Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] they [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
| 3 | Carrie had n't wanted to show her , in case Hepzibah should feel she ought to give them parting presents as well , but now there was no help for it . |
| 4 | As you passed you could hear them murmuring ‘ Ya Allah ! |
| 5 | Well I mean you could imagine them loving it ! |
| 6 | Now as I was picking the ivy for this , I 've got a cherry a standard cherry tree and the starlings get on my fence and they queue up to get on that cherry tree , you know you can hear them chattering away . |
| 7 | And they were er er erm house higher up they were Italian like Italian they did coffee you know you could smell them grinding , and hams and old old style grocery shop , tea and all that sort of stuff . |
| 8 | You know you could hear you could hear them shouting you know goodnight and things like that . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I might find them laughing at poor Daddy , ’ Rose said , allowing her own shock and fear to ease out in the nervous laughter , but Maggie 's face remained pale and serious . |
| 10 | I think we can keep 'em going another week anyway . |
| 11 | And if they do we 'll see them coming miles away . ’ |
| 12 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 13 | It does n't make them more adventurous but when they do climb you can see them looking for footholds . |