Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked towards the unsteady steps , and a figure took shape out of the darkness , weaving as it came and blinking dazedly as the lantern was lifted to illuminate its face . |
| 2 | And if you get fed up of moving text one tab stop at a time if you go alt P you then actually remove all of the paragraph formatting that you add and it takes you back to your starting position . |
| 3 | Anyway I were looking and I looked and I looked and I looked and I says well what cigarettes do you use for it ? |
| 4 | Well I know the night Lindsey was smoking and she had or something but smelt the smoke on her breath and he got the belt and he gave her a belt and I lay in bed Kay and I cried |
| 5 | Suppose you actually managed to escape all the harmful effects of tobacco but your child took up smoking because you smoked and he or she went on to develop one of those dreadful ( and often fatal ) illnesses . |
| 6 | I was drawing and I read and and I played with toys and I read this game |
| 7 | Still , the application of different principles of design at the two ends could be accounted for in one man 's work : either by supposing that he saw and was overwhelmed by the Theseion mural between designing the east and designing the west ; or , perhaps more convincingly , that he felt a traditional , sculptural style proper to the entrance-front while allowing himself at the back to experiment with a new pictorial interest . |
| 8 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |
| 9 | Burun reined in and sat waiting while they circled and closed in . |
| 10 | And now he found himself wondering whether she knew or guessed about Amy . |
| 11 | They stripped these books down to their narrative skeletons , then scattered a string of incidents on to the screen without caring whether they moved or excited the audience . |
| 12 | It stretched it and started all bleeding and I had and I had to sew it up with a sewing kit . |
| 13 | Customers were asked to fill in a brief form stating whether they knew or had seen Mr McEvoy . |
| 14 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 15 | Later in Michael Ramsey 's life it disturbed his conventional critics when they found a guardian of Catholic orthodoxy saying that he hoped and expected to meet atheists in heaven . |
| 16 | They probably talked to him already , they 'd have talked to everybody in that block , just asking if they saw or heard anything . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I think we could do with doing like we said and asking St. Edwards if they 've any . |
| 19 | ‘ There are informal networks through which we let one another know what we are doing and we meet and talk . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you thinking of going all the way to Morocco ? ’ he asked , with his even white teeth shining as he smiled and dived down like a dolphin around her . |
| 21 | But there was never any question of us finishing when he went or while he was away . |
| 22 | Just by knowing that they exist and knowing that if I went to places whether it 's a bookshop or a coffee shop or a pub or the streets of Brixton or Tescos or Budgens in Crouch End you bump into people you know or might know . |
| 23 | Example four , you notice it says how much cover would you , and that 's you as an individual , knowing whether you smoke or not , obviously knowing your age , get if you spend thirty pounds a month with an escalating premium , and waiver of premium ? |
| 24 | job and y you were n't really knowing whether it included or excluded the A Cs anyway and that sort of thing . |
| 25 | ‘ Are we as good as at war ? ’ she asked , and there was no way of knowing whether she laughed or was alarmed behind the widow 's veil . |
| 26 | But once the children reached school age and the family moved to a farmhouse with lots of storage space , Angela began to build up a small trade , learning as she went and advertising in a local newspaper . |
| 27 | Dworkin 's theory of adjudication makes it clear that the function of the courts is limited to that of reaching decisions based upon arguments of principle , that is , arguments which justify a decision by showing that it secures or respects some individual or group right . |
| 28 | I look over at him while everyone 's arguing and he smiles and winks at me like he 's really enjoying himself . |
| 29 | What it means is that if you know that somebody 's or if you know somebody 's sex then you 've got a better than chance bet at guessing whether they smoke or not . |
| 30 | They will be talking as they eat and it 's distracting and embarrassing to have to juggle something fussy and awkward while you 're trying to make new friends and business contacts . |