Running as fast as she could, the bounty hunter escaped the exploding laboratory in the nick of time. gerund phrase
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Wondering why this always had to happen to him, the janitor once again found himself having to unclog the toilets.
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To fly a kite in a thunderstorm is not a good idea, although it occasionally leads to great scientific discoveries.
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14.
To be the very best athlete is a dream shared by many teenagers.
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Fortunately, The Bottomless Pit of Despair was only seemingly bottomless.
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Gracefully, the ballerina leapt through the air to successfully avoid the collapsing scenery.
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Tragically, the last piece of bacon was left unguarded and was consumed by the dog.
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18.
If you want to shoot lasers at a fire-breathing monster that threatens to end all of humanity, there’s (probably) an app for that.
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19.
When you name your child Bob J. Smith XXVI, it’s probably time to come up with a new name.
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Since the line for the Super Awesome Death-Defier 3000 was at least four and a half hours long, my friends and I opted to ride the Happy Rainbow Muffin of Magic Express instead.
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