Example sentences of "laughing [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is a very beautiful person to look at when he is shaven , about 25 I should think [ he was just 30 , as she probably knew ] , always laughing or quarrelling à la Rotonde … he horrifies some English friends by tubbing at two-hour intervals in the garden and occasionally lighting up all after midnight , apparently as an aid to sculpturing Babel . ’ |
| 2 | Inevitably , Madeleine 's name had cropped up and Harry had felt a pang of nostalgia remembering the little girl with her white dresses and long , golden plaits , laughing or stamping her foot if her brother did n't give her her own way . |
| 3 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 4 | She went to find her husband , and discovered him still laughing and ducking the tomato barrage , naked from the waist up but liberally coated with a kind of raw ketchup . |
| 5 | Yes , it was , how extraordinary , it was her own ex-patient Hilda Stark , diseuse , comedienne and would-be infanticide , whose career had been violently interrupted when in a fit of madness ( to put it non-technically ) she had nearly strangled her baby in its cradle : and here she was , laughing and drinking champagne , a guest ; how improper , how indiscreet ; was she married to somebody , had she come as somebody 's wife ? |
| 6 | And she stared too at her own friends , who appeared to her suddenly in a new light , laughing and fiddling with their luggage labels , and casting their eyes around them as though unbalanced by the sudden variety of choice . |
| 7 | ‘ Jay , you 're drunk , ’ said Lucy , laughing and pushing her away , but gently . |
| 8 | She watched Pilade run around laughing and trying to catch butterflies and heard Pen shrieking in the distance as he urged his pony to a faster trot and she knew she did not care a jot for Garibaldi or Cavour or any other Italian hero . |
| 9 | She had never imagined him doing the ordinary things of life : taking a bath , shaving , going shopping , or sitting in a bar somewhere with his friends , laughing and telling jokes . |
| 10 | Paisley was in his element , at one point stopping two old ladies to say ‘ We 're here to introduce this young lad to you 'cos you 'll not recognize him , will you ? ’ , laughing and nodding in the direction of Kilfedder , who , with a 13,000 vote majority , needed no introduction in North Down . |
| 11 | His parents were probably having coffee and pastries in a place among people ; Stu would be laughing and larking about with his mates at the wallpaper shop . |
| 12 | Everyone stopped laughing and looked at me . |
| 13 | And when two of the men stopped laughing and looked over his head , he turned and sprang up and hurried towards her , saying , ‘ Hello , there , ’ and reached out to take her hand . |
| 14 | But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms . |
| 15 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 16 | They are laughing and chasing each other . |
| 17 | Meanwhile I noticed my friends paddling by smiling , laughing and waving at me as they obviously did not realise why I was screaming as loud as I possibly could . |
| 18 | And he burst out laughing and said you 're quite right madam , they were police . |
| 19 | And then I was talking to somebody about this and they and they burst out laughing and said well we 've got a friend , a male friend a mate of mine he said and he loves walking . |
| 20 | And me and him started laughing and had to know what it was . |
| 21 | Three or four tables are surrounded by large happy families chatting , laughing and toasting each other 's health . |
| 22 | They seemed to be laughing and mocking the battle going on below . |
| 23 | I looked at her dubiously , and she was still laughing and insisting that it was true . |
| 24 | Like this they bound slowly down the boulevard , with him laughing and kicking people 's hats awry as they come arcing back on to the pavement at the end of each step . |
| 25 | The antler and noose would be used in the mock execution of the Morrisman , and the wild jig would bring everyone on to the green , laughing and screaming in the hot , summer night … |
| 26 | After such a long wait , Ellie was so stiff and so fearful , that she was almost relieved to hear them , laughing and jeering at each other , and then greeting their father , whom they were surprised to see home . |
| 27 | But what struck like an ice-cold knife into Owen 's heart was the group of six or seven men standing in the middle of the road , between him and the fire , laughing and jeering at the villagers ' puny efforts to save their homes . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's always laughing and does n't let his disability stop him from having fun . |
| 29 | Immediately you touched those bones , and all the others did the same , laughing and jostling to get at the coffin . |
| 30 | The lights came on again , and , laughing and jostling , the guests began to stream towards the door . |