Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cello concerto swelling through the house , the briny tang of the scallops in their marinade , doors opening and closing as he searched for the missing due . |
| 2 | I was shaking , shivering and sweating and I had the most awful pain going through my body . |
| 3 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 4 | And then some NATO aircraft too , of course , we 're in Great Britain , so it would n't be fitting and proper if we did not have any of the aircraft from the Royal Air force . |
| 5 | But acting and all that it means is very much a doing thing , so the emphasis is always on practical work . |
| 6 | Able to sit , composedly , eating and listening while they talked . |
| 7 | All the fish are eating and growing and they look perfectly healthy — but they are still flicking just a much as before . |
| 8 | Kim was caring and sensitive but she admitted she did n't know her daughter could drink so much . |
| 9 | We all need motivating and encouraging and we need to make people feel good about their efforts and achievements . |
| 10 | ‘ After a time demand just kept growing and growing and we did n't have the finance to boost production to keep pace with it . |
| 11 | There stood the King of Kings and the president , choking and weeping as they tried to praise each other , their wives by their sides . |
| 12 | You 're sweating and nervous and you know you 're out on a limb here , you 're in the process of taking some terrible risks and the luck , the flow that comes from being justified and in tune and not taking too much for granted , not being contemptuous or disrespectful of fate ; all that 's in danger here because you 're pushing the envelope , you 're maybe relying on one or two too many things going perfectly . |
| 13 | A huge rocky outcrop at the far end jutted up and beneath it a small river or burn flowed quietly , turning and twisting as it followed its banks . |
| 14 | As the engine was warm , a single prime and a turn of the key got us turning and burning and we completed the pre-taxi cockpit chores of plugging in headsets ( sensibly , the sockets are located between the two front seats at elbow level , obviating tangles with any controls ) and latching the doors . |
| 15 | All the same , the military parade was the best of the show , with thousands of troops goose-stepping past the mausoleum , massed bands marching and counter-marching as they played , but then drowned out by the roar of armoured hardware . |
| 16 | Here I feel awake and ready , compelled to be on my feet when the sun reaches us , and the cattle , fretful and peckish , are released in a torrent of bay and brown and white , their huge horns gradually unlocking and separating as they spread out into the plain . |
| 17 | Others may have had a succession of live-in boy or girl friends , lasting as long as it suited them both . |
| 18 | Next , of course , the Perks came , swarming up into the open end of the hangar where the Alice sat , ticking and steaming as she cooled . |
| 19 | As she went round to the back of the Post Office , she could hear Mrs Hollins and Rachel in the kitchen , giggling and chattering while they cooked their Sunday lunch . |
| 20 | Yeah about the train spotting and all that they said did n't they ? |
| 21 | He was hungry all his life for friends and friendly environments , vilifying and imploring as he shifted about restlessly and unpredictably like a Lawrence , never finding the right place , the right person . |
| 22 | Slowly they moved on up the slope , using the trees for protection , watching and listening until they had reached the top , and open ground . |
| 23 | As they moved round , the pace quickening , out of the corner of her eye Rachel saw a little group clustered round the dodgems and Jimmy and Danny climbing into one of the cars , while on the grass below the carousel Sybil stood with the others watching and waving as they whirled past . |
| 24 | Here hundreds of birds were wheeling and soaring and we realised with excitement that they were frigate birds . |
| 25 | The grass rolled in waves , glistening and gleaming as it undulated . |
| 26 | ‘ Christ ! ’ she said , and the next moment , forgetful of her own safety , she had Maggie in her arms , shushing and soothing as she had never in her life done before . |
| 27 | Here , beyond the gardens of the lodge and the woods and ornamental ponds , the loch narrows and becomes a river again , bending and funnelling and quickening as it heads towards the rocks and falls and the shallow gorge beyond . |