Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adj] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Its shorter publications were becoming available and were soon to include materials of major importance , Break-through to literacy , and Language in use .
2 He was still looking dozy and was obviously full of painkillers , but was at least propped up on pillows and taking notice .
3 Another possible implication is that into the early years of the next century fewer old people will lack kin support or would be living alone than is often assumed .
4 It seems yonks since leeds were last on TV , the pleasure of going down the pub and getting tanked whilst being generally rowdy and watching the footy is a joy to behold , second only to actually going to the game itself … not long to go now …
5 I was enjoying running but was still not going to put in the time necessary to break into the top rank .
6 Non-emergency portasystemic shunt surgery is effective in preventing rebleeding but is still associated with high perioperative mortality in Child 's grade C patients and postoperative encephalopathy occurs in up to 40% of patients .
7 Richard himself spent money on fortifying Poli and was always ready with subsidies to support friends and allies .
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