Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [conj] [noun prp] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dotty had sat up all night assuring him that Dawn was n't his responsibility . |
| 2 | I took the lift up to Reception and Purvis delighted in telling me that Patterson was still at lunch . |
| 3 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |
| 4 | Needing a moment 's breathing-space , she took a side-step or two away , and had a brief inner tussle where she came close to telling him that Travis was not her boyfriend , and had never been her boyfriend . |
| 5 | And I justified a liaison by telling myself that Simon was far too young to get tied down and that , by taking you off his hands , I 'd be doing him a favour , ’ he said , his tone dry . |