Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I listened to you listening till you cut me off . |
| 2 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 3 | For one thing I learned to cope with it better and then , well , I started growing and nobody singled me out for ridicule any more . |
| 4 | One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball . |
| 5 | The flowers that I had still been clutching when they carried me back to the house had been prised from my fingers and left in a plastic bag on top of the fridge . |
| 6 | I thought the last thing you wanted was to have to spend more time than necessary in my company … seeing as you dislike me so much ? ’ |