Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side . |
| 2 | It was only a small cut , but it was bleeding and she put her hand over it to try and stop it . |
| 3 | Della stopped crying and she washed her face . |
| 4 | A rationale after a command which can obscure what is required and encourage the child to ask questions and side track , e.g. ‘ Please pick up your toys , you 've got a friend coming and I want your room to look tidy ’ . |
| 5 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 6 | People were boarding and I elbowed my way into line . |
| 7 | She lay awake until he came up but he passed their door without stopping and she heard his door close and the jangle of springs through the wall as he sat on the bed to take his boots off . |
| 8 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 9 | A light snow was falling and he raised his face to allow the soft flakes to fall on his skin , willing it to wash away the disgust he felt inside . |
| 10 | It works by distracting them from barking and they change their behaviuor . |
| 11 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 12 | ‘ He only tries when there 's an England selector watching and I said his OBE stood for ‘ Overweight Bag of Excrement ’ . ’ |
| 13 | He could see I was wavering and he held my arm tightly as the others came up . |
| 14 | At night sometimes I 'm sleeping and I put me hand like that and he comes up and lays right across the back of my pillow . |