Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie could n't believe what was happening although he felt it was well worth getting a broken nose for . |
| 2 | She would n't be laughing if she knew how close she was to disaster . |
| 3 | I wondered , sorry can I just explain , interrupting if you have the time . |
| 4 | One opposition leader , Mr Jacek Kuron , rendered the hardest-boiled judgment : ’ This could n't be happening if they did n't want it to happen . |
| 5 | As the hon. Member for Livingston can promise his hon. Friends nothing about money , he could not prevent that from happening if he returned to the old system . |
| 6 | I know perfectly well , but I 'm not explaining if she does n't know what I 'm talking about . |
| 7 | You know , because I think we as parish council would have thought that we were interfering if we suggested that we should go to observe somebody 's group meeting . |
| 8 | Marie scrambled out of the sand-hills and ran along the bank , crashing her way through the tall , razor-edged grass , not minding if it cut her hands . |
| 9 | Mrs Healy said that she heard the girls were running and laughing like they had done in Knockglen and they were hit by a car . |
| 10 | And he said , I had all that and that 's why every time you called me something I just kept laughing cos I had it on tape . |
| 11 | She listened without interrupting until I had said all I wanted to say . |
| 12 | work appropriate repeat patterns five times along each side , then add other corners , checking if they work out correctly . |
| 13 | But we not regimented in this department we 're flexible that 's why these things are happening cos we turn our hands to whatever we believe is in the interests of the company . |
| 14 | ‘ Spends hours , usually late at night , gasping and wheezing until it seems he 'll collapse … |
| 15 | it is n't , it 's Bryony 's space suit , give her , otherwise she 'll be squeaking cos she wants her own , here 's yours James , you have your own , give that one to Bryony , here 's your space suit Bryony , you 'll need this if you 're going to the moon |
| 16 | please to hear it I 'm sure his dad would be fuming if he did drink and drive |
| 17 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 18 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 19 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 20 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 21 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 22 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 23 | The trouble started after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd been drinking . |
| 24 | The twenty three year old footballer had been drinking and became involved in a brawl in Church Street after friends tried to stop him driving because he 'd drunk too much . |
| 25 | And second , how dare she imply that those hundreds of thousands of people with a spinal injury throughout the world are not walking because they lack the will to do so . |
| 26 | The debate was revealing because it exposed the core of racism and bigotry beneath the liberal rhetoric of Canada 's much vaunted multiculturalism . |
| 27 | No we were laughing because you 've got mayonnaise all round your mouth . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm laughing because you did n't lie to me . |
| 29 | Or are you sulking because I rejected you ? ’ |
| 30 | They are n't trading because they do n't receive income . |