Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he had had the effrontery to go whining to the constable , attempting to get back the money for which he had , after all , sold his twisted little soul , no one in St Jude 's Street could remember seeing or hearing anything about the accident at all . |
| 2 | Less practical is physical destruction like squashing or bashing them on the head . |
| 3 | Her fingers worked at a small lace handkerchief , twisting and untwisting it in an extremity of nervous tension . |
| 4 | The teddies were shouting , chivvying and bullying them off the pavement on to the road . |
| 5 | From such an analysis we can pick out causes and action points : we are then in a better position to understand what is happening and to do something about it . |
| 6 | Naturally I welcome the fact that the reforms are revealing the extent of NHS underfunding , but this will only be of benefit if you acknowledge what is happening and do something about it . |
| 7 | The word ‘ mithra ’ was also used to describe a friend , and this god was thought to be a true friend of man , protecting and warming him in life and death . |
| 8 | There were stacks of old art magazines , a broken easel , the white-painted bough which Elise had brought down at Christmas before trimming and hanging it over the inglenook fireplace . |
| 9 | Whirlwinds , water spouts , twisting and entangling and spinning us to destruction . |
| 10 | The red glow from the furnaces fell across the treadmills , turning the steel mesh to angry crimson , bathing the creatures inside them to eerie , unnatural life , blending and merging them with the machinery , until it was very nearly impossible to tell where the treadmills ended and the human creatures began … |
| 11 | It may be extremely hard for your employer to justify a poor grading at assessment time when earlier in the year you received a letter from the chairman specifically thanking and praising you for your efforts . |
| 12 | His face moved continually , different expressions rippling and flowing across it as if he really were a sea creature , moved and swayed by the changing tide and currents in water , in continual motion — flickering from smile to grimace to pain to peace , eyelids half rising to reveal a sea-shell sightless crescent of pearly blue-white , lips parting then closing , breaths shuddering and shivering him as if air were too strong and coarse a medium . |
| 13 | It seems to me , and we shall look at this in Chapter Seven when we examine the notion of unconscious learning in drama , that there is some truth in Brian Way 's claim that relishing and enjoying something without fully understanding it can be of value . |
| 14 | Napoleon marched through it on his way to Moscow , but today the road is used by those who wish to avoid the pressures of autobahn driving and see something of the pleasant , rolling countryside of Westphalia . |
| 15 | But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms . |
| 16 | In some African tribes women gather together , apart from men , laughing and enjoying themselves during their time apart . |
| 17 | Emily ? … laughing and teasing him about deserving a white feather … ? |
| 18 | Though there have been some disappointments , the Greens in this country and in Europe are very far from extinct , and are consolidating and reforming themselves to be more effective . |
| 19 | As soon as I see that a patient 's breathing pattern is changing dramatically or that the eye movement behind the closed lids is altering , I instruct him to be aware of and to understand all that is happening but to see it as if on a film or television screen , so that he is completely detached and feels no physical or mental distress whatsoever . |
| 20 | Whether for chamfering , grooving , templating or using it for intricate decorative work , this machine will help you do it cleanly and quickly . |
| 21 | Throughout the war , there were constant efforts to limit the devastation it was causing or to bring it to a halt altogether . |
| 22 | The 1964 Act , then , gives protection to a bona fide private purchaser who buys a motor vehicle unaware that the seller is hiring or buying it under a hire purchase or conditional sale agreement . |
| 23 | If the child obeys within ( say ) ten seconds , follow the behaviour with clear and predictable consequences ; do likewise if he/she disobeys by refusing or ignoring you over that time period . |
| 24 | Then I remembered the £500-worth of photographic gear in my fishing bag , and the thought of damaging that galvanised me into action . |
| 25 | This role will involve further service development of the factory deep cleaning service with the aim of promoting and selling it on a nationwide basis . |
| 26 | He began with her eyes , capturing and holding her with a laser-like stare that probed deep into her brain . |
| 27 | She nursed his ailments too , and with a needle from a certain yucca picked out the chigoes from his feet , neatly , so as not to burst the sac in which the nits were hatching and release them into his flesh : the insects between his pink and white toes were just like a shrimp 's roe . |
| 28 | Once , when we were going up one of the main avenues in the city a lump of thawing snow fell from a tree under which we were passing and hit me on the face . |
| 29 | Urgently Ramsay directed them , all but physically pushing and prodding them into the approximate shape of a great wedge . |
| 30 | Shouting and threatening me in front of the kids , like . |