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Example sentences of "[pron] [v-ing] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ I have 12 or 13 players who can hold their own with the best in the League but injuries would leave me struggling and I know it . ’
2	I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents .
3	One or two people looked , I 've seen them looking but they 've not actually questioned .
4	Right , one thing that you need when somebody speaks is inverted commas okay or speech marks , name , if you read it out aloud name ask the doctor , the inverted commas come here because name is somebody speaking and it tells you that somebody is speaking here , it says asks okay say asked .
5	He had found himself begging and it made him feel undignified .
6	‘ They have lost confidence , but Martin is just the player who can get them going and I think you will see their true character soon .
7	‘ My father saw me going and it frightened me .
8	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 .
9	so I said what bike are you getting and he said
10	And then when I went up home , I 'd have took them out and put them in the fridge and she says what are you doing and I says well that 's a couple of day 's meat for you and she says no no take that off home , take that off home , I 've and I says no that 'll do you .
11	The harsh musical style will not set you humming but it does illustrate the original medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with force .
12	Listen , what are you watching and he goes
13	Oh well Derek , there 's a chance still mate , if we can stop them pegging but I think the chances of stopping them pegging three is a bit remote !
14	It was elementary : you saw them stealing and you screamed , ‘ Put that back , you fucking thieving tom-cat ! ’
15	and I looked at people , we were all saying why we waiting here , why we waiting and we saw people rushing off so we thought we 've got to rush off after them and we were all put on the train and sent to Charing Cross which was n't where most of us wanted to go or anything like we wanted to go
16	‘ Do n't give me that rubbish , Sid Watkins , ’ she began , ‘ with the average party in this place , that fish would go in one sitting and you know it .
17	It 's nothing but screaming and colossal explosions and everything shaking and you keep thinking the next one is going to hit you , and you pray for it to stop , and it goes on , and on , and on .
18	Yes when you 've got one screaming and one rushing around , yes .
19	So I said I went and lay in the in these bull rushes and I got half a brick , yes , he says , and I saw them coming and he says and I threw it and hit him this er blackleg with this half brick .
20	Oh that was , I , I was waiting on them saying and you see you 're constantly worry of what 's going on at home , and that 's not helping really .
21	You will forgive him using but he had a bad fall yesterday and has damaged his ankle .
22	She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side .
23	It was a waste of time him going but he nagged so much that she had to let him go .
24	The young man and the girl did not see him coming and he caught them both around their legs and knocked them onto the floor .
25	I thought when I was looking at her talking and I thought , you 're a school mistress .
26	I still want to get it going but I do n't want to put a double shift onto unless I have to .
27	Well we could set , like you say and no you know , and get it going and you make a salary
28	We saw it coming and we did nothing . ’
29	But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground .
30	Faldo spent almost 30 hours between Thursday and Sunday either playing , hitting shots on the range or working on his putting and he hopes the back-breaking labours pay off next weekend .