Example sentences of "[vb past] or [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , Emily rose from the chair where she had seen her father seated many times , not knowing the problems he faced or understanding how troubled he was . |
| 2 | German PoWs : " In addition to the Yugoslavs " Macmillan continues , " Gen Keightley has to deal with nearly 400,000 surrendered or surrendering Germans , not yet disarmed ( except as to tanks and guns ) who must be shepherded into some place or other , fed and given camps etc . |
| 3 | Tipping , staggering , with croaked or choking voices , blundering backwards along lines seemingly already crossed , already mapped out . |
| 4 | The real answer is to fit the valve seats suitable for lead free petrol as previously stated , either having your own cylinder head reconditioned or fitting an exchange head available now from many sources . |
| 5 | It takes effort on the part of the parent but can sometimes help them see that their child is eating more than they thought or eating at the wrong times of day . |
| 6 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ We were not condoning what he did or holding him up as someone who should be followed . |
| 7 | admitting things like losing fifty billion quid on fluttering on foreign exchanges er Mr did or flittering away the north sea oil revenue in tax cuts for higher earners rather than er keeping that er once in a life time er bonus that this country had for the north sea oil and also you could mention the increased pension for but it did n't match billions that have been wasted on defence expenditure especially defence expenditure and especially the trident programme . |
| 8 | Er I had or trying to provoke us , and erm what our lads have been informed is rather than take a situation on like that , it 's better just to turn around and walk away . |
| 9 | It had been a choice between bearing what he had or running back to Aber where he was privileged and protected , and for Harry that had been no choice at all . |