Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She glanced at him , noticing that he was staring back through the partly open door of the study . |
| 2 | The bitter weather was ending and everyone was feeling more cheerful when Joe was due to come on leave , but shortly before he arrived his mother had a vivid dream in which she saw him lying dead on a battlefield . |
| 3 | Now to a look at what 's been happening and what 's coming up . |
| 4 | Now to a look at what 's been happening and what 's coming up . |
| 5 | You 're not sure you know what 's happening and what 's going on . |
| 6 | Not because I wanted to go back to my childhood but because I had a deep , healthy interest in finding out a bit more about what was happening while I was growing up . |
| 7 | We 're all terribly sorry , but your dog was dying when he was brought in . ’ |
| 8 | The flight from Bangkok was only minutes from landing when it was turned away because of a monsoon . |
| 9 | She had been so pleased when Dr. Briant had suggested she lunch with him in the medical staff dining room , aching as she was to get away for a while at least from the uncomfortable atmosphere of the Maternity Ward . |
| 10 | But in others Purcell takes over from the copyist in mid-movement — suggesting that he was composing directly into the theatre score . |
| 11 | spends his day blending the malt and seeing that it is despatched correctly . |
| 12 | Seeing that she 's going off to sleep , I thought she 'd like that little dog cos that 's furry . |
| 13 | I can let go , trusting that everything is happening perfectly . |
| 14 | When I was assigned to investigate Ruggiero 's kidnapping , Pietro made a statement to the press drawing attention to my lack of experience and my political views and demanding that I be replaced immediately . |
| 15 | as if abruptly realising that she was seeing too much , Julius 's eyes went blank again , deliberately shutting her out . |
| 16 | Then , realising that he was looking down into her face while waiting for her to say something , she nodded her head as she said , ‘ A fine proposal this is , I must say . ’ |
| 17 | I never actually reached puberty , in terms of periods , although I can remember feeling lumps developing in my breasts , and being momentarily shocked before realising that I was growing up . |
| 18 | One views unusual vertical arrangements with suspicion , presuming that they are made so as to prevent others entering the industry , to raise margins and thereby increase profits at the expense of consumers . |
| 19 | And as a Portuguese Euro-minister claims that Britain 's oil may have to be controlled by the authorities in Brussels , Jacques Delors demands another £2bn and ERM-inspired interest rates force thousands on to the dole , how long will it be before one of our major political parties has the guts to campaign against the European Community in its present form , rather than sticking their collective heads in the merde and pretending that everything 's coming up roses ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , Marie , ’ I say , pretending that she 's sat there listening to me . |
| 21 | She made a direct assault on his leadership credentials by accusing him of planning to introduce Labour Party policies and implying that he was motivated primarily by personal ambition . |
| 22 | His hair was damp as if he 'd been swimming and he was dressed casually in jeans and a thin denim-blue shirt . |
| 23 | She 's frowning like she 's thinking real hard . |
| 24 | Deep tan , good body , jeans that were tight and bleached over the thighs but not looking like they were sprayed on . |
| 25 | You know , just happen to be passing when they 're going out of school . ’ |
| 26 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |
| 27 | Even on the assumption that Yusuf Bali did draw up the original and not just the copy , it does not by any means necessarily follow that he was acting as in so doing ; nor , further , does it necessarily follow that if he were acting as he was doing so in his father 's absence from Bursa , much less his absence on the pilgrimage . |
| 28 | Her jaundice improved with stenting and she was allowed home . |
| 29 | Further analysis of the above five steps could be conducted ( for instance , it is worth noting that they are made up of ( I ) non-drama — 1 ( 2 ) nun-drama — 1 ( 3 ) drama — 1 ( 4 ) non-drama — 1 ( 5 ) drama activities ) but it is not in the matter of graded steps within a sequence that drama resembles a game : the game element of drama is inherent within each stop . |
| 30 | I 'm wondering if she 's saying down you know , like cos they fall down she saying up , and then she 's damn . |