Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] [v-ing] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 I went on frowning and rubbing .
2 I carried on drinking and talking until Ken O'Mara rushed into the room and screamed that he 'd found the body . ’
3 You got up giggling and laughing the back of the class and whoosh the bloody board rubber come flying across the classroom .
4 She went on sobbing and gulping , imagining him down in Somerset .
5 She ran off screaming and hopping down the yard .
6 ‘ You are very much mistaken , ’ he muttered , looking beyond them and keeping a close eye on his sister and Mitch as they rode along laughing and talking .
7 Whereas in actual fact if they come in very nicely and ask very nicely , they might have got more than they actually got here when they came in shouting and yelling .
8 The record ran itself out and they flopped down gasping and panting like an obscene phone call .
9 Once he came back sneezing and coughing .
10 He hesitated over recognizing or dismissing this thought .
11 He gave up drinking and using drugs .
12 For a time he gave up drinking and smoking altogether .
13 He carried on ripping and tearing at his legs relentlessly and with sickening ferocity , even drawing blood at times .
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