Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [indef pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bitter weather was ending and everyone was feeling more cheerful when Joe was due to come on leave , but shortly before he arrived his mother had a vivid dream in which she saw him lying dead on a battlefield . |
| 2 | ‘ Ratners thought this through a couple of years ago and then found itself locked into the game of pushing price to keep volumes moving and everything was put on the back burner , ’ says Richards . |
| 3 | When two cats are fighting and one is forced into submission , it often performs what is called ‘ cut-off ’ , where it turns away from its tormentor and shuts its eyes , trying to blot out the frightening image of its dominant rival . |
| 4 | A band was playing and everyone was talking at increased volume to make themselves heard above it . |
| 5 | the rain 's falling but no-one 's bothered . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been a fine day , the sun is setting and somebody is telling you your daughter has been murdered . |
| 7 | He was smiling but nobody was laughing . |