If only to stop me dashing round to the newsagent every day to ask if it is in yet around the time due , I shall have to take out an MKM subscription and devote more of my energies to learning how . |
| 9 | It 's silly things like that which get in the way of the actual show , so for the next series , I suggested a couch , low enough for me to put my arm over the back of it , but high enough to stop me sliding off on to the floor . |
| 10 | Winter water enough to stop it drying out . |
| 11 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
| 12 | Well I think you should do what you feel comfortable at most most you you there again if you saw Vincent playing , he just plays it standing up . |
| 13 | Just got it sitting in |
| 14 | This did not prevent him falling off his chair and being sick on the Japanese premier at a state dinner in Japan earlier this year , an embarrassing incident captured by the TV cameras . |
| 15 | Hope could not prevent himself blurting out . |
| 16 | over till about eleven , you could just feel it cooling down |
| 17 | He watched his tears drip onto the floor and wondered from a great distance why he could not feel them running down his face . |
| 18 | Uses for the foam or suggested ones , are for keeping bank vaults safe and for applying pesticides to crops without polluting the air , I do not see it catching on . |
| 19 | It is wonky in a way that we can work out , even though we can not see it curving off into any extra fourth dimension . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , when it came to it , I did n't exactly see you rushing up ready to shake him by the finger , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Parents ' giving in to avoid a fight reinforces the child 's difficult behaviour next time this same situation occurs and can also be dangerous : 2-year-olds do n't forget and so parents can not hope that their child will not remember their giving in . |
| 22 | ‘ I can just see him looking down that long nose of his and saying in that sanctimonious voice : ‘ there 's something you ought to know , Mr O'Shea … ’ |
| 23 | Just save us coming out so I phoned your dad up and I said what batteries do you need ? |
| 24 | Police have warned the public to keep valuables secure and not to leave them lying around . |
| 25 | For the daytimes she would need swimsuit , snorkel and flippers ; oilskin , so rain could not stop her going out ; Hunter boots and crash cap because she was bound to find a riding stable ; tennis racquet — on the offchance , as Rodney did n't play ; a frisbee ; a lilo ; shorts , walking boots , a pedometer , a compass , a small knapsack and a thermos . |
| 26 | But I did not stop him coming back , and do not , I beg of you , ask me to try and explain that . |
| 27 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 28 | Then , all the weight in the world on the wing-tip would not stop it going over . |
| 29 | I must remember I want a westbound train , not find myself heading off back into Essex . |
| 30 | I 'm not having them running around . |