Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [det] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw the tension and fear that was putting lines of stress around the other woman 's eyes and mouth and squeezing her hands into tight , pale fists . |
| 2 | ‘ The uncertainty and debate that is developing is not helpful to the profession as a whole . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It would have saved all the cleaning and clearing that 's going on today , but I suppose we simply did what we always do . |
| 4 | You would n't believe the wheeling and dealing that 's going on . ’ |
| 5 | Piers Ottey , Catherine Somerville and Christopher Baker are all graduates and have each been painting for over 20 years . |
| 6 | Her lungs heaving , she fell against a tree , then slowly slid down the trunk to sit at its foot , her arms wrapped tight round her updrawn knees in an effort to hold in the pain and shock that was robbing her of coherent thought . |