Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just send a cheque explaining that you only just got the letter . ’ |
| 2 | For the next moment he was kissing her and she was instantly realising that nothing quite so exciting had ever happened to her before . |
| 3 | I could understand that and was delighted when I saw people realising that we most certainly were not steeped in Factory greyness . ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly realising that she no longer had their attention , and that they were both listening to a woman 's voice loudly exclaiming from outside , she lamely tailed off . |
| 5 | Regarded by everybody in that line as the world 's leading expert — he chaired , or was chairing until I so rudely interrupted him , an international conference in seismology in Rome . |
| 6 | Could it , could people please stop conferring a minute , er , that is actually the government , saying that they no longer gon na give grants , their going to give us the right to borrow , and are actually encouraging us to do it . |
| 7 | are you saying that they actually deliberately were trying |
| 8 | You do n't know what your talking about she said , what baby ? we have n't a baby , my mother wo n't be coming because it so far I tell you . |
| 9 | That does n't satisfy the sceptics , among whom one said : ‘ I suspect there 'll be a fair bit of tweaking when something far more fundamental is needed . ’ |
| 10 | Following the incident the couple put their Colorado home up for sale and returned to their native Norway , claiming that they no longer felt welcome in the USA . |
| 11 | A survey carried out by the British Market Research Bureau revealed that nearly half of Britain 's working population refuse to think about their retirement , with one in three couples admitting that they never even discuss old age between themselves . |
| 12 | And then once Helen and that had woken up that was about half eleven she woke up and then it like , oh , our provisions and then we started talking and everything else together like |
| 13 | True independence and self-determination come from recognising that we not only have responsibility for ourselves , but also obligations to others . |
| 14 | More serious from the point of view of his personal safety , by blowing his cover and stressing that he no longer enjoyed the government 's protection , the CNN broadcast , in effect , declared open season on Lester Coleman . |
| 15 | That was the movie in which Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye went to Vermont for the holiday to discover it was not snowing when it jolly well should have been . |