Example sentences of "[v-ing] [subord] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan was n't too concerned because he soon realized that there was little difference in the policeman 's driving whether he used one hand or two . |
| 2 | We were still laughing when we took more food out to the others . |
| 3 | They made a good pair , both dark-haired , Simone animated and bubbly , laughing as he related amusing anecdotes about his travels . |
| 4 | Yet the reality has been so , so different , with the latest low occurring when he damaged medial knee ligaments while playing in a reserve match last Thursday . |
| 5 | American Ghosts and Old World Wonders [ Chatto ] is a collection of pieces she was writing when she died last year , but , with the exception of the opening story , I doubt this volume will secure her many new converts . ’ |
| 6 | And the swarm of people flowed down the path , stumbling on stones where a burn ran in winter or after thunderstorms , between the silvery wands of rowans with their clusters of blood-drops and the quivering tapestry of the alders , down into the Tay which ran from the west like molten iron , too flashing bright to look at , and over the Tay , wet to the waist ; the girls and boys who had not gone home were prancing and shrieking when they fell full length . |
| 7 | It is also , more generally , the essence of what the Barclay Report ( 1982 ) was seeking when it characterized social care planning as one of the core roles in which community social workers should be engaged . |
| 8 | trembling when he made that speech when he remember when he , remember when you , you were n't there , no you were n't there he was shaking like a leaf . |
| 9 | He climbed the stairs quickly , almost eagerly now , but near the top he slowed , calming himself , waiting until he had complete control . |
| 10 | The Dysons did n't have to exhaust themselves wondering if they loved each other , and what they should do about it if they did n't . |
| 11 | " There 's rules about who can ride up with the driver , " I said looking at John Russell and wondering if he had any ideas . |
| 12 | ‘ He was round to me at the office the other day , wondering if I had any letters . |
| 13 | Denis O'Neil was determined to keep going until he got that son ! |
| 14 | Under her direction , the squad became a very close-knit affair comprising as it did four cousins , six nephews and a younger brother ( 42 ) . |
| 15 | We 'd been in the same form for two terms without really speaking because we had separate friends and in any case at St Edward 's you were seated according to your exam results at the end of the previous term , so it was n't likely we 'd be close . |
| 16 | ‘ Were n't you heeding when we skragged that chapel ? ’ |
| 17 | WHATEVER Chris Boardman was riding when he won Olympic gold in the cycling pursuit , it certainly was n't a bike . |
| 18 | They are put forward by the schools through the local authorities , except that of course there are a large number of independent schools in East and West Sussex , and these schools have I wrote to these ones asking if they had any children that they wanted to nominate . |
| 19 | I was only asking if you wanted any assistance . ’ |
| 20 | CAMERON Mackintosh knew what was coming when he opened Five Guys Named Moe on Broadway last week . |
| 21 | Marion Conroy was on stage until the final curtain calls and came up the stairs with the rest of the cast afterwards , observing as she did that Pepper went into his No. 2 and shut the door but that Cissy opened it and went in after him , the wide-eyed babyish stare that was the caricaturists ' joy quite absent . |
| 22 | Turning away from a regard that seemed faintly menacing , she tried to look as though she knew what she was doing as she rearranged some sweaters . |
| 23 | ‘ All that rigmarole about the house being a haunted house was just to keep people from inquiring if they saw any signs of William Egan 's habitation ? ’ |
| 24 | But there was no point in speculating until she had some facts . |
| 25 | We talked about image and Mandy was talking about not preparing if we wanted these pictures to go out because we wanted erm create a not an illusion but a a perception of what was going on . |
| 26 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 27 | He lifted the boy 's hand into his rough dry palm and poked at the pattern of bruises on both sides , scowling as he prodded each mark in turn . |
| 28 | There 'll be new acts coming in yet and there 'll be acts goin' before we hit 42nd Street . |
| 29 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |
| 30 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |