Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pron] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you 're going solo now , ’ said the victim , fumbling for her smokes again . |
| 2 | Your life has just begun and you 're walking across what turns out to be Salisbury Plain . |
| 3 | The act of dispensing with them has not always met with common assent nor has it always been smooth — the English historical landscape is scattered with periods of violence and upheaval — but once the dispensing process is achieved , it has largely been accepted . |
| 4 | The residents of Unity Flats are shrugging off the stigma of living in what has long been regarded as one of the city 's most undesirable areas . |
| 5 | The fact that he was now sheltering within it does not seem to have occurred to him . |
| 6 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 7 | A dozen other blacks from the Star and Garter hang off from us , listening to what goes down . |
| 8 | The trouble with the menopause is that everyone around the woman going through it suffers too . |
| 9 | Cos I mean we know it 's going up whoever gets in they 're gon na put it up |
| 10 | One is beginning with what exists not with what is needed . |
| 11 | These are extreme cases — yet , if you 've been involved in a disaster or have been a victim of crime ( Victim Support 's specialist area ) you may find yourself suffering from what has now been identified as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder . |
| 12 | Always stress what can be seen to cohere and fit together before attending to what does not fit . |
| 13 | Diving to me has never seemed particularly energetic , and certainly one does n't swim at speed when sports diving . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 15 | Then obviously it 's statements to parents and depending on what happens there because the parent 's evening and I 've put |
| 16 | And whilst they 're sailing across this little lake there in the evening a sudden storm blows up , now in the version of the bible that I 'm reading from it says there that , er that is was a fierce storm , other versions will er , give different e , different expressions , it was a fierce , sorry , a fierce gale of wind . |
| 17 | not do it late , just keep stopping before it gets too late . |
| 18 | And I think there 's a big difference between you talking about what happens as far as forestry is concerned and actually what some of the logging companies are up to . |
| 19 | Erm and then once they 've organized themselves into these associations their first er job should be , or was perhaps , I 'm not he 's talking about what has actually happened I suppose |
| 20 | Not talking about it does n't make it go away . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You are thinking about what lies ahead . ’ |
| 22 | Prying into what does n't concern you , investigating in poky little corners . ’ |
| 23 | I 've got a bright young thing working for me does all the bookings and the publicity , can I give you a brochure ? ’ |
| 24 | Ivan Boesky , Dennis Levine , and Geoffrey Collier have been publicly vilified for engaging in what has sometimes been described as the ‘ unacceptable face of capitalism ’ . |
| 25 | Keep meaning to she does n't He 's oh oh ! |
| 26 | Strange how certain areas seem to call out to me , wrote Harsnet , and working on them does n't seem like work at all , more like simply breathing . |
| 27 | Well he says he 's gon na he says round about erm December , January he 'll see if and he 's gon na ask him if there 'd be a chance of him getting in . |
| 28 | If you have a more considerate attitude one where you 're going to sort of give way to people , show a little bit more consideration to other road users , I think you 'd find that it 's gon na it pays off . |