Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa had given him the choice of staying with her , or going off but she insisted he decide then as she did n't want him leaving in the middle of it all . |
| 2 | On feet that tried desperately to be silent , Belinda crept away , not stopping or turning round until she reached the looming mass of the house . |
| 3 | He had n't been joking or speaking metaphorically when he talked about praying . |
| 4 | Yeah I know , I do n't know whether she was going out or coming in but they got one there now and I think they th the one they got there now I do n't know whether the Corporation , that 's theirs or whether that 's put out to contract and I think that 's put out to contract now . |
| 5 | I had forgotten how large they were ; they seemed enormous , and there were so many of them , circling overhead , clustered in a tree or hopping about as they squabbled over carrion . |
| 6 | ‘ She started shivering and sneezing soon after we left Carlisle . |
| 7 | My lungs exploded , imploded , exploded , imploded ; plumes of wet sand flew from my soles , rising as I sped on , falling in little curves and spattering back as I raced on into the distance . |
| 8 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 9 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 10 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 11 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 12 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off ’ . |
| 13 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off . |
| 14 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 15 | She was still shaking her head from side to side and laughing softly when she shooed him from the kitchen and returned her attention to her magazine . |
| 16 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 17 | Curtis came in wearing a shabby , fawn mackintosh and looking exactly as he had done the night before . |
| 18 | Duke Hussey was chief executive of Times Newspapers and living locally when he became one of our " students " . |
| 19 | He took another head punch before ducking under Elliott 's arm and turning so that they passed one another , Culley clubbing with laced fingers . |
| 20 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 21 | She put her arms out from her sides and back , arching her spine and pondering vaguely as she did so why it had been thought necessary or relevant to give them such old bodies , perhaps to keep the idea of the passing of time , simple mortality , to the forefront of their minds . |
| 22 | When his hand found the rounded contour of her bare breast under her blouse she shuddered convulsively against him , pressing her body forward , her breath coming and going quickly as he rubbed the raised bud of her nipple . |
| 23 | He was red and sweating slightly as he went on . |
| 24 | Miller had been forced to transplant some of these just as they were coming into flower , but by cutting off all the buds , placing them in a wet trench and watering continuously until they became established , he was able , in August and September to pick flowers ‘ as fair as those produced in June ’ . |
| 25 | Both played superbly , clinching the Australians £20,000 of the £25,000 prize money on offer from Texaco and doing almost as they liked with the England bowlers in a perfectly-timed run chase . |
| 26 | Nigh on two hundred yards and running away and I hit him ! " |
| 27 | that 's what I was saying about Geoff 's car really you know that chap taking it and righting off and we did n't got a penny for it , I ca , I ca n't see how that 's right ! |
| 28 | It too rose , and pinching hard until she gave a moan , he kissed her , until she opened her lips to his , when he snapped shut and bit her lip ; her eyes flew open , he looked at her and smiled , raising his eyebrows . |
| 29 | As usual each one said something different , so I began timing my contractions and breathing deeply as I 'd practised . |
| 30 | Chen pulled up sharply , almost thudding into Karr who stood there , his hands clenched at his sides , his great chest rising and falling heavily as he stared down at the three prone gangsters . |