Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Benjamin Spock points out , however , that if an angry mother refrains from spanking she may show her irritation in other ways , for instance , by nagging the child for half the day or trying to make him feel deeply guilty . |
| 2 | Putting you in touch with 4,000 shops and services , the book is divided into 30 subject areas , with a clear index and cross-referencing to help you find your way around . |
| 3 | Conductive education , combines forced manipulation of their limbs with music and teaching to help them overcome their problem . |
| 4 | Already we 're seeing sector the er , those er new independent colleges coming along and saying do you recognize , er G M B and er during the single union agreement with UNISON and we 've got ta get our act together cos the only with thing that 's going on , we 're seeing local authorities getting smashed up and we 're seeing UNISON which will be going right across the board . |
| 5 | Well if I 'd have got to see him he might have said something , but I do n't like going and saying do you want me again now or owt you know ? |
| 6 | Long before Quex died , however , Edward Carrington had discovered better reasons than inter-service rivalry and backstabbing to make him doubt the quality of the organization he had been so proud to join . |
| 7 | Ludens , very stirred , very touched , by these precious and unexpected outpourings , and hoping to make them continue , said , ‘ But did you get on well with your father ? |
| 8 | And I was holding myself back , tha tha , Paul was looking and trying to make me laugh ! |
| 9 | This is all part of the same project described by Simone de Beauvoir and Hélène Cixous , a project of defining gender in a particular way and trying to make it look like an essence , something real and unchanging and natural and necessary . |
| 10 | ‘ I have seen a few busy streets in my life , ’ Shae said quietly , sure she was being baited , but refusing to let herself rise to it . |
| 11 | But having let himself sink as far as he could go , he began to rise and with such gathering force and fury that he not only routed all who had disbelieved in him , he left even the believers agape . |