Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave it one of its earliest tests on my first trip to Coombe Abbey at Coventry , where I had sixty pounds of bream ( weighed ) and only stopped catching when I ran out of groundbait . |
| 2 | Michael , 45 , who quit boozing because it threatened to wreck his life , has given up another ‘ vice ’ — being too generous . |
| 3 | What you want to go interfering for she burst out , leave me and my family alone , little busy body always sticking your nose into other people 's affairs , Daryl 's temper flared up , I do n't she said , you gua rd your tongue Sally , I never meant to interfere and I ca n't think what all the fuss is about , either you have a sister or you have n't , I do n't care . |
| 4 | Or Him or Both , all Three , met shuddering as we rattle . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 6 | He must have seen my expression , for he said , ‘ This car makes a noise if you do n't fasten your seat-belt , and a light starts flashing if you have n't closed the door . |
| 7 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 8 | The most significant point here is that , whilst being ultimately sharp , quick-witted and astute , there is an alarmingly modest side to them as well ( maybe to be expected seeing as they 've barely put a distance between themselves and their former life in factory jobs and college courses ) . |
| 9 | It starts raining and they rush for the car , where they have an afternoon sleep . |
| 10 | I know you are funny sometimes , and some Bonnie just looks at you and she starts laughing and he has n't even said anything or something . |
| 11 | This may include recommending that you attend one of the practice 's health promotion clinics . |
| 12 | If the horse suddenly starts bucking when we ride it , and we jump off and swat it with a cane ; the horse will remember , but it may remember the wrong thing . |
| 13 | Getting an old cast iron downpipe off the wall is not easy and there is a fair chance that if it did n't need replacing when you started , it will by the time you 've removed it . |
| 14 | I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes ! |
| 15 | Instead , the narrative is shaped by internal rhythms , by a dynamic of mood and tone and by an unseen control of pace in which tension is slackened , sometimes by a particularly close attention to detail , sometimes by the interpolation of dialogue into the account of the movements and actions of certain individuals , sometimes by one of those exuberant lists of objects which Masefield clearly enjoyed compiling and which bring a peculiarly droll , unexpected quirkiness to relieve the enumeration of dangers from wind and water . |
| 16 | She stopped rehearsing when they reached the end of Act One . |
| 17 | He stopped speaking as someone knocked at the door . |
| 18 | ’ I stopped speaking as I noticed how strangely he was staring at me . |
| 19 | I stopped dancing when I came |
| 20 | Yeah she 'd get so she starts running when she see 's you otherwise would n't she . |
| 21 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 22 | The party broke up when Father D'Arcy , whose life was organized round the liturgy , rose saying that he had to attend an obligatory office at Campion Hall . |
| 23 | and he starts crying if you insist erm and you have to be pretty firm with him |
| 24 | She starts crying when she sees my expression . |
| 25 | Er that I remember come in laughing saying that he had no kitchen for him for her . |
| 26 | From Philips ' point of view , DVI looks threatening because it enables full frame full motion video to be accessed from a standard CD-ROM . |
| 27 | That 's right and I mean , you know , it 's like now my hair needs cutting and you know |
| 28 | He stopped crying when they arrived at the house . |
| 29 | His kisses and cuddles soothed me , and I stopped crying when he said : ‘ He 's a bad dog , and I 'll give him a good hiding for that . ’ |
| 30 | Della stopped crying and she washed her face . |