Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shot him between the eyes and then I was off , down the smallest streets , and I did n't stop pedalling until I was back in this Villa Baderini , which , as a matter of fact , used to be my father 's . |
| 2 | When Sophie did these vaccinations in the pet shop Mr Miller held each patient so firmly and expertly that the recipient hardly noticed was was happening until it was over , but in the surgery it was sometimes traumatic . |
| 3 | So that 's all we we do and and interfering cos we 're not . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't know he was sulking if he was n't there , would I ? ’ said Constance . |
| 5 | I 'm laughing cos I 'm so happy . |
| 6 | And I saw it and everybody in the whole room saw it and burst out laughing cos it was so funny . |
| 7 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 8 | She liked Min and Jo and so she walked past the newsagents smiling , without noticing until she was almost at the next newsagents , which ran out of her newspaper by ten in the morning . |
| 9 | ‘ It is cooling because you are so late . |
| 10 | It is no good complaining about militants running everything if we have not spotted what is happening because we 're so busy doing it the way ‘ we always do ’ . |
| 11 | did n't know what had been happening because he was n't at the meeting . |
| 12 | And we just lay on the floor laughing because it was just getting from bad to worse . |
| 13 | But Phillip Chubb is in our group And he wants to be Robin Hood And Ann Boot is sulking because she 's not with her friend And I do n't see why I should be wood . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , it has been wonderful , querida , ’ he agreed quietly , his eyes softening till they were almost hazel in shade . |
| 15 | I carry on walking till it 's really dark and all the cars have got their lights on . |
| 16 | ‘ But I do n't suppose she 'll be doing much painting while I 'm here . ’ |
| 17 | That section states that a person convicted of taking without consent is liable to pay compensation for any — and I emphasise that word — damage to the property ’ occurring while it was out of the owner 's possession ’ and that such damage is to be treated as ’ having resulted from the offence , however and by whomsoever' the damage was caused . ’ |
| 18 | This is a very important position you 're after , I shall have to be very thorough in checking whether you 're up to it . |
| 19 | At the end of the road the huge bulk of the church with its soaring walls of smoke-blackened brick looked as much out of keeping as it was out of scale with this small domestic self-sufficiency . |
| 20 | From the first Emilia occupied the position of a precariously privileged dependant , and complained of ‘ hard fortune ’ , her father dying when she was only eight , leaving a ‘ miserable ’ estate . |
| 21 | ‘ In a large software development team , you can spend a large part of your time on company politics and another large part on documenting when you 're up to it . |
| 22 | I finished painting when it was too dark to see and later , in the nearest pub , I asked myself why I find water the most satisfying of all foregrounds. what follows gives some of the answers . |
| 23 | Developments in antislavery — both the spread of local associations and the splitting off of the Agency campaign — were portrayed as only occurring when they were functionally necessary and productive of minimal conflict . |
| 24 | The new breeds of patio roses , Polyantha roses , and the modern shrub roses mentioned above , are all excellent subjects for pressing as they are considerably smaller than some other varieties , and bear a constant flow of flowers throughout the summer . |
| 25 | September is one of my favourite months for walking as it 's invariably cooler — and wetter , it 's true ! — yet the days are still long and it 's easier to avoid the crowds . |
| 26 | a dog 's better looking than she is so you 're in with a chance ! |
| 27 | You must tell your partner to stop pushing if it is too painful . |
| 28 | From what you told me , you seemed to feel the opposite : life might have been worth living if he was n't there . ’ |
| 29 | These features are worth remembering if you are currently exploring a new stretch of river . |
| 30 | Never mind , it is a reckless , bloodthirsty tale , with Roland ultimately being punished for his hubris in refusing until it was too late to blow his oliphant , or horn , to summon back Charlemagne and the rest of the army to help his vastly outnumbered rear guard . |