Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Must now conclude trusting my dear that every blessing will attend you and trusting I may find you well when I return — kiss dear Fritz [ ? ] for me and believe me to remain Eliza |
| 2 | ‘ Quite understandably , Brian is concerned about the way things are going , but I 've got the utmost faith in him and resting him would gain nothing . ’ |
| 3 | Bookmarks are easy to make and using one will help you look after your books . |
| 4 | Superb courage and unlimited patience supported an altogether exceptional political intelligence , and in both speech and writing he could express his beliefs with all the brilliance of a highly original mind … |
| 5 | Those which have are reaping impressive rewards simply by identifying precisely the services or products customers want ; looking at their most lucrative areas ; finding out what clients really value ; and establishing what would make them move to a competing hotel . |
| 6 | As a matter of fact' — he frowned in concentration — ‘ I do recall her putting a matchbook in her handbag at one point and saying she would pass it on to Heather because she collected the things . |
| 7 | Isobel refused one , and watched him , knowing something was wrong , longing to speak , to burst out with her news , and knowing she must make herself wait . |
| 8 | This avoided putting full page ads in Melody Maker , NME and Sounds , and hoping somebody would read them . |
| 9 | I 've been looking at them every day and hoping I 'd get one and he knew that 's what I was hoping . |
| 10 | The two men were knocked aside as Corbett swung round the overturned wagon and broke into a gallop , clinging to his horse and hoping it would keep its feet on the rough rutted track . |
| 11 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 12 | It is like throwing a grain of sand upon the sea-shore to-day , and thinking you may find it to-morrow . ’ |
| 13 | Just somebody was in there , poking around , shifting things , passing the time nosing into everything , and thinking he 'd put it all back the way it was before . |
| 14 | It 's entirely voluntary but displaying it would put your organisation in very good company alongside Barclays Bank , Boots , THF , Unigate and many others . |
| 15 | Fenella , hardly daring to speak , but knowing she must raise her voice above the treadmills , said , ‘ Where is — ’ And saw his eyes smile , as if to say : he is not here for the moment . |
| 16 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
| 17 | Not thinking he could see them , but thinking he would see something . |
| 18 | ‘ But thinking I could orchestrate us like that was pretty high-handed . ’ |