Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 2 | I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents . |
| 3 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 4 | and then I had to work with these people and I knew that that was the kind of way that they were operating and I had to teach them by the way I worked but in fact it was okay to admit that we do make mistakes . |
| 5 | It was raining and he decided to drop her outside the front door , sheltered as it was by the portico with two columns . |
| 6 | Well now , your helicopter is approaching the ground at a great rate of knots with the engine idling and you have to land it — gently . |
| 7 | and they were losing and I went to spur them on . |
| 8 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 9 | I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’ |
| 10 | And Evelyn knows I am coming but I forgot to mention you 'd be with me . ’ |
| 11 | I know the time is slipping and I hope to get it done in the next two weeks . |
| 12 | ‘ I wish it had been boiling and I 'd poured it over your damned head ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 14 | Why do n't you put say another pad on top , more pressure , it 's still not working and you 've tried it again and it 's still not working |
| 15 | ‘ Dad had taken us shopping and he 'd bought us loads of things — extravagant presents that were sort of unnecessary . |