Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum . |
| 2 | Some shepherds who observed one regularly using a boat to cross a river , and removed the boat , reduced the nightmare to wailing pitifully and threatening them , demanding the return of the boat . |
| 3 | With that she got up , put her knitting away and said she would go with me as far as our house . |
| 4 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 5 | Find out what the person in doubt is believing wrongly and help him to follow the logic of these presuppositions to their necessary conclusion . |
| 6 | And there are people living longer and needing them . |
| 7 | She started to cry with happy relief and Hepzibah put her mending aside and took her on to her lap as if she were Nick . |
| 8 | I am able to respond to their emergent writing honestly and give it significance in the drama . |
| 9 | She waited for Jean , his girlfriend , to go to the Ladies , and then pounced , flirting madly and manoeuvring him into bartering with her that he would buy two whole strips if she would have a dance with him . |
| 10 | And then me picking up the keys living here and taking it down the road ! |
| 11 | He has not given up hope that he can recover in time , saying : ‘ I 've not ruled myself out of it yet I 'm just looking forward and hoping I can be out there . ’ |
| 12 | I get to the fence leading downhill and follow it , stumbling now and again on the rocks and stones left at the side of the field ; my eyes are still adjusting to the darkness . |
| 13 | Sh they 're like all clubbing together and giving her some money to go in with cos she 's got to have some money to go in with . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't want to pry into your affairs , but you did ring me and you ca n't just say you 're going away and leave it at that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Tomorrow will be happier , ’ he 'd whispered and then , lowering his mouth to hers , he had kissed her once more before turning away and leaving her . |
| 16 | Jim , I 'd love to keep going here and ask you a whole lot more questions . |
| 17 | And then when you go back to school you wo n't be thinking , Oh they 're all rushing ahead and doing it and I 'm getting left |
| 18 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's my wardrobe mistress , ’ cried St Ives , winking suggestively and hugging her until she squirmed . |
| 20 | There is nothing inherently improbable about the same company producing both and selling them to opposite sides in a war . |
| 21 | Hold the pattern sheet ( clipped into the pattern sleeve ) with the arrow pointing downwards and slide it into the slot at the top of the console . |
| 22 | The thought of staying here and watching him drown was too horrific to contemplate . |
| 23 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 24 | As most of us have to work to earn a living , the short winter days limit our riding considerably and leave us with the choice of riding before or after work in the dark or only at weekends , unless you are lucky enough to have access to an indoor school . |
| 25 | Anthers , in most flowers , release their pollen by splitting lengthways and allowing it to shower out . |
| 26 | See there 's , there 's the con again you see , it 's the same thing , you can convince people they 're do they 're doing brilliantly and charge them more |
| 27 | When I meet people I like , instead of saying more and showing I like them and asking questions , I sort of clam up , as if I do n't expect them to like me , or as if I 'm not interesting enough for them . |
| 28 | By starting later and doing it gradually you get a few extra weeks without the fuss and worry of having to give solids at all . |
| 29 | The seneschal glanced at it briefly but did not appear excessively worried , even when after a few moments — the scullions running past and round them were all carrying pails of water and sand , fire blankets , cutting gear and stretchers . |
| 30 | No-one would judge an overseas subsidiary purely on its cash flow , because if it was doing well and growing it would n't be sending much money home , whereas if it was in decline and its working capital requirement was decreasing , it would become cash positive . |