Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of the pill he kept waking and hearing the old men around him coughing or mumbling in their sleep . |
| 2 | They dragged her by her arms as she shouted , twisting and turning in their grasp . |
| 3 | And she stared too at her own friends , who appeared to her suddenly in a new light , laughing and fiddling with their luggage labels , and casting their eyes around them as though unbalanced by the sudden variety of choice . |
| 4 | Much litter is related to vehicles too , whether thrown from them in passing or resulting from their roadside cleansing or repair . |
| 5 | Teachers should write alongside pupils , sharing and talking about their writing , eg in journals , notes and diagrams , so that the range of uses of writing is brought out . |
| 6 | He took Peter , James and John into the house where the girl was surrounded with people crying and wailing in their distress . |
| 7 | Those who live alone perhaps need to be especially secure from harm coming and going from their home . |
| 8 | In your mind , tell them what you are doing and ask for their guidance . |
| 9 | Manuscripts and correspondence of many other 20th-century Scottish writers were added to the collections , creating or adding to their representation . |
| 10 | Some women attack their own bodies , scratching and tearing at their skin until the blood runs . |
| 11 | A propaganda of peace based on the readiness of objectors to undergo hard labour was likely to meet with derision , if not anger , at a time when hundreds of thousands of young men were fighting and dying for their country in far more appalling conditions . |
| 12 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 13 | At the primary level , the mathematics curriculum should , therefore , equip children with the skills and language of number , enrich their aesthetic and linguistic experience , provide them with the means of exploring and commenting upon their environment , and develop their powers of logical thought . |
| 14 | Many parents manage aggression by hitting or shouting at their child . |
| 15 | While longing and longing for their arrival , she had feared they would seem larger than life in the sedate village . |