Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My lungs exploded , imploded , exploded , imploded ; plumes of wet sand flew from my soles , rising as I sped on , falling in little curves and spattering back as I raced on into the distance . |
| 2 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 3 | I was a little foolish in earlier years before the electric light , trying to read and sew by the light of an oil lamp and pressing on when I should have stopped and rested my eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 5 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off ’ . |
| 6 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off . |
| 7 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 8 | And you see , they were , she was crying and everything and wanting out cos I think she thought the rabbit was gon na bite her . |
| 9 | You know , suppose parliament starts breaking the rules and acting arbitrarily and I say the mechanism is not clear . |
| 10 | It 's flying fast but approaching incredibly slowly — it 's pressing itself towards me and waving and kicking so that I 'm getting bruised all over . |
| 11 | They all knew each other and was laughing and kidding around and I was scared cos it smelt so bad and was so big and bright and I did n't know where I was . |
| 12 | Nigh on two hundred yards and running away and I hit him ! " |
| 13 | Even if I can get rid of the the tour operators erm or put somebody like onto because we got up and running now and I have n't got anyone to deal with it |
| 14 | on ends , so he took the two ends off , cleaned the rails and he was sat on settee watching telly rubbing away and rubbing away and I says hey you gon na put them ends back on ? |
| 15 | As usual each one said something different , so I began timing my contractions and breathing deeply as I 'd practised . |