Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul wanted to retch , and at the same time felt his member thrusting against his clothes ; there was no denying that he had wanted this , when all was said , for a long time . |
| 2 | Then Richard returned to Poitiers and from there , on 2 February , he sent envoys to his father reporting his success and announcing that he had pacified all parts of Aquitaine . |
| 3 | No point in taking trouble with him ; no point in explaining that he 'd walked all the way up to the blooming rectory to set his mind at rest . |
| 4 | He was simply checking that she had considered all the angles before reaching her decision to go . |
| 5 | She listened without interrupting until I had said all I wanted to say . |
| 6 | Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities . |
| 7 | It was like being in the room with Miss Trimm yet again confiding that she 'd mothered another Jesus Christ . |
| 8 | It is uncertain what weight can be placed on the evidence of a medieval Welsh triad which refers to Eadwine as nurtured in Môn ( Anglesey ) , implying that he had spent some time — perhaps while in exile — on the island , but set into the earliest surviving Welsh tradition is the memory of armed conflict between Eadwine and Cadwallon . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , we prefer to keep our relationship very private at this stage , ’ she answered the other nurse , sounding much less assured , now , to her own ears , and regretting that she had started this silly game . |
| 10 | The then Interior Minister , Badr , on Dec. 21 accused religious extremists of having committed over 100 crimes of arson against shops and property , and attacks on mosques and churches , adding that they had turned some 25 mosques " into dens from which to launch their attacks against national security " . |
| 11 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
| 12 | Herbert , deciding that he had had enough of provincial life , set up in partnership again with brother James . |
| 13 | She 'd rather be seen as hopelessly naïve , and she voiced her feelings , suddenly not caring if she did seem that way . |
| 14 | Dougal glanced at her face , wondering if he had imagined that note of amused satisfaction in her voice . |
| 15 | It was possible to hear the way he summoned the old man , calling his name in a mocking tone , calling out for his dreams , calling that he wished to eat those dreams . |
| 16 | His firm sent him for a month to another part of the country , and at first he telephoned home every night ; but three weeks later she got a letter saying that he had met another woman and was planning to marry her as soon as possible . |
| 17 | David was in a state at that time saying that he had signed these things years ago and wanted to get out . |
| 18 | She sensed his fear and , perceiving that he had placed this construction upon their encounter , pressed herself closer to the soft protuberance of his cock , touching his balls with her cheeks , one side and then the other , wheedling the while . |
| 19 | It rang again almost immediately — Alan again , asking if I 'd had any luck . |
| 20 | But I do n't re think they realize what they were doing when they started making that flower border round , it 's going to be a never ending job . |
| 21 | These she threw away , rightly assuming that whoever had requested such filthy pornography would be too embarrassed to complain about its non-arrival . |
| 22 | My personal and spiritual growth expanded into every area of my life , twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week , as I came to live more consciously in each and every moment — knowing that I had created that moment , and that it was an opportunity to grow . |
| 23 | Referring to complaining neighbours the Hanleys she said : ‘ I just do n't know how they can sleep at night next door because I could n't , knowing that I 'd done that to someone . ’ |
| 24 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 25 | For his defence , he would have to rely on one of the defences in section 24 ( paragraph 16–22 below ) , which would involve showing that he had taken all reasonable steps ( to withdraw the brochure etc. ) to avoid committing the offence . |
| 26 | After the third demonstration , Charles said he 'd better go , and Dottie , recognising that she 'd had all she was getting , took a sleeping pill and let him . |
| 27 | " Horace died " , says W.R. Johnson ( in his foreword to Raffel 1983 : ix ) , " thinking that he had spent most of his life watching the death of freedom and the disintegration of a culture and a civilization that he and many of his generation loved as much as their fathers had loved it . " |
| 28 | Well , she was n't leaving until she 'd sorted this muddle out . |
| 29 | But for once he believed that he was seeing as he had striven all his life to see … |
| 30 | An awkward pause followed , and Huy , feeling that he had learnt all he could , made no attempt to continue the conversation . |