Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 2 | Schools varied in their capacity to manage resources effectively and were learning as they went along . |
| 3 | This is all realistic and is happening as I think it would if small boys were alone on an island . |
| 4 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 5 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 6 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 7 | I was thinking of sticking some pages on the World Wide Web for this great team and was wondering if anyone has done this already . |
| 8 | I sorted through my frocks but could find none that fitted me ; I 'd outgrown them all and was waiting until I 'd grown into Liza 's castoffs . |
| 9 | The Protestant marriage did n't reconcile his father , who believed that his son had been caught and was marrying because he had some misplaced sense of honour . |
| 10 | ‘ Good night , Dolly , ’ he said , and was smiling as he went out . |