Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 2 | round the place and then we 'll see how it goes from there , with a view to letting you out , back into the world and er as soon as they 'd gone and they were escorting him back to his , his room , they do n't have cells they have erm , he turned to the warden who are called nurses , and said never wanted to have an operation , I like having sex with little girls , he said |
| 3 | His savoir faire had vanished and he was prodding desperately at a pile of coal black spheres . |
| 4 | ‘ I could ring for a taxi , ’ she suggested , when the final guests had departed and she was standing with her host and hostess on the drive . |
| 5 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 6 | ‘ The man had died and I was getting on with my life . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't think it had ignited and I was walking away from it when all of a sudden I heard all this crackling and banging . |
| 8 | He took drugs , he said , ‘ because my parents had divorced and I was crying out for love . |
| 9 | Marie had arrived and she was watching openly , making no move to go into the house and get on with her job . |
| 10 | The sun had disappeared and it was beginning to rain again . |
| 11 | But the glimpse of memory had gone and I was furnishing the room from later experience . |
| 12 | Everyone else had gone and I was practising on the putting green . |
| 13 | Tug found that his fury had gone and he was feeling sorry for her . |
| 14 | By noon the weather had worsened and it was snowing once more . |
| 15 | Her face had slackened and she was crying but without any sound . |
| 16 | HER FORMAL SCHOOLING HAD ENDED AND SHE WAS ATTENDING SECRETARIAL COLLEGE . |
| 17 | His eyes had darkened and he was breathing heavily . |
| 18 | By the time of King Hussein 's Aug. 13 visit to Iraq for talks with Saddam Hussein , his efforts to contain the dispute within the Arab world had failed and he was directing his efforts at constructing an effective bloc along with the PLO , Yemen , Sudan , Algeria and Tunisia . |