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 . |