Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] he [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn placed her hand over his , lifting it away , realising swiftly that he was more than a little drunk . |
| 2 | He stopped climbing only when he was too exhausted to climb any higher . |
| 3 | He started walking away and he 's still walking kind of fast , so I grabbed his sweater from the back and pulled on it to slow him down . |
| 4 | You said in the staff meeting yesterday that he was n't . |
| 5 | Erm with chimney sweeper was waiting down in the high street he was waiting there whoa said Mr to the donkey , the donkey was wondering probably whether he was so without listening to a word of warning he jumped on him |
| 6 | The chap you saw in the druid outfit got them going again and he 's still the king-pin . ’ |
| 7 | He had then sought to usurp him by demanding an EC inquiry into French 's affairs and by getting himself , though contrary to Rule as a non-sailor , elected as Delegate to the 1911 Annual General Meeting with a demand that he should be made Glasgow secretary in French 's place , only breaking away when he was not permitted to attend . |
| 8 | They 're not speaking now but he 's very good to her , she has her favourite mushroom omelettes at every meal . |
| 9 | Mr Cleave 's car salvage business has been doing well and he 's recently moved to these new , bigger premises . |
| 10 | She felt that he was not doing well because he was not trying hard enough , and that his teachers were not making him try hard enough . |
| 11 | Yet Ellcock , an intelligent man with strong views on the game , graciously allowed the Daily Mail to photograph him ‘ celebrating ’ at home watching Sky TV as Wayne Larkins hit the winning run in the Jamaica Test when he probably felt like crying again because he was not at Sabina Park to share the moment . |
| 12 | She said quickly that there was no need to apologize , knowing well that he was not doing so . |
| 13 | Then Partridge had tried to wrestle with him , claiming later that he was only trying to " restrain " him . |
| 14 | She had not thought it worth mentioning before as he was not likely to be found . |
| 15 | Realising too that he is about to lose Kate to her anger and the night , Jeremy forces a pleasanter expression to his face . |
| 16 | I 'd be working away while he was just sitting . |