Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was caught up in her work , in the looking it required , a gaze that was intense and scrutinising without allowing any personal exchange of feeling to take place , when he was all at once bearing down on her , shouting , his right fist tight around his weapon , his left hand hitting the air and pointing at her with accusing index finger . |
| 2 | The armed and thirsty outlaws were rising from their seats and moving towards her with jangling spurs and cap guns . |
| 3 | Risking the loss of her usual cool dignity , and wearing little more than a feather-trimmed tutu and high heels , Linda was filmed clinging to the building and edging along it before plunging , screaming , to the ground . |
| 4 | Mother took books and crayons and accompanied Susan while she was seated on the lavatory , encouraging and talking to her about doing her ‘ poo ’ in it . |
| 5 | Sadly , the Warnock majority is confused as to its basic philosophical argument , condemning utilitarianism in its foreword but relying on it in justifying its crucial recommendation to allow experiments up to 14 days , only to reject it again in opposing the routine testing of drugs on human embryos at any stage from conception . |