Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [v-ing] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we 're writing or recording it 's always serious , and then if you went on the road for two months and you were serious you 'd spend your whole life being serious ! |
| 2 | It may be hard to reconcile the ideals of chivalry at Edward 's court with the burning , looting and killing which were so much a part of the campaigns the nobles fought in France , and difficult to argue that the idea of chivalry had any substantially mitigating effect on the horrors of war . |
| 3 | In putting forward this apparently self-denying approach , the Commission was reflecting and extending what was also stated in the recitals to the Charter itself . |
| 4 | Yet they do seem to end up describing and inscribing what is really on the national mind . |
| 5 | She said she 's always complaining and criticising it 's quite funny though but there you go . |
| 6 | Fun tray Children soon learn how to undo buckles on car safety restraints , but tying or turning them is not the solution as they wo n't come undone quickly in an emergency . |
| 7 | The problems they encounter in creating and interpreting them are as sophisticated and as complex as they come . |
| 8 | When the principal exemplars of this class are dramatically eliminated the message is clear : middlemanship destroys from within , and the act of passing something on without truly changing or improving it is psychologically nullifying . |
| 9 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 10 | The general picture which emerges is one in which , whilst a considerable amount of assistance does pass between relatives , the procedures for asking for , offering and accepting it are quite tricky to handle in practice . |