Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is [adv] [v-ing] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe it is possible to propose an explanation for the intuitive feeling one gets that the -ing form would be somewhat inappropriate here : the author is describing a person who is groping for anything which will reassure her before she meets her angry father and the mere fact that she is able to perceive objects which are familiar to her — when she feels so disoriented that she can take nothing for granted — is what gives her the sense that she is neither shirking nor lying . |
| 2 | She is back in the house that she is always remembering and talking endlessly about , she has her precious Miss Cress . |
| 3 | There is a risk that what is intended to be an aid only during training can become an undesirable crutch in that performance comes to depend on it but this is rare and can be avoided by using a suitable time delay , thus ensuring that it is really learning and not action feedback . |
| 4 | And having met him , he at once began studying him and suffering with him : observing him ab extra and sharing the inside of his head ; hence his sense that he is both witnessing and experiencing the ‘ strange smile ’ which accompanies Raskolnikov 's surprise at his own dread of meeting his landlady . |
| 5 | Now what saying with that , that 'll be used again when he is actually walking and does n't need a pram and the other one 's still toddelling |