Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can just see him looking down that long nose of his and saying in that sanctimonious voice : ‘ there 's something you ought to know , Mr O'Shea … ’ |
| 2 | Keeping records of personnel , updating them and reporting on this information is the foundation of any personnel system . |
| 3 | Whitney right , and he was a wee small boxer and he used to hits them and going like that then ! |
| 4 | They analysed it and found that it was mud , a piece of clay , y'know , but them not being all-forgiving , they suspected that I was using drugs , y'know , so they kicked me out of home and I went to live with my grandmother and then I had more freedom there to do as I pleased and hence started going to pop festivals and things and enjoying them and getting off on them and mixing with that whole subculture if you like . |
| 5 | She had noticed men leering at her and whispering to each other with dirty grins on their faces . |
| 6 | ‘ You drove to Penzance , leaving home at about seven-thirty , you went to the film and started to drive back , but your van broke down at Badger 's Cross and after trying to start it and sheltering for some time , you walked home , arriving at about half-past two . ’ |
| 7 | Psychologists , like all other scientists , cope with the complexity of the real world by making models of it and working with those instead . |
| 8 | There 's the firstly that of young children , and it 's something that I remember putting a motion to in the last administration about a creche or whatever or looking into this facility , in the fact of erm , trying to encourage more people with young families to erm , actually get involved in local government and politics . |