Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A leading advertisement writer describes how she was going round a factory making china when she saw an employee taking plates from the production line , smashing them and throwing the pieces into a box . |
| 2 | Police radio describes how they 're giving up the chase because there are a lot of children about and it could be dangerous . |
| 3 | Mr Major explained how he was carrying on the principles of his predecessor and pointed out that he was her seconder in the leadership ballot and regretted that she had not stayed on . |
| 4 | I think he 's , he 's like the other day when he was here he was talking about how he was turning over a new leaf and stuff . |
| 5 | I stole it out of one of the Posten 's haversacks when I was cleaning out the guard-room . |
| 6 | Erm I was n't , I did n't know what you were trying to get at when you were bringing up the miles per annum that he was doing , I can understand the flying side of it but driving in the car , yes you need to know that he 's doing a lot of miles and that there 's , you know , the there 's the potential danger and everything there but I did n't understand why you need his specific miles per annum . |
| 7 | she said it was very lonely at night when you were walking down the corridors . |
| 8 | Er there are interests all over an and some er have a higher value er er and some have a lower value but they are all related erm so it 's not possible to regard er a contest solely as an isolated advers adversarial struggle where you 're weighing up the rel the relative forces , the relative military capabilities that exist , you have to consider a whole range of political , economic and strategic effects of , of your , your , your action . |
| 9 | She was flown immediately by helicopter to Hillsborough Castle in County Down where she was carrying out the only engagements of the visit , a lunch party and a garden party for 1,200 people on a day Ulster was swept by torrential rain . |
| 10 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 11 | He looked unbelieving and said , ‘ But surely you remember when we were going down the eighth , you were coming up the ninth , and I waved and your wife waved back , and then you waved . ’ |
| 12 | Lesley and Fuzz from Silverfish turn up from New York , where they 're sorting out a record deal . |
| 13 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |
| 14 | Fernando turned to her from the fridge where he was taking out a bottle of wine . |