Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] she [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She told the Liverpool inquest that on March 9 this year they had argued about her going out for a drink with some friends in the city centre . |
| 2 | For one thing he was an impatient sort of eagle , inclined to get angry and feel insulted at the smallest thing ; for another — and this took Creggan a while to realize — he was preoccupied with thinking about what had happened to Minch , not daring to hope that what Creggan had so boldly said about her coming back was true . |
| 3 | The one good thing was the Australian pair finally making up their minds to come , the wife 's partners having agreed to her taking up to a year 's sabbatical . |
| 4 | The field-worker was able to spend as much time in the field as the principal investigator thought necessary , and no restrictions were placed on her going out on patrol , travelling in vehicles , or going to incidents of routine police duty . |
| 5 | If his betrayal had n't led to her breaking down in Lisa 's presence , she might never have discovered her assistant 's unexpected resources . |
| 6 | Mr Sheffield said the acute coronary attack suffered by Mrs McGinley would have resulted in her falling down in the path of the car . |
| 7 | A sharp blow hit her between the shoulder blades and she wheeled round to see the woman who had spat at her leaning down to pick up another stone . |