Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her body arched like the curve of a gondola 's prow , her eyes flashing as if they were fashioned from steel . |
| 2 | They all wait for him to go on , while appearing as if they do not care whether he goes on or not . |
| 3 | ‘ How long were you driving for after they took you away from the family ? ’ |
| 4 | And the I go erm so then I go , Yeah but did n't they look a bit stupid she goes , Actually everyone 's laughing at and they go , Thank god for that . |
| 5 | All sounds were muffled except the song of the birds and the pigeons were puffed up , looking as if they were wearing greatcoats , as they waited for the generous breakfast which they knew Jane would bring out to them . |
| 6 | Shelves lined the walls on which stood magical pots — organic , looking as if they 'd grown rather than been made , with the colours of the trees , the earth and the sea merging in the glaze . |
| 7 | The Feldwebel had not moved and I looked all the way up his black leather jack-boots and the thin grey greatcoat with its cheap tin buttons looking as if they had come out of a Christmas pudding before I noticed that his eyes were slightly open and that he was watching me with an uncle 's amusement . |
| 8 | Then the inner office , even more discreetly sumptuous , and two more smooth bitches , secretaries this time , both looking as if they had starch in their well-bred pants . |
| 9 | When they turn up at the office next day looking as if they 've missed out on their sleep , however , they could get more than teasing comments from their colleagues . |
| 10 | Down they came , her two big sons , dark like their father , square and looking as if they had been manufactured by a toy firm to look like younger versions of a father in a game . |
| 11 | All bright young things , on their way up , or looking as if they were , with their murderers and their mercenaries and their adulterers . |
| 12 | In the second panel the same people , considerably sobered and looking as if they had a serious hangover , were being led away by the classic medieval figure of Death , a grisly skeleton in a black robe and cowl , who rather reminded Preston of an old schoolmaster he had known called Mr Pilkington . |
| 13 | As so often , it is the monstrous ones that stick in the mind : two gross , splayed pairs of legs about to join the rest of the body they belong to in the maw of two amiable-looking man-eaters ( reminiscent of Oloron ) ; two horribly bent captives , their feet tied by a cord and their heads looking as if they are propped upright on sticks — strange motifs , yet motifs all the same , because they are not unique to Lescar . |
| 14 | The entrance through the surrounding wall stood high and splendid , arched in the Spanish manner , and the vast wrought-iron gates stood open , ready to close behind them and looking as if they would . |
| 15 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 16 | with that picture of Speed , rodders and Macca looking as if they have orgasamed . |
| 17 | They were both standing behind the counter looking as if they were n't quite sure what to do next . |
| 18 | ‘ Run ! ’ he yelled to Lou , and the two boys , acting as if they were being pursued by the evil agents of an alien warlord , fairly streaked along the road . |
| 19 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 20 | " They 're acting as if they think I did it . " |
| 21 | He was acting as if they had a settled relationship , but they had n't . |
| 22 | Anyway , he gave them a few examples of the jobs he was looking for and they told him he was unqualified . |
| 23 | and er he said to himself there 's something I , I , I do n't know what it is necessarily but there is something , go to a specialist and the specialist was very very good you know blah blah blah blah you want some te I want some tests , you know , so I had some tests , you know and the crew that were doing the tests they knew what they were looking for and they either found it or they did n't , do n't know . |
| 24 | Their job is to find out what people are looking for when they spend their money , and to advise manufacturers and providers of services what the customer wants . |
| 25 | Make sure you know exactly the audience for your advertisement and , if possible , what they are looking for when they buy a product like that of your clients . |
| 26 | The proprietor , Gordon McLeod-Crossley believed the burglars knew exactly what they were looking for when they took a BSA .22 and a Rellum .22 . |
| 27 | AT the beginning of the 1980s passengers experienced great variances of comfort and style on InterCity and cross-country trains mainly according to whether they were travelling in one of the three basic designs that made up most of the fleet , one each from the fifties , sixties and seventies . |
| 28 | The properties , all two bed units , vary in price according to whether they are detached ( £39,950 ) , semi-detached ( £35,750 ) , or a unit in one of the blocks of three in a terrace at £33,750 . |
| 29 | Thus the three parts of the research number allowed for subsequent analysis of all the referrals received ( a ) as a group , ( b ) according to whether they were received in or out-of-hours and ( c ) according to the nature of the referral received . |
| 30 | I have divided E and F according to whether they are actively engaged in projecting , i.e. either making something or merely percipients of a ‘ running ’ stimulus , a much more passive role . |