Example sentences of "and [v-ing] to [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding her voice at last , and reacting to his disapproving tone , she retorted , ‘ What were you doing , following me ? ’ |
| 2 | Huy started to walk away , realising with bitterness how far away he still was from being accepted in this new society , and realising to his renewed surprise how much he wanted to be . |
| 3 | He will use the arts of cajolery and flattery , possibly deferring to the experience and expertise of congressmen and pandering to their keen sense of constitutional importance . |
| 4 | She flapped an ineffectual hand at the swarms of small , irritating flies that hovered above the path , landing on and adhering to her warm face in a most unpleasant manner . |
| 5 | ‘ You promised , ’ cried Barton , following , and clinging to her other arm . |
| 6 | The end came even earlier than planned and in May 1968 the OCU ceased flying from Bassingbourn saying farewell to this historic station on the 19th and flying to their new home at Cottesmore . |
| 7 | News film of the General Assembly disturbance shows much shouting and placard waving but nothing that comes near the sort of heckling and barracking to which present-day government ministers are regularly subjected in visits to the north of England ! |
| 8 | Even now , I 'm not sure what it was that I wanted to say , and talking to my new friend is the only way I am learning . |
| 9 | S replied , accepting the order , and referring to its original quotation . |