Example sentences of "[adv prt] [v-ing] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Keep on walking and talk your way out of it , ’ I told myself . |
| 2 | And they should come down cleaning and helping you like and making you something to eat like . |
| 3 | The sergeant came in beaming and congratulated me on doing a fine job . |
| 4 | Rather , what they wanted was to go on living and building their properties according to their own circumstances and preferences within their own neighbourhoods . |
| 5 | I can not believe the amount of injury time actually , you see if I put a record on at half past eight they 'll have finished bang on half past eight but er the fact that I carry on rabbiting and telling you about the quiz competition three or four times er they decide to play plenty of injury time . |
| 6 | Aung San overcame his plea that he just wanted to go on writing and brought him to Rangoon . |
| 7 | But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play . |
| 8 | But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play . |
| 9 | With your help we can go on improving and offer you even better service . |
| 10 | ‘ All I would say is that he deserves the chance to keep on going and defend his title . ’ |
| 11 | Did you ever feel that it would be nice to give up struggling and close your eyes and sleep and never wake any more ? |
| 12 | The Press enclosure was in the Members ' Stand and the scene around us was indescribable as the staid ‘ more English than the English ’ burghers of Adelaide and their wives stood up booing and shaking their fists . |
| 13 | The reason it ends up swallowing and eating everything is that it 's seen as the only choice . |
| 14 | Give up smoking and increase your intake of fresh fruit and vegetables and clear water . |
| 15 | 4 Long-Term follow-up : The initial effect of the heart attack is extremely effective in altering life-style in encouraging the patient to give up smoking and to change his eating habits and work patterns . |
| 16 | Yet they do seem to end up describing and inscribing what is really on the national mind . |
| 17 | But as she raised the mug to her lips her hand shook and , instead of the sip she had intended to take , she ended up gulping and burned her mouth . |
| 18 | Jancey strolls up smiling and squeezes my arm . |
| 19 | ‘ She 'll bring back hanging and do something to get rid of all those blacks , ’ said the lady . |
| 20 | And he burst out laughing and said you 're quite right madam , they were police . |
| 21 | He asked her , smiling over the top of his glass , if she had ever been to bed with a man and when she said ‘ not exactly ’ he had burst out laughing and touched her cheek with one strong brown hand . |
| 22 | He burst out laughing and put his arm around her shoulder . |
| 23 | So , for example , it would be better to stick your head out of the window and take in six large gulps of air instead of smoking a cigarette than to cut out smoking and put nothing in its place . |
| 24 | A day out shopping and treating myself to some new things |
| 25 | It read : ‘ Please ring Captain Anthony Asquith [ a former equerry ] before going out shooting and tell him that I have asked Lady Diana Spencer ( Lady Fermoy 's granddaughter ) to come to the Albert Hall and dinner afterwards at BP on Sunday evening . |
| 26 | His party of eight stood around grumbling and scuffing their skis . |
| 27 | The other bloke was being sat on by three other passengers , including the little old lady in the straw hat , while Preston hopped around moaning and clutching his wrist , but he did not tell Polly this . |
| 28 | The Corporals ran around screaming and kicking us , as we climbed and scrambled up the muddy path to the house . |
| 29 | They set about reinforcing and extending their property to give it much the appearance it has today , apart from some modern restoration . |
| 30 | Howard , who was becoming a country gentleman with some town property ( as opposed to his father , who would have seen himself as a London merchant with a country house ) , set about enlarging and redecorating his ‘ country seat ’ . |