Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night . |
| 2 | Just to set the scene and seeing as I have n't been in the plot too much lately . |
| 3 | And seeing as I have n't got an account with them I do n't think they 'll say well you can have some anyway . |
| 4 | You are Scottish ? ’ and each time she touches my kilt with her hand , throwing her head back and laughing as we spin around the dance floor . |
| 5 | Squaring her shoulders and remembering that what lay ahead was , after all , a job interview , she followed Dr Russell up the long flight of steps at the front of the house and through a wooden latticework door on to a cool veranda where outdoor furniture splashed with warm tropical colours was invitingly arranged . |
| 6 | Some like to have the item fully composed before they begin teaching others prefer to compose and teach parts , discarding and replacing as they go along until it takes shape . |
| 7 | Erm subterfuge and you know deceiving people , and pretending if you have n't got any nuclear arsenal when you have and and that kind of thing , you know , you will hear playing games like that are n't they , hiding up the truth . |
| 8 | I think also , the people of Wiltshire will be glad that it us here setting the budget , and therefore the precept and their council tax next year , and something that people will be looking at is their council tax bills , and noting that they go up by six point three percent , or are proposed to , with the provisional assets aim which is set by the government . |
| 9 | Now if you like you can sign all it says is erm it just it 's just telling you what it is and saying that you do n't mind them typing up the words form this . |
| 10 | ‘ George Courtney is special and sent me a letter congratulating me and saying if I need any help , just to give him a ring . |
| 11 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 12 | Or he 'll be round here , stamping and yelling and I have n't the strength for it . ’ |
| 13 | For there are other plates surrounding the Pacific Plate and they jostle and crash against each other , like ice floes at break-up time ; and as they jostle so they tide up against each other , pushing each other deeper , cracking and bending as they do so — only on a global scale , and with extraordinary consequences . |
| 14 | Well I do n't think actually , I mean I can remember and I do n't quite understand what 's going on here , keeps swapping and changing and I do n't understand it . |
| 15 | There was little need to hurry over breakfast , because even by nine o'clock there is barely enough light to see fine details , but shortly after nine the first starlings arrive for their morning meal , shoving and squabbling as they line up on the washing line to watch for the first human activity . |
| 16 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |