Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The video work at this school revealed to some teachers the gap between their perception of what is happening and what really happens in the classroom . |
| 2 | Spence , the 29-year-old Kent player , said : ‘ Some of the pin positions were difficult but all the greens are sloping and you just have to accept them . |
| 3 | Women of all ages were shouting and I clearly saw a handbag swung overarm . |
| 4 | He wandered off when we were n't looking and we never saw him again . |
| 5 | The great bells of the abbey were booming and I idly wondered what would have happened to my life if Jack Hogg and I had not been taken . |
| 6 | This is called plussing and it slightly alters the potency of the remedy in the glass which helps to maintain its effectiveness . |
| 7 | And we just , he knew a lot of the , he was interested in si singing and he just knew the words and and just sang round about the house . |
| 8 | Well well with most word processors , you do n't use return , you just keep typing and it automatically says well I wo n't fit this . |
| 9 | The patrol boat , on loan to the council from the police , is now crewed by Vandaline workers who have been specially trained in boathandling and who also have passed swimming tests and been briefed on river byelaws and enforcement . |
| 10 | It was only when his embrace became more adventurous , his hands more demanding as he became aroused , that she realised where they were heading and she finally found the strength to pull away from him . |
| 11 | This place was big until my father took it over and he kept the places going and we still have the two places . |
| 12 | I said well we will be going and it finally finished at nine o'clock , erm , the the topics under discussion are all really relevant |
| 13 | He 's obviously doing it to keep a rhythm going and it certainly seems to work . |
| 14 | Bridger said yesterday : ‘ I have had several phone calls during the summer wondering if Amrullah was going to continue racing and he still seems to love the idea of carrying on . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I still love motor racing and I still want to win . |
| 16 | Joe Maitland his boss was very often out buying and selling and he rarely interfered with the running of the store . |
| 17 | Yes of course maybe play acting when they 're doing that they 're more conscious of the way they 're speaking and they probably want to make it right with what they think it should be . |
| 18 | The last man in , John Bendall had already injured himself when we were fielding and he also came in to bat with a runner . |
| 19 | I 'm frank and candid by nature and so perhaps not surprisingly my career was blocked , former friends learned to cross the street when they saw me coming and I quickly became a non-person ; a communist speciality . |
| 20 | We 'll look at what you 're currently doing and we also suggest to you something that you could be doing . |
| 21 | It was only when she exhibited her portraits in a boardroom that the medical staff actually saw what she was doing and she finally felt accepted . |
| 22 | As Carolyn observes : ‘ I 'm not a terribly spiritual person but I do believe that she was meant to do what she is doing and she certainly believes that . |
| 23 | We liked the stuff he was doing and he really started to develop an image for us as well . |
| 24 | judge from their looks you know what they 're drinking and you just like go vaguely waving his empty glass |
| 25 | In those days , horses were still used on many farms for ploughing and I soon found myself staggering red-faced up a furrow , furiously gripping the wooden handles , astonished at the power of the mighty beasts plodding sombrely ahead . |
| 26 | It can be very time consuming and it often depends on unstructured verbal communication because of this . |
| 27 | I have never had much stomach for fighting and I certainly did not relish the prospect of having my head knocked off for a few cigarettes ! |
| 28 | A hundred and seventy or so girls from all over Oxfordshire gathered at Iffley Road this afternoon to learn about scrummaging … rucking and what exactly constitutes a forward pass . |
| 29 | They have been jaw locking , tail shaking and they always move around the tank together . |
| 30 | Emily brought him a cup of hot milk , but his hand was shaking and he nearly dropped it . |