Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're all terribly sorry , but your dog was dying when he was brought in . ’ |
| 2 | The flight from Bangkok was only minutes from landing when it was turned away because of a monsoon . |
| 3 | spends his day blending the malt and seeing that it is despatched correctly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , Marie , ’ I say , pretending that she 's sat there listening to me . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His hair was damp as if he 'd been swimming and he was dressed casually in jeans and a thin denim-blue shirt . |
| 9 | Deep tan , good body , jeans that were tight and bleached over the thighs but not looking like they were sprayed on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Her jaundice improved with stenting and she was allowed home . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Is John MOtson Eric cantona 's agent ? he cant talk about his Gallic flair without sounding like he s become sexually aroused . |
| 14 | The body was still twitching when it was flung on to a table and the head hacked off , blood spurting like a fountain . |
| 15 | The ‘ object ’ is a lump of granite , with a plaque above stating that it was brought down on ice from Westmorland during the Ice Age 300,000 years ago . |
| 16 | Apart from there being nothing on the walls , there 's very little of the personal here considering that she 's lived here six months . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I am , ’ replied Anabelle , wishing that she was curled up in her nest fast asleep . |
| 18 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 19 | ‘ Ratners thought this through a couple of years ago and then found itself locked into the game of pushing price to keep volumes moving and everything was put on the back burner , ’ says Richards . |
| 20 | But under tough new rules , companies must regularly consult local officials during exploration , discuss plans for seismic testing and drilling before they are carried out , and agree to on-site monitoring by Government officials . |
| 21 | They had copied out the names and addresses of everyone who wrote to them and enclosed the list with a message of thanks and good wishes , asking that it be sent on . |
| 22 | Orthographically irregular words are pronounced more slowly than regular words ( Baron and Strawson , 1976 ; Underwood and Bargh , 1982 ) , indicating that they are treated differently in some way when they are read . |
| 23 | Cyclamen also prefer being sited in cooler spots and are often renowned for failing because they are kept too warm . |
| 24 | I rushed off to have a shave and a wash , which I had hardly finished doing before we were ordered downstairs for breakfast in the darkness . |
| 25 | The suggested version has similarities to Postman 's Knock , too , with a couple having to spend at least one minute observing before they are allowed back into the room . |
| 26 | As the boat rammed the steel plates , fabric ripping as it was dragged up against the rough barnacled side , he fired . |
| 27 | Hector ! ’ he was crying as he was dragged up and set to an oar . |
| 28 | The two sides disagreed on whether 100,000 Moroccan soldiers and thousands of Moroccan administrators should remain in the region during the referendum , the Polisario officials insisting that they be withdrawn beforehand , while Morocco offered to confine them to their garrisons . |
| 29 | You can feel if the sail is sheeted correctly by the pressure in the arms ( assuming that they are spaced equally about the CE ) . |
| 30 | The Collector 's lips moved but his mind had already wandered away , besieged by practical questions … how would they manage for privies with so many people in the banqueting hall , assuming that they were driven out of the Residency ? |