Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [pers pn] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not like his presence but he found little difficulty in scaring them off , or evading them if they tried to mob him , and the food in these places was plentiful . |
| 2 | What it gets across to the students is that they must deal with women appropriately , hugging them or holding them if it feels natural , rather than standing back and playing doctor . ’ |
| 3 | The interchange would usually end with Gina kicking Nigel on the shin , clawing him or hitting him if she had something in her hands . |
| 4 | Kelly smiled as she thought of his early attempts at cooking and the hours he 'd spent coaching and encouraging her while she 'd practised riding a finish on the back of the sofa . |
| 5 | Tidying up the mess and helping him or her to get to bed is not the best thing to do . |
| 6 | If she was n't , he slipped into her mind , the memory of her response to him both torment and humiliation , and dislodging him once he entered her thoughts proved far more difficult than keeping him out in the first place . |
| 7 | I quickly talked him out of that , telling him that he must find out the truth before passing judgment , and reminding him that he had had a good marriage . |
| 8 | ‘ In a way , Matey , in a way , ’ said Dr Neil , lazily catching at her hand and pressing it as she passed him . |
| 9 | ‘ The Master commends his slave for the quality of the breakfast as well as the weather , ’ said Dr Neil , catching at her hand and pressing it as she walked by . |
| 10 | I charged at them , yelping encouragement to the wheelbarrow , and patting it when it had done well . |
| 11 | Erm the only thing that occurred to me I just wondered if she knew somebody who had a dearly loved dog that , did n't want to train it but you know she could perhaps just take along for the joy of running it and training it but I think part of the pleasure is the reflected glory you know it 's my dog |
| 12 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 13 | Work out ways of splitting the incoming crowd and directing them where you want them to go . |
| 14 | Adam went back to his private world as the plane bucked across the sky , the unseen hands of the veering winds twisting and turning it as it flew towards Hanover . |
| 15 | That dust was billowing and choking them as they struggled to ascend . |
| 16 | Bankers ' acceptances are one of the main ways by which the Bank of England manages the money supply , buying them from the banking system , via the discount houses , in order to inject cash into the banking system , and selling them when it wants to take cash out of the banking system . |
| 17 | He saw that two men were now holding me , pushing me down and punching me and he recognized the man who was walking up the stairs . |
| 18 | The grain was too complex and cross for him , the blade stuck , and in the same instant Isambard stretched both arms over the boy 's shoulders and seized his hands , forcing them apart and wringing them until he twisted with pain and let go both the knife and the wood . |
| 19 | ‘ You can have another go later , ’ she said , taking Belinda 's hand and steadying her as she dismounted , ‘ but there are lots of other things to see ; you do n't want to spend your money all at once . ’ |
| 20 | Plus , taking , keeping it and doing it if you see benefit in that . |
| 21 | In the case of working class women , intervention by primarily middle class volunteers or state officials often served to increase their burdens by exacting higher standards of childcare and housekeeping — what Anna Martin called holding the mother to her task of making bricks without straw — and punishing her if she failed . |
| 22 | Arups worked out a method of cutting out the rusted iron in very small sections and strengthening it as they went along . |
| 23 | I was doing the scrubbing and Changez was miserably holding the bucket in the deserted shop and asking me if I had any more Harold Robbins novels he could borrow . |
| 24 | That left me with dozens of portly gentlemen in blue who spent the rest of the night eating my shortbread , drinking my coffee and asking me if I knew Terry Wogan . |
| 25 | He had been pointing out of the window and asking me if I liked the weather or the colour of the cows . |
| 26 | We set off in file moving along a narrow gauge railway in pitch darkness I was trying desperately to keep in contact with the Frenchman in front of me and cursing him when he stopped suddenly , causing me to bang my face on his rucksack . |
| 27 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 28 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 29 | A psychiatrist emphasized the importance of preparing for the emotion of loss and recognizing it when it comes . |
| 30 | You know , I think we 've that nobody keeps us We 've had a name over the years that we 're an expensive carrier , and it 's just sort of keep going and educating them that we 've come down in the market or , |