Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we looked on it more as a party and a family gathering and showing everybody else that we were now committed and we 're going to spend the rest of our lives together . |
| 2 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 3 | He should have gone outside , grabbed the keys of the bike and taken off , but instead he was trapped and she was following him , her footsteps tentative on the stairs . |
| 4 | ‘ I could ring for a taxi , ’ she suggested , when the final guests had departed and she was standing with her host and hostess on the drive . |
| 5 | His savoir faire had vanished and he was prodding desperately at a pile of coal black spheres . |
| 6 | So , by the time he 'd sort of looked and it were defrosting |
| 7 | I could tell he was angry because he was red in the face and his fists were clenched and he was swearing like a trooper . |
| 8 | Now the one we are going to talk about first of all is the too little sugar where your person has been stabilized and they 're taking insulin injections . |
| 9 | Poor blighter was hanged and we were dancing the night away . |
| 10 | She 's concussed and they 're keeping her in overnight . |
| 11 | We had a motion which was put before Conference last year and it was carried and it was asking for a similar review to what 's being asked for this morning . |
| 12 | 1967 was the year that the Isle of Man Railway reopened and I was feeling very emotional about the whole affair , with good reason , as the idea of the Isle of Man without a railway was quite unthinkable . |
| 13 | Well the notes are grouped but you 're gon na add the . |
| 14 | She 's writing a children 's book , erm , well she 's written one , and it 's going around to the publishers and she 's written or she 's writing a second . |
| 15 | We are angry at the way Labour is being presented and we are going to go for them . ’ |
| 16 | Well there 's the fact that he might have borrowed the money for a ten million pound project , and he ca n't have a use of it because it 's named and he 's paying interest |
| 17 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 18 | God , we 've only just met and you 're coming on like some rampant nut-eater . |
| 19 | They , they were all done and it 's coming back clearly now . |
| 20 | Cos I 've got to go out in ten minutes , I 'm going to get my hair done and you 're going to look after Jim are n't you ? |
| 21 | The appointment of a transport adviser has now been made and she is preparing to leave for Accra at the time of writing this report . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't walk far on my leg now because it 's a bit twisted but I 'm having physiotherapy . |
| 23 | His face is painted and he is carrying a spear . |
| 24 | This job is now completed and we are hoping to hold a short ‘ opening ’ ceremony as soon as it can be arranged . |
| 25 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 26 | It was n't working out like he 'd thought and it was going to take him a lot longer than he 'd planned . |
| 27 | he got out this little diary he 's got and he was going |
| 28 | a young man has died and we are trying to establish why at the moment |
| 29 | a young man has died and we are trying to establish why at the moment |
| 30 | a young man has died and we are trying to establish why at the moment |