Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After keeping the first appointment she failed to attend two further treatment sessions , telephoning the therapist after the second to say she felt better . |
| 2 | Remembering the first time I 'd done the climb , back in 1964 , an echo of precise-edged delicacy tingled in my mind . |
| 3 | She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then . |
| 4 | Was he too remembering the last time they had decided to keep each other warm ? |
| 5 | Patrick too was watching the shops go by , remembering the last time he had walked down them , it had been early in 1916 , and he had gone out with Mickey — God Rest Him — to buy his mother an Easter gift . |
| 6 | ‘ I really do n't think that 's necessary , ’ Rory began firmly , remembering the last time he had held her in his arms on the dance floor . |
| 7 | Fran picked up her bag and went downstairs , remembering the last time she 'd got ready to go out with Luke . |
| 8 | When she did not come , he became angry , remembering the last time she had failed to arrive , on her wedding day . |
| 9 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 10 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 11 | Men , I know , talk of such things with eagerness , with a little contempt ; it is as if they were describing the last meal they had , course by course . |
| 12 | Turning the next corner she saw a hole in the roof , where the sunlight was streaming in . |
| 13 | ‘ Often , what 's perceived to be aggression is simply fear or nervousness , ’ Joanne added , recalling the first dog they rescued . |
| 14 | That could be bad news for any theoretical widow suing a first aider who had left her husband to die while scouting around for a telephone . |
| 15 | The trouble is , I ca n't for the life of me remember what I was wearing the last time I went to see Angy , or on the day she died . |
| 16 | In the boutique near the admin bulding the first person they saw was Mrs Richards . |
| 17 | In emphasising the last word he wanted her to realise that he was as cynical about the ultimate behaviour of any Government Department , of any shade of political persuasion , as she was . |
| 18 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |
| 19 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 20 | I can remember very well having the first cooker we had , gas cooker we had . |
| 21 | He and his wife decided not to put off having the second child they had planned , despite the financial uncertainty . |
| 22 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 23 | ’ Kilmarnock gave us a doing the last time we played them so we wanted to set the record straight . |
| 24 | By the time she 'd elbowed the door open with two steaming mugs of tea , I had was reading the first thing which had come to hand . |
| 25 | On reaching the last train they found a colleague talking to a middle-aged man dressed in a light-coloured rain coat and flat cap who was assumed to have been overcarried on the last train after going out of service at Capland Road Station . |
| 26 | Not marrying the first man who asked |
| 27 | What she was thinking was that , unlike her memory block with Arnie , she could n't imagine ever forgetting the first time she 'd laid eyes on Guido . |
| 28 | She stopped speaking and winked at my master , taking another sip from his goblet and grabbing the second penny he offered . |
| 29 | I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire |
| 30 | thank you situation are appointed jointly by the County Council and the County and effectively these consultations and of that er appointment and the following the last Committee we agreed with the er detail and of the and we also agreed that we would not go ahead with the which until we have seen the result of the consultation and therefore there still outstanding as whether we wish to action the not . |