Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Affixes used to mark tense or number ( e.g. he is paint ing or he paint s ) are known as inflectional affixes and those used to derive related words ( e.g. paint er or re paint ) are known as derivational affixes . |
| 2 | His hobby is walking and he plans to take up bike riding . |
| 3 | So , if he was going , if he , he 's walking and he breaks into , a breaks into a trot , |
| 4 | If she enquired , he merely said he was going walking and he did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 5 | It was as they approached the gates that Joe pointed away to the left and towards the hills where a man was walking and he cried excitedly , ‘ There 's Mick ! ’ |
| 6 | She had tried to get out of the car when he was driving and he considered it lucky that they had n't been killed , but as he and I were together more I came to admire her resolution and good sense . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene . |
| 9 | He sat there and burst out laughing but he said yeah you 're right , there is n't ! |
| 10 | This was already happening but he felt neighbourhood help scheme could build on this current goodwill . |
| 11 | His thick hair was greying but he had not given up on red baseball shoes , sleeveless T-shirts or what he called his ‘ cosmopolitan Lancashire accent , half scouse , half Lancashire ’ . |
| 12 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 13 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 14 | now against an apple tree and I asking him I was it permissible to go scrumping and he had to converse with the maid I think |
| 15 | The forces that had called forth a great preacher like Griffith were passing and he needed to be taken out of the limelight . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't think we had any chance of catching him but I just kept shoving and shouting and he got there in the end , ’ said Antoinette . |
| 17 | His head was swimming and he began to drift into a drunken doze but the sense of a new presence in the stall made him open his eyes again . |
| 18 | My dad 's funny looking and he 's got hair just like Jason Donovan . |
| 19 | Cathy Carne and her assistant were both serving and he had to wait . |
| 20 | I was smoking and he did n't say nothing to me , see . ’ |
| 21 | Cos he thought I 'd , I 'd smoke it , I was smoking and he did n't like it and then erm he told me I do n't wan na talk to you any more , blah , blah , blah , all that rubbish . |
| 22 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 23 | She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side . |
| 24 | And I remember once old used to gather sacks , ken bags and , and he went to , and I remember one night he come , he 'd been round the country hawking and he come home . |
| 25 | He went to get up but his legs were numb from kneeling and he had to put his hand out to stop himself from tumbling into the water far below . |
| 26 | The evening breeze also brought the sounds of singing and he recognised the lusty bellowing of Ranulf . |
| 27 | and they were say and then he and at the end they all sang , there was Joe Brown , Lonnie Donegan , Bert Weedon , all the old nineteen fifties stars , Hank Marvin and all that and they were all singing and he sang that song with bloody in it |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | South West Durham Health Authority chief executive David Ryan said there was clear evidence the people of the district were benefitting and he hoped further progress could be made . |