Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [v-ing] [subord] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 He must have seen my expression , for he said , ‘ This car makes a noise if you do n't fasten your seat-belt , and a light starts flashing if you have n't closed the door .
2 The camcorder takes about one second to begin recording after you press the button .
3 My heart kept jumping as I read it , remembering Dana and our many days and nights together .
4 As they are marginally faster , the ability to begin fleeing before they have had a chance to accelerate to full speed is crucial .
5 In over ten years of supplementing fish food with earthworms , I have not been able to relate fish death to earthworm feeding as I have done for tubifex .
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