Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In the end , my knitting was getting so chewed with all the knitting and unravelling that I took it off on waste yarn .
2 She looked at me for a moment , measuringly , as if wondering whether I meant it .
3 I had no such skill , but I was learning , and it was an infinite satisfaction to keep Joanna moving , and going where I wanted her to go , with the sweep .
4 So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time .
5 a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age .
6 I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly .
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