Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last a lone figure staggered out , singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor . |
| 2 | HERO pilot Dane Crosby coolly saved the crew of his rescue helicopter from drowning yesterday as he ditched in raging seas . |
| 3 | He looked out into the roadway without seeing the rain beating mercilessly against the cobbled surface or the leaves of the trees dripping constantly as they shivered in the breeze , he was seeing the four walls of his cell and remembering his feeling of helplessness as the door slammed shut behind him . |
| 4 | ‘ She was vile , ’ said Comfort , recovering fast as she took in the impertinence of anyone 's venturing to question her expenditure or appearance . |
| 5 | Nor was Doreen slow to realise her mistake , her jaw sagging slightly as she said in a contrite tone , ‘ Yes — yes , of course . |
| 6 | The ICS , as a body , had never been much taken with political reform , sensing correctly that it set in motion a process whereby they could expect only to be replaced , and both reason and sentiment told them that this would never do . |
| 7 | They made their way to the hotel car park , where Dane 's distinctive white BMW was parked , Marianne chatting non-stop as they went in her low , husky voice . |
| 8 | She was feeling exactly as she had in the old days . |
| 9 | it re and he came back after eight years of of not working there and he came in hello Barbara ! |