Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sunderland , incidentally , have arranged an inter-track meeting at Wembley on Friday , May 10 , the eve of the FA Cup Final , and are hoping that they will have the support of Roker fans who are in the capital that night . |
| 4 | The pressure groups are urging consumers to choose a less damaging bulb , and are hoping that their campaign will prompt bulb-traders to organise " green " bulb production which will need only minimal spraying . |
| 5 | Schools varied in their capacity to manage resources effectively and were learning as they went along . |
| 6 | We had started fixing it by then and were hallucinating and everything so we thought we 'll stop taking speed and take smack instead . |
| 7 | Prince is now demanding listeners as mixed up and variegated inside as himself , and is finding that there are n't that many around . |
| 8 | This is all realistic and is happening as I think it would if small boys were alone on an island . |
| 9 | Parsytec reckons the system offers better performance than traditional high end workstations and is anticipating that it will be used mainly for graphics , design and animation ; technical and economic modelling ; manufacturing and office automation systems . |
| 10 | Parsytec reckons the system offers better performance than traditional high end workstations and is anticipating that it will be used mainly for graphics , design and animation ; technical and economic modelling ; manufacturing and office automation systems . |
| 11 | The board has lodged five complaints with the LEA and is questioning whether it is getting value for money . |
| 12 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 13 | I was roused from my room with a call from the Cambridge police , Stewart had been arrested for disorderly conduct and was demanding that his skipper should come down and bail him out . |
| 14 | He had almost given up hope of meeting Liza on the beach and was considering whether he would , after all , call at Four Winds , despite Eleanor 's warnings , when , to his incredulous delight , on the fifth day of his visit , he saw a different figure scrambling down the cliff followed by a little girl . |
| 15 | He had found an ancient leather wine-pouch and was boasting that he could drain it dry . |
| 16 | I had already loosened the overcoat and was thinking as I looked at him , This very minute you are going on the longest journey a man ever takes and you have n't a frigging clue . |
| 17 | We followed the wall 160 ft , at which point it doubled its width and was continuing and we had no time to go further . |
| 18 | By the time Wardle Wood came in sight Virginia was tired and was wondering whether there was anything she could do that would save her pushing the bike all the long way home . |
| 19 | MR GEOFF WELCH PHONED ( 4.00PM ) HE IS COMING UP TO EDINBURGH NEXT WEEK AND WAS WONDERING IF HE COULD ARRANGE TO SEE YOU FOR HOUR . |
| 20 | I was thinking of sticking some pages on the World Wide Web for this great team and was wondering if anyone has done this already . |
| 21 | I sorted through my frocks but could find none that fitted me ; I 'd outgrown them all and was waiting until I 'd grown into Liza 's castoffs . |
| 22 | The Protestant marriage did n't reconcile his father , who believed that his son had been caught and was marrying because he had some misplaced sense of honour . |
| 23 | ‘ Good night , Dolly , ’ he said , and was smiling as he went out . |
| 24 | Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein . |