Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pron] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelly smiled as she thought of his early attempts at cooking and the hours he 'd spent coaching and encouraging her while she 'd practised riding a finish on the back of the sofa . |
| 2 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ In a way , Matey , in a way , ’ said Dr Neil , lazily catching at her hand and pressing it as she passed him . |
| 4 | ‘ The Master commends his slave for the quality of the breakfast as well as the weather , ’ said Dr Neil , catching at her hand and pressing it as she walked by . |
| 5 | I charged at them , yelping encouragement to the wheelbarrow , and patting it when it had done well . |
| 6 | Work out ways of splitting the incoming crowd and directing them where you want them to go . |
| 7 | Adam went back to his private world as the plane bucked across the sky , the unseen hands of the veering winds twisting and turning it as it flew towards Hanover . |
| 8 | That dust was billowing and choking them as they struggled to ascend . |
| 9 | Bankers ' acceptances are one of the main ways by which the Bank of England manages the money supply , buying them from the banking system , via the discount houses , in order to inject cash into the banking system , and selling them when it wants to take cash out of the banking system . |
| 10 | The grain was too complex and cross for him , the blade stuck , and in the same instant Isambard stretched both arms over the boy 's shoulders and seized his hands , forcing them apart and wringing them until he twisted with pain and let go both the knife and the wood . |
| 11 | ‘ You can have another go later , ’ she said , taking Belinda 's hand and steadying her as she dismounted , ‘ but there are lots of other things to see ; you do n't want to spend your money all at once . ’ |
| 12 | Plus , taking , keeping it and doing it if you see benefit in that . |
| 13 | In the case of working class women , intervention by primarily middle class volunteers or state officials often served to increase their burdens by exacting higher standards of childcare and housekeeping — what Anna Martin called holding the mother to her task of making bricks without straw — and punishing her if she failed . |
| 14 | Arups worked out a method of cutting out the rusted iron in very small sections and strengthening it as they went along . |
| 15 | I was doing the scrubbing and Changez was miserably holding the bucket in the deserted shop and asking me if I had any more Harold Robbins novels he could borrow . |
| 16 | That left me with dozens of portly gentlemen in blue who spent the rest of the night eating my shortbread , drinking my coffee and asking me if I knew Terry Wogan . |
| 17 | He had been pointing out of the window and asking me if I liked the weather or the colour of the cows . |
| 18 | We set off in file moving along a narrow gauge railway in pitch darkness I was trying desperately to keep in contact with the Frenchman in front of me and cursing him when he stopped suddenly , causing me to bang my face on his rucksack . |
| 19 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 20 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 21 | A psychiatrist emphasized the importance of preparing for the emotion of loss and recognizing it when it comes . |
| 22 | She now moved a few steps backwards and sat down again , straightening out one leg and rubbing it as she did so . |
| 23 | It 's worth taking the assumption by the scruff of the neck and shaking it till it falls apart , otherwise there will be no fundamental lasting change in relationships , the school will remain inward looking with no real growth in active listening and responding . |
| 24 | the captain on the day was batting and batting and batting himself until he got to seventy |
| 25 | Erm and , and that wants to be part of that exercise , really , of , of looking at the reasons a a and telling us whether we need to take any action . |
| 26 | Well times I receive a fax I just keep going up there and bothering them until they say it 's gone through . |
| 27 | He came into the kitchen with her , perching upon one of units and watching her as she boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs . |
| 28 | Stories , and the whole collection , circle around the same events , reapproaching and repeating them until we see them whole and she is healed of them : the ‘ trying times ’ of Pakistan 's civil war , the deaths of her mother and best-loved sister . |
| 29 | By the end of the first month , you should notice your baby watching things and following them as they move . |
| 30 | She took to following him in her car , being willing to sit for hours outside his house waiting for him to come out and then trailing and following him until he came home again . |