Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] they [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burun reined in and sat waiting while they circled and closed in . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Customers were asked to fill in a brief form stating whether they knew or had seen Mr McEvoy . |
| 4 | They probably talked to him already , they 'd have talked to everybody in that block , just asking if they saw or heard anything . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The sudden birth of birds left her exhausted , watching as they fled and fidgeted through the canopy , upwards , to the brighter light . |
| 9 | They passed the time chatting as they knitted or mended . |
| 10 | He seemed bereft of sense as he pulled ribboned holly sprays from the walls and fed them to a sulky fire , cheering as they crackled and spurted heatless flame up the chimney . |