Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hobby is walking and he plans to take up bike riding . |
| 2 | So , if he was going , if he , he 's walking and he breaks into , a breaks into a trot , |
| 3 | There would have been no action and there 'd have been a nice plan on the table and I sincerely believe that but for general management we would have lost the opportunity to ( a ) have got the money , and ( b ) got the clinic built before people could actually realise what was happening and there 's been other instances of that . |
| 4 | Many librarians have written in to protest at what has been happening and there has been a good deal of debate behind closed doors ; but , as will be shown here , the ultimate explanation is the rise of semi-literacy and the acceptance of it by the modern descendants of the great Victorians . |
| 5 | In a city without electricity or television and with only limited access to radio , the newspaper is the only source of information as to what parts of the city are dangerous , what is happening and who has died . |
| 6 | Of course although we 're talking about dying and nobody wants to think about dying let's remind ourselves it 's the only certainty in this life . |
| 7 | So in fact I 've always concentrated and what people have wanted is some specific direction namely wills dying and what happens if you have n't done something about it . |
| 8 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 9 | I know you are funny sometimes , and some Bonnie just looks at you and she starts laughing and he has n't even said anything or something . |
| 10 | It was emptying but it 's started filling up again . |
| 11 | Her own sons lie groaning and she suckles strangers . |
| 12 | My dad 's funny looking and he 's got hair just like Jason Donovan . |
| 13 | I think its because erm I do n't , I 'm not happy with mine because it it shows signs of ageing and it reminds me that I 'm getting older and I do n't like that |
| 14 | ‘ I expect it 's because I 'm writing and it takes longer , ’ Maggie confessed with a shrug . |
| 15 | Working on the project was an awful lot of hard work , and a lot of soul searching but it 's been worth it . |
| 16 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 17 | You hear Zerlina singing and it sounds as though her voice is coming not out of her mouth but out of a tree on the other side of the set . |
| 18 | Project Development Manager , Richard Summley , says the Council has been very slow in reacting and he denies a claim that disabled patients will also be hit by the fees . |
| 19 | In the meantime he has to go back to the town on further business , but first his horse needs shoeing , his cart needs repairing and he needs food and shelter . |
| 20 | And there 's erm mm oh erm there 's there 's erm a boy with a big umbrella who 's got , and it 's raining and he 's got , I did n't know April showers were like this . |
| 21 | It appears that the dads who are already paying are the one 's who are paying and nobody seems to chasing after the others . |
| 22 | Quite where the jobs are going and who does what at this stage I 'm not sure now we 're UNISON . |
| 23 | She 's going and she dies right , she 's so happy , she 's got a good one . |
| 24 | said once I said and I , when she 's been going and it 's been cold out there I said to her cos she always comes on a Tuesday dinner time |
| 25 | My brother 's going and he does n't even like them . |
| 26 | Jim is a hard hitting sort of individual who knows where he is going in racing and he has brought Down Royal , I feel , out of the 17th century into the 20th — not quite the 21st — in a matter of a couple of years . |
| 27 | Well erm two families discover how the divide between north and south is narrowing and one lives at Wigan one family lives at Wigan and the other family , no er yeah the other family live at Bedford . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry , cariad , ’ he said wearily , sinking into a chair , ‘ I 've done my best to keep things going but someone has been poaching my customers . |
| 29 | Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size . |
| 30 | Powerboating may not have the international pull or prestige of car racing but it does pack in the crowds … |