Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little crowd was encouraging them while they performed what somebody told me was a tango . |
| 2 | At the same time , he took great trouble over the team 's welfare , even to the extent of helping them when they signed their contracts . |
| 3 | Yeah they were building them when we got there were n't they ? |
| 4 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 5 | Defender Gary Pallister said : ‘ It 's a bolt from the blue , I 'd never have guessed we were signing him if you gave me 300 goes . |
| 6 | ‘ In a way , Matey , in a way , ’ said Dr Neil , lazily catching at her hand and pressing it as she passed him . |
| 7 | ‘ They only succeeded in poinding us because they tricked their way into the house . |
| 8 | I thought he was conning me when he told me his plan . |
| 9 | But after three such encounters he said he realized this was because after eight years she had stopped loving him and he made his famous remark about adultery . |
| 10 | Roman did n't take kindly to any woman 's refusal , and he no doubt thought he was doing her an honour in wanting her when he thought she had belonged to Garry . |
| 11 | When Wendell had been interviewed , he had refused to say how many dollars the shindig was costing him but he admitted it was a lot . |
| 12 | No I 'm only phoning you because you phoned I 'm only phoning because you ph yeah yeah no no we 've been here all the time and the phone did n't ring once well |
| 13 | . She said when she comes to kiss me good goodnight I let her kiss here but she said I ca n't have her cuddling me or she said I think of him all the time . |
| 14 | Rachel was almost shaking herself , studying his face , listening to his softly spoken words , and her heart was pounding fiercely ; she felt fear and excitement flooding her and she knew she could not match him — not tonight , not with the strain she was under . |
| 15 | I says , well , I says , I was reading a book and an old wifey that lived up at and she was about ninety six , and this chap that was interviewing her , well he would n't be interviewing her but he said she sat by the fire and she hostied and clochered until she nearly spewed . |
| 16 | People got tired of interviewing him because they felt they were being made fools of . |
| 17 | She had listened to Arlene 's own voice and set about imitating it for she held her mentor in the highest esteem whilst still being a little afraid of her . |
| 18 | We all liked wearing them so I made everybody one in flowery silk . ’ |
| 19 | His nose was obviously irritating him and he banged it both with his paw and on the stone road until it actually bled . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , not so formal , ’ he begged , his hand staying her as he grasped her arm . |
| 21 | She signed the register , still having avoided meeting Ace 's eyes , just shutting them when he kissed her chastely on the cheek . |
| 22 | He taunted me , asking me if I knew what was going to happen to me on my wedding night . |
| 23 | And the cops standing there asking me if I knew anything and all the time it 's his gear they 're looking at . |
| 24 | I know where you watched it , I 'm asking you when you watched it . |
| 25 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 26 | David Fairfax would not let the subject go and went on questioning her as she showed him round . |
| 27 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 28 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew he was doing it because he wanted me out . |
| 30 | That 's where we 've been for the last twenty years so erm this company er that was already doing it and we bought it into the er into the fold . |