Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pos pn] [noun] [conj] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then his hands were cupping her face and before she could argue or gather her wits , he had taken her startled mouth with his own . |
| 2 | Penry ushered her into the kitchen , unzipping her jacket as though she were a child . |
| 3 | I mean , music 's a great channel for releasing your emotions but if you 're really that unhappy why do n't you just do something about your life ? |
| 4 | For instance , an adult female will purr while suckling her kittens and when she courts a male . |
| 5 | He struggled on and , with less than 50 per cent of his sight restored , took this year 's annual meeting of the NCC without betraying his difficulties except when he said when taking questions : ‘ I will ask my deputy to point you out for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 6 | With a great effort , holding his concentration as though he had it in his two hands , he added . |
| 7 | Cathy was continuing her inspection as though she would make an inventory . |
| 8 | ‘ Damian … ! ’ she whispered , saying his name as though it was the most precious sound in the world , gaining intense pleasure from it on her lips as though she was really saying , I love you , I love you . |
| 9 | He looked out of the window and , a few moments later , saw her walking down the path to the tall wrought-iron gates that screened his house from the road , clutching her model as though it were a tray of very precious cut crystal . |
| 10 | Bernice felt something , some force , move through her , penetrating her skin as though it were ether . |
| 11 | What evidence is there , however , that , after nearly 22 years of sustained terrorist atrocities , the Provisional IRA is any nearer to achieving its objectives than when it started its activities in 1970 ? |
| 12 | His wife lay there so limp , so insubstantial , her black hair hanging down like the tail of a whipped animal and one white hand clutching his sleeve as though it were her only hold on life . |
| 13 | Cashman said , easing his shoulders as though they hurt him . |
| 14 | He had been visiting her home and when he left he had slipped in the yard , et cetera . |
| 15 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |