Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [v-ing] and [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kite just kept snapping and flapping and flapping and snapping and it hauled the girl off the earth and into the air , winch and all . |
| 2 | Or he 'll be round here , stamping and yelling and I have n't the strength for it . ’ |
| 3 | And then , suddenly , she was struggling and screaming and I had to hold her wrists to stop her from scratching me . ’ |
| 4 | And he did n't take any notice of what she was asking or saying and he did n't take any notice of her at all . |
| 5 | The rain kept starting and stopping and it looked as if most of our march was going to be in the wet . |
| 6 | Well I do n't think actually , I mean I can remember and I do n't quite understand what 's going on here , keeps swapping and changing and I do n't understand it . |
| 7 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't think we had any chance of catching him but I just kept shoving and shouting and he got there in the end , ’ said Antoinette . |
| 9 | Hold up this measured piece of work to the machine , neither stretching nor easing and you find you appear to need about 120 stitches . |
| 10 | Harriet 's sobbing and she herself is st ill cursing and her head 's spinning and spinning and they lurch into each other , and Harriet is n't Princess H any more , cool and cocky , she 's sad too , mysteriously , unglamorously , and she hugs her and feels how slight she is and it seems she 's luckier than Harriet , well , just now . |