Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 " She did n't really love him , " Sarah shouted aloud in the empty house , and blushed as if there were a part of Enid lurking somewhere that could overhear her .
2 Neither names are registered as a trade mark ; in fact the names would be refused registration because they are too descriptive of computer retailing generally and would make it difficult for other traders to describe their business activities .
3 I read in one of the other papers that GG also said ( what many on this list have said before ) Cunt'anas was great when things were going well but would let you down when they were not .
4 To have to lie there in his coffin on Ingham 's counter and hear somebody like Tommy Drennan murder a good song like ‘ Slievenamon ’ and himself lying there and could do nothing about it !
5 This will no doubt be welcome , but before accepting it the company should be sure that it is aware of all the consequences of doing so and can handle them .
6 This will no doubt be welcome , but before accepting it the company should be sure that it is aware of all the consequences of doing so and can handle them .
7 Normality flowed into them again , their neighbourhood was out there , friends and fellows , the animals grazing in the fields , the hens roosting in their houses , chimneys and hearths and beds , from all the steadings the people were coming now and would save them .
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