Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she enquired , he merely said he was going walking and he did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 2 | It was as they approached the gates that Joe pointed away to the left and towards the hills where a man was walking and he cried excitedly , ‘ There 's Mick ! ’ |
| 3 | And on your belt , when you 're walking and you had a a lamp hook , which was got a very sharp spike on it you see , and when you was working er shovelling , you 'd stick it in a prop you see ? |
| 4 | In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper . |
| 5 | She had the door open at the moment with these bloody dogs yapping and she looked at me and said I ca n't hear them ! |
| 6 | She said she 'd realised how tired your parents were becoming and she knew that if she wanted to remain at home on a long-term basis she would have to have some form of respite care . |
| 7 | Alain came in without even knocking and she turned on him with furious hurt . |
| 8 | ‘ However , in due course a few , a very few indeed , intelligent teachers came to take a cool look at what was happening and they realised that for the vast majority of children the majority of our educational processes add about as much to the mental stature of our children as a diet of sawdust would add to their physical stature … . , |
| 9 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 10 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 11 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 12 | she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind |
| 13 | ‘ Tenzing and I shook hands and then Tenzing threw his arms around my shoulders . |
| 14 | But at that time Langer and Graham were bogeying and they had to birdie the last in the finish to force a playoff . |
| 15 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 16 | A woman was driving and she parked beside our land-cruiser , nodding to us briefly as she stepped out onto the road and flung a series of questions at the Indian , half in Spanish and half in a more guttural tongue , which I took to be Quechua . |
| 17 | She had tried to get out of the car when he was driving and he considered it lucky that they had n't been killed , but as he and I were together more I came to admire her resolution and good sense . |
| 18 | The transport department said the clauses were introduced to prevent asset stripping and they meant tax payers reaped some benefit from sales . |
| 19 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
| 20 | I do n't know why they started laughing and she started laughing and her laughing 's like |
| 21 | And they all started laughing and I wondered what they were laughing at . |
| 22 | And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene . |
| 23 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |
| 24 | I did at one stage : I could see no point in living and I believed death would be an easier option . |
| 25 | cos I said you 'll be here to midnight David and then on the day we were going he stopped me and Jane , little Jane , she was coming down the stairs behind me , I 'd been up for a fax , and I do n't know where she 'd been , she was behind me and as she come down the stairs I was listening and he said got her hand ooh he said I am gon na miss you my dear , so she said yes I 'll miss Hodems as well , he said you have got a way with your words have n't you , he said for one strange minute I thought you were gon na say you 'll miss me too |
| 26 | I heard you listening and I thought oh she 'll probably wan na tell me if there 's anything , it 's that the warmer airstream or something . |
| 27 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 28 | now against an apple tree and I asking him I was it permissible to go scrumping and he had to converse with the maid I think |
| 29 | ‘ We could say we were passing and we saw something suspicious , so no , that wo n't do . ’ |
| 30 | The forces that had called forth a great preacher like Griffith were passing and he needed to be taken out of the limelight . |