Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your child did start vomiting or trembling or gasping for breath , would you suspect that they had eaten delphinium seeds unless they were still holding the packet ? |
| 2 | There is n't a moment when the lad is n't twitching or jerking or going into spasm . |
| 3 | Acting and clowning around and singing and laughing in Share My Lettuce , Kenneth Williams was a British star . |
| 4 | We do not exercise power over explosions and crackling and snapping of fire like the strangers , we fall back into the waves — as Dulé 's mother did , the young woman I dug up all those years ago , who had been drowned , who had returned to the deep blue . |
| 5 | I am longing , and looking and praying for peace . |
| 6 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 7 | In general they did not seek harsh retributory sentences once order had been restored and in a surprisingly large number of cases actually went some way towards meeting the wishes of the crowd by doing something to encourage a lowering of prices and initiating or participating in relief measures . |
| 8 | The crowd begins to melt away and a bubbling froth is tossed along the river , dancing and swirling and disappearing from sight round the bend . |
| 9 | While student-centred approaches are common to many National Certificate programmes , the development of PSD skills and behaviours is dependent on such student-centred approaches as setting tasks jointly with students and reviewing and learning from experience . |
| 10 | Every kind of bird was circling around Little Billy and Swan , and the Minpins on their backs were waving and clapping and shouting with joy . |
| 11 | Alfred had struggled , not with an assailant , but gasping and fighting for air . |