Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just the sense of security and I do n't think that the level of incidence was very high , but it was enough to make people feel insecure about walking through there at night . |
| 2 | He spent a great deal of time on the telephone and he was often out of the house on various missions , not returning until late at night . |
| 3 | It was impressive , too , that he instantly stated his intention of returning at once to Shrewsbury , to help to clarify the confusion , though he seemed to be relying on his natural authority and leadership to produce order out of chaos , rather than having anything practical in mind . |
| 4 | a bath and I was soaking in there for ages . |
| 5 | Jess took a step backwards , muttering under her breath : ‘ God protect me and forgive me sins I did n't meant no wrong … ’ without believing in much except bruises , hunger and Fate which had a nasty way of turning the tables against her , but willing at the same time to try anything once . |
| 6 | ‘ Possibly , ’ said Dyson , feeling himself flushing at once with apprehension and pleasure . |
| 7 | Join the Country Living at 6.45pm for canapés , and a glass of wine supplied by Torres , after which you will be free to wander through the Summer Exhibition Galleries . |
| 8 | In the present economic conditions , inflation is likely to be suppressed because the majority of businesses are operating at well below capacity . |
| 9 | Do you like singing in the village , where everybody knows you , or would you in some ways be less nervous do you think if you were singing like even to folk , who just do n't so well ? |
| 10 | And instead of a ship going from here to Aberdeen , she might be a fortnight going there , with bad weather . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's fair to say that we liked the thought of it going to somewhere like Embsay , which does n't have any other big engines , because it will do a good bit of flag flying for us there . ’ |
| 12 | And he was going to somewhere in North End I think it was Huip to get barn to make this ale with . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're going over there as Michael 's girlfriend . |
| 14 | Not only do Greece , Portugal and Spain rely on northern employment for their ‘ surplus ’ manpower , they also gain considerably from remittance money in balancing at least in part their serious trade deficits . |
| 15 | Had not concern been her prime motive in going at once to Mrs Browning ? |
| 16 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 17 | We should be getting at least to March all supplied from us now for the next three or four months it should all be from us . |
| 18 | The odds are that he is no longer alive , but I have a silk thread hanging in there with God that he is still alive . |
| 19 | ‘ So what were you doing up here in London ? ’ |
| 20 | What was she doing up here in Jubilee Wood ? |
| 21 | And er you would have maybe a hundred and twenty delegates attending from all over Scotland . |
| 22 | In the block we start running from just in front of the ladder , but on the night we 've first of all got to run from the block to the wire , which is twenty yards away in the nearest place and then put the ladder up . |
| 23 | ‘ We do n't get many girls coming in here as spectators , ’ Scott said . |
| 24 | Still , you see if they 're coming from somewhere like Southampton or wherever they might have come , maybe they were delayed on the journey and er So we went and had our half hour lunch . |
| 25 | For certainly , once the chapel is built and consecrated , there will be pilgrims coming from all over Normandy . |
| 26 | which I have n't yet got on to cos I wanted to hear most , at least most of the arguments on this aspect of the case , although it 's got very in effect very little to do with the other , other , but it does n't see round , er I could get on with that to a degree , er , so I do n't mind too much , but I think Friday is , is asking to much from Mr |
| 27 | " I am now coming to apart of Miss Lockwood 's last testament which she most particularly wanted me to read to you " |
| 28 | One of the problems is when they 're starting to optimistically with tunnel vision . |
| 29 | The Box Office is open from 10am , Mondays to Saturdays , closing at 8pm on performance days , and 5pm on non-performance days . |
| 30 | 18 Six hour guided walk starting at 10.30am at Grasmere Information Centre . |