Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday . |
| 2 | So this damping down of the sensory input when attention moves elsewhere can occur very early in the pathway from the sense organ to the brain . |
| 3 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and him trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 5 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 6 | With so much going on at the office , it is a wonder that Mr Lawrence has much time left for anything else . |
| 7 | There 's so much going on in Ibiza it 's easy to put together some really great trips . |
| 8 | She clearly had no time for Burley Woodhead when there was so much going on in Bradford . |
| 9 | ‘ I never knew there was so much going on in the world , ’ she said to John one day . |
| 10 | Why not visit the Amphitheatre and watch one of the exciting International Shows or perhaps you will find something else to do — there is so much going on from Fashion Shows to Jazz Festivals . |
| 11 | ‘ There was so much going on around him after the World Cup , I 'm not sure even he knew what was going on . |
| 12 | Then what happened was the AIDS crisis became apparent at the point where I was ill and , suddenly , all these people that were right-on theoreticians were suddenly all going on about AIDS . |
| 13 | She look so stupid getting around by herself . |
| 14 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |
| 15 | Mr Clive Ponting 's acquittal by a jury in February 1985 , after he had admitted to passing official Government papers to a person not authorised to receive them , the very essence of section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 , and despite the most explicit summing up by the trial judge that they should convict , raises the question of what motivated the jury . |
| 16 | ‘ Because there 's not much going on inside it ? ’ |
| 17 | There followed the annus mirabilis of 1889 during which , on Wilson 's later estimate , 130,000 members were enrolled in branches at 45 ports , a number representing , net of officers , engineers , cooks and stewards , " almost the whole of the seamen in the British mercantile marine " , though , he added with unusual candour , " it is true that they are not all paying up at the present time " , partly , it seems , because of the union 's policy of issuing " privilege tickets " involving no entry money or contributions until members could afford to pay . |
| 18 | I think that is a lot of infection about and I know what brought on my cold , it was going out with Mark to Lathenham , and instead of wearing my anorak I only wore my lambs wool throw over , and I got jolly chilled coming out of the car and going into Lathenham church . |
| 19 | Still busy coming in on the Headington roundabout there , the A40 from the direction of Wheatley , and continuing along down the A41 full too . |
| 20 | After a suitably stern telling off from Mr Grovey ( whose bald head always got redder the angrier he got ) the lesson moved on to the next phase . |
| 21 | Some are able to walk with a support when they are inside the Home but feel more secure going out in a wheelchair . |
| 22 | The most famous teaming up of the two brothers was in 1973 , with the chart single Frankenstein , a testimony to Johnny 's ability to adapt to a variety of different styles , an ability , in fact , which he insists was born out of necessity … |
| 23 | Some parents complain that they feel rather awkward going up to their child , when ( for example ) she is not behaving badly , in order to say , ‘ You are painting so nicely , I really feel pleased ’ . |
| 24 | He even felt slightly awkward sitting out with her in a public place having coffee . |
| 25 | Well like what are the band doing after practice , are they doing anything , they 're probably all going on to the Cutty Sark at Greenwich or something . |
| 26 | Conveniently , Donald John MacDonald , Manager of Castlebay Branch , was waiting to help me fill in the hour before the Glasgow based Loganair Twin Otter was due to come in to pick up those flying on to Tiree and Glasgow . |
| 27 | ‘ Over-careful ’ was almost the top-scoring quality — with 48 per cent of men choosing it , and nearly as many following up with ‘ indecisive ’ and ‘ too slow ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Hey dad , that 's Vic Halom , ’ said a lad of about ten scurrying off to the big match . |
| 29 | He looks really dodgy coming out of the woods like that does n't he ? |
| 30 | and I mean I 've got s it 's not as bad going back from here cos it 'll only be about a six hour then . |