Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [v-ing] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 2 | Books were not returned , articles went missing and I disapproved silently . |
| 3 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 4 | Yeah oh yeah I did n't work anywhere else in Willenhall at all , and erm but we 'd got to be in for seven o'clock and if erm you were n't in for seven o'clock and sometimes I used to hear the bell began ringing when I got to go around the corner and get into the , but you had to wait a quarter of an hour before they would let you in and that was stopped off your money and my wage was eight and fourpence a week . |
| 5 | Then , all of a sudden , there was a sort of bang and the dog started yelping and I thought he must have fallen or something and that he might be hurt . |
| 6 | But it was n't until the sawdust started flying that I remembered , my drink ! |
| 7 | well it is n't even a priority , it 's nothing , they wo n't get the money , th they wo n't pay for walk to go swimming but I thought that now that the has acquired that bus and it 's gon na be standing around doing nothing for most of the time and it 's a twenty nine seater bus . |
| 8 | If the first two rows started barfing when I took my shirt off , I would n't do it again … ’ |
| 9 | With that , Taff started digging while I searched around for timber to place over the trench . |
| 10 | Taff continued talking as I sipped at my tea . |