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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] [adv prt] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	so I thought while he 's up there rather than me walking up and walking back , cos that would be too much exercise
2	I might suggest the other point , now I actually represent a city ward so I 'm sure I 'll hear the baying of the hounds that say why am I getting up and speaking .
3	I have nothing against them dressing up and riding around on horses but I do n't like the thought of anything being hunted down , man or beast .
4	Dr Robert Bradnock of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London said : ‘ Although the older generation strongly feel the pull of the old countries , I think they will put a lot of pressure on the young people to try and stop them rushing off and doing something which might escalate out of control . ’
5	And they were in this grotty council house now and they go back and they said and you saw them going back and saying look at the state of the garden .
6	He hardly knew the people in his own house , only to exchange a casual greeting if he met them going out or coming in .
7	It started me going out and meeting people .
8	And this Mr was so taken aback , by me going in and asking for a job , and they 'd always advertised in the paper before , that he said , Well , she must want work if she 's gone after it .
9	Oh are you , no I meant , are you going out or staying in ?
10	But there 's nothing to stop you , if you take it out on terms , there 's absolutely nothing to stop you coming in and paying , as long as you pay before July , or by July you get
11	I do n't want you coming back and telling me that what we need is more data .
12	W when you were covering P C were you sitting down or standing up ?
13	‘ Failure to act before April 5 may result in you missing out and paying more tax than you need to . ’
14	These baby universes are so small that one would not notice them joining on or branching off .
15	‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now .
16	And if you start to talk about me giving up and coming home with you , it ends right there . ’
17	‘ Seeing him steaming in and bowling so well now makes it easy to forget how long he was out of the game , ’ he cautions .
18	And she came in with and it was bad enough him going off and leaving her , erm without her finding this as well .
19	I 'd been hoping my daughter would be brought to see me at Holloway and was frightened of her turning up and finding me not there .
20	He said : ‘ Money 's available to George , but there 's no point in him rushing out and spending it for the hell of it .
21	I thought you had just become part of her growing up and learning about life .
22	I saw him crying out and holding his hands over his face .
23	Two blind men followed him crying out and saying have mercy on us son of David !
24	There was no point in her dropping out and wrecking the film and , in any case , for as long as she worked the film company would pick up Maisie 's crippling Canadian hospital bills .
25	Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned .
26	Her tuning in and watching .
27	All of them standing around or squatting , picking at themselves and the dogs sniffing them .
28	The last tour , I had so much stuff and I was always having trouble with it breaking down and having to troubleshoot .
29	I guess this locks the transfer needle , stopping it moving down and damaging itself .
30	Vladimir described the difference as ‘ white washing ’ and ‘ washing white ’ : white washing is quick and relatively easy , just covering up what was there , but there is always the danger of it chipping off and revealing what is underneath .