Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachel was almost shaking herself , studying his face , listening to his softly spoken words , and her heart was pounding fiercely ; she felt fear and excitement flooding her and she knew she could not match him — not tonight , not with the strain she was under . |
| 2 | pulls you up do that goes that way , does that goes that way so you 're upside down you see , you 've not only got weight and gravity pulling you down you 've also got the thrust of the engine pulling you down as well , and the only way the helicopters going to be able to do it is by getting enough height so they can sort of drop like that and they start dropping and they can just pull it back |
| 3 | Lucy 's clothes were impeccably respectable , the cut and cloth murmuring I know I cost money , but there 's no need to stare . |
| 4 | If Mr does n't like field sports he should seek , try to seek to persuade Parliament to ban it he 'll have an excellent opportunity because he 'll , he 's told us that he 'll be an MP shortly that 's what 's happening , that 's what 's happened in the case of cock fighting and badger baiting it has n't happened in the case of fox hunting and Mr should n't abuse his position as a councillor to dictate to the council 's tenants in the way that he proposes . |
| 5 | He built up a complete instrument and travelled round the Dales on a horse and cart playing it . |
| 6 | When you are on to more advanced machine knitting and attempt some intarsia knitting , that is , knitting blocks and strips of colour adjacent without floats at the back , by means of an intarsia carriage , you will be able to make coloured cable strips without knitting the contrast separately simply by knitting strips of colour side by side and cable crossing them . |
| 7 | He was totally committed to his research , his hard work and enthusiasm moving him rapidly on . |
| 8 | Brian Farrell , defending , said the action ‘ set the rot in ’ and as time went on she took larger sums of money , spending it on alcohol , cigarettes , clothing and bills leaving her with nothing tangible to show . |
| 9 | It 's amazing to see the coat as part of a complete look — with the hair and make-up complementing it . ’ |
| 10 | He woke with pins and needles in his foot and Lee poking him . |
| 11 | In Jacques 's view , without the considerable talents and skills which Hampden Jackson gave unsparingly to the WEA , the District would not have flourished during the war nor in the twenty-five year period of change and innovation following it and in which Hampden Jackson actively participated in partnership with Frank Jacques . |
| 12 | The Asiatic spiny turtle ( left ) boasts a rim of sharp spikes around the edge of its shell , and the pancake tortoise ( bottom ) has an unusually flattened shell and body enabling it to slither to safety under low crevices . |
| 13 | I thought it likely that an unruly argument would develop between them , with Syl insisting that no woman could get enough admiration and Lili denying it . |
| 14 | I am really pleased about my mum and dad helping me . |
| 15 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |
| 16 | She needed one or two things doing to her , and I spent my short leaves at Easter and Whitsun re-painting her and making her seaworthy . |
| 17 | She was admitted on a Tuesday , and her husband and son visiting her on the Friday found she 'd had no food in that time . |
| 18 | at least even I never stooped to sending a circular round Community and Environment saying we do not want the danger of officers actually talking to the public and if there 's any credit , Councillor got to have it . |
| 19 | Spreading out a little , they came up the hill , rain and wind pushing them , sometimes staggering under the force of it . |
| 20 | The words were out before Isabel could stop them , despair and bitterness giving them a stark finality that was absolute . |
| 21 | Always you felt the warmth and humanity pulling you downstairs like a magnet . |
| 22 | He could hardly see now , the increasing smoke and heat choking him and making his eyes water . |
| 23 | The fourth book featured a scene in which a man planned to write a letter to his Father and Mother telling them of his new-found happiness , but he never could bring himself to write the letter . |
| 24 | Susan saw him come out of the door and start back down the track , anger and anxiety making him push his pace . |
| 25 | Deeply as she disliked and distrusted the actress , she still was n't certain just how Dane felt about her , and she was n't about to pin her own colours to the mast and risk having him leap to the other woman 's defence . |
| 26 | Likewise , we can still find examples of Tories attacking the theory of the ancient constitution and Whigs defending it . |
| 27 | The children made lots of friends in the Mini-Club , under the watchful supervision of ‘ Animators ’ who organised activities in the morning and afternoon giving us some time to ourselves . |
| 28 | By fence climbing and tarmac crossing it is 400 metres to the terminal building ; by the allowed route round it is five miles . |
| 29 | On the other hand , it may also be a sign of God 's hidden control and wisdom preparing us for the future . |
| 30 | If you had done so , the inappropriateness of someone of your age and standing addressing him as ‘ William ’ should have been self-evident to you . ’ |