Example sentences of "and [be] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently they 're the offspring of a few cabbage white butterflies which were blown across the channel , have hatched , and are currently munching their way through the garden of England . |
| 2 | Many of you will be aware of the launch of the Brecon Beacons National Park Society a few weeks ago and are perhaps wondering what effect this will have on the activities of CPRW and this branch in particular . |
| 3 | They collected their horses from the stables and were soon pounding their way back up the cobbled streets of Edinburgh to the Abbey of Holy Rood . |
| 4 | The beasts had obviously picked up their scent and were now following their trail . |
| 5 | For myself , I believe the BBC has gone generally chicken in the wake of Norman Tebbit 's assault , and is simply keeping its head below the parapet . |
| 6 | He will be 36 next birthday and is still parading his class in the Premier League . ’ |
| 7 | Together with his twin brother Ronnie he was jailed for life in 1969 for the killing of Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie and is currently serving his sentence at Blundeston Prison near Lowestoft . |
| 8 | Terry B says he had some treatment and lots of help from friends … he goes to meetings every week and he 's enjoying life and taking one day at a time … he 's had one innings and is now enjoying his second |
| 9 | Groupe Bull SA , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG and ICL — plus associates — participated in the research effort , which was backed by £20.5m of EC money and is now reaching its conclusion . |
| 10 | He has recovered from a nightmare pelvic injury and is now forcing his way into Roker 's Wembley plans . |
| 11 | The church is a much reworked building that began life in the sixteenth-century and is now having its interior restored to that period . |
| 12 | He had started at the back of the good book and was perversely working his way towards Genesis , which meant that his eldest daughter was called Revelation Straker ; a young woman as pretty as her name , and as happy as all the other children who grew up under Bonefish 's skinny care . |
| 13 | In his brother 's flat in Kemp Town , Ron Barton , who had filed his copy in the small hours — ‘ Wife 's greeting sends Tories packing ’ — had fried himself a pig 's kidney , and was greedily rereading his copy . |
| 14 | And er and the sparrow started to get better and er it was starting to fly a peedie but again and was just getting its strength back . |
| 15 | I went up to his suite at the Monogram and was just opening my sample case when , imagine my surprise … ’ |
| 16 | Geoffrey had stopped outside the fourth ground-floor window from the garden door — Loretta was relieved to observe a lack of lights in the rooms adjoining it — and was already slipping his ruler into the gap between the two parts of the sash window . |
| 17 | Klakkr , he saw , had brought out a second shield , also silver on white , and was already cleaning his sword . |
| 18 | A week or two later , however , he had put such sentimental feelings behind him , and was sternly ordering his son onwards to Augsburg , to make some money . |
| 19 | It seems that , while she was married to Earl Spencer , she regularly had her lunch and her tea in one of her silk and antique negligees , gave orders that because the noise might disturb her , no-one should flush the loo before noon when she got up , and was forever tracing her finger around the furniture to make sure the servants had dusted properly . |
| 20 | ‘ Very beautiful music , ’ said Balvinder Singh , who had appeared by my side , and was now wobbling his head from side to side in rapt appreciation . |
| 21 | Two fences later , as the runners swerved left over the Canal Turn , he had sped to the front and was inexorably increasing his advantage and turning the Grand National into a glorious exhibition round . |
| 22 | Unlike Luke , he had unwisely decided to retain his jacket , presumably in the interests of looking businesslike , and was obviously regretting his decision . |