Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christmas in a wild Welsh valley with the stars shining on top of the mountains and everyone singing and singing , the way they all sang in Wales ; so beautifully , natural as birds ! |
| 2 | Things get much more complicated on later levels , though , where you have to keep moving around to nudge bubbles in the right direction to avoid them colliding and dropping all the grubs . |
| 3 | In an interview in 1983 Bishop Peter said : ‘ I have a house full of young people who spend a year with me praying and working in the community to get closer to God , and I let them impinge on my ministry . |
| 4 | Lily , about to knock on the door to announce dinner , heard them laughing and paused , listening . |
| 5 | We could hear them laughing and chattering beyond the reeds , their dresses flashing bright glints of colour through the green stalks . |
| 6 | He subsequently saw them laughing and talking with the guard before the train left Birmingham and described both youngsters as well dressed ; the boy was wearing a school uniform of yellow and brown with cap to match and scarf . |
| 7 | I could hear them laughing and talking . |
| 8 | Mandy was sitting at a table with other staff , all of them laughing and having a wonderful time . |
| 9 | ‘ It was n't — I didn't- ’ Then she saw me laughing and flopped her hands forward in a gesture of relief . |
| 10 | You will be able to see them opening and closing their huge mouths as they intercept items of food which the current is bringing to them . |
| 11 | The car must have been exceptionally sturdy for it often had me driving and pedalling like mad , with one friend perched on the bonnet and another on the back . |
| 12 | Windy come here Windy am I smelling or do you normally call me that ? |
| 13 | Well he has someone saying that describing away and they say right they and just like jump off the page and start moving round the room . |
| 14 | Is there a possibility of someone coming and filling the machine tomorrow afternoon ? |
| 15 | I 've made lots of forties and fifties but not the big hundreds that get you noticed , ’ strangely adding , ‘ I want to improve my fielding and establish myself in the one-day game . ’ |
| 16 | This means that someone importing or dealing with infringing copies does not infringe the right if semiconductors incorporating the topography in question have already been lawfully sold or hired within the Community . |
| 17 | Well Erm I have n't got a a definite way a a sort of little trick for remembering that erm but the big thing to remember is s before you just put it in no matter how sure you are stop and think now am I differentiating or integrating ? |
| 18 | The owner of property can consent to someone destroying or damaging that property . |
| 19 | Tell me was I dreaming or did I see a sketch on T V where there 's a car driving round , down the road being chased by the police and the driver said to the passenger er here take this and he says what 's that for and he says it 's to steer the car , presses a button and the car splits |
| 20 | Was I working or having a day the day off . |
| 21 | From the thicket I could see the bridge and to my amazement I could see Commandos marching in file across the bridge and coming slowly towards me , a few of them looking and pointing in my direction . |
| 22 | Free , they were , and I can remember one of the Sisters putting them socks and shoes on me , and me yellin' and screamin' like mad and tryin' to take them off . |
| 23 | Even if I hear them howling and snapping their jaws I sha n't hurry ! ’ |
| 24 | One of the bridge players saw me dressing and said : |
| 25 | For several minutes she heard them splashing and laughing in the water , then gradually quiet returned to the camp . |
| 26 | Victor walks towards me grinning and stripping cellophane off a new pack of cheroots . |
| 27 | I find this very difficult to erm , to relate , to relate hard work to the women portraying in , in this , we 've got the postcard of that one , erm it must of been hard work and very tedious , but I think every now and then the moment breaks away and shines through at the back , and I think people like , like Gaugin erm captures those moments and then releases them on the canvass , and I hope that erm by , I hope I 've been able to show you how I use art as a voice erm and a friend as my own work , even though we 've maybe had to do such a sort of hand fist way , hand fisted way , erm , but , I , I 've recently started to re-visit old favourite of paintings and I found that the story they tell sometimes has changed dramatically , maybe sometimes when your very little that , that , you know , sometimes dramatically as well , erm , but I , mostly , most importantly its , its still , I still find them , all of them compelling and challenging and , and something to stride for in my own work , erm , er only time will tell so I 'll finish with the , the last poem which is erm comes from the postcard what 's going round which is harvest , its called Patterns In The Grass , Wheat cut and falls , making lion head patterns in the grass , sickle shaped women bend and bow as a naive dressed as a dog steals the evening meal . |
| 28 | ‘ Everyone living or working in the area will not only have the opportunity to say what improvements they want but will also be able to participate in planning discussions ’ . |
| 29 | I imagined Saad lying down with the English boy and the two of them flirting and giggling together . |
| 30 | Sucking the wool and making it damp enhances the lanolin odour , and this keeps the cats contented and fully absorbed in their sucking and chewing . |