Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shouted throwing a cabbage at them . |
| 2 | I tried waving an arm to attract attention but only a weak flap of a hand was achieved . |
| 3 | I tried rocking the wheelbarrow back and forth , then jerking . |
| 4 | Having read a few of your articles I tried sighting the neck by looking down from the headstock end ( as you frequently suggest ) and the neck appears to be very curved , almost banana shaped ! |
| 5 | I tried eating a sandwich with my second cup of tea and I just about managed it . |
| 6 | So I tried raising the price — that works with a lot of people ; you 'd be surprised . |
| 7 | I tried inputting the X-Amp through a mixer straight to an ADAT using the amp 's cabinet voicing facility . |
| 8 | I tried planning the drop . |
| 9 | Alas , US Gold have retained this irritating quirk , and you 've only three credits to play with ( I tried putting a 50p piece into my Commodore when I ran out , but it got jammed between the keys ) . |
| 10 | I tried putting the boys in nursery school , but they screamed the place down . |
| 11 | When I tried asking the girls I interviewed about them I was often met with a shrug , or a short ‘ no problem ’ reply , as if periods were nothing at all , of no significance , and certainly none to a book on looks , fashion and body-image . |
| 12 | I found cranking the boat over on its side did not help to turn it ( in the opposite direction ) as much as I would expect in a sea kayak . |
| 13 | But I found having a child had put enormous strains on the marriage . |
| 14 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I found cycling a pleasure when the sun was shining and there was no wind . |
| 16 | I created having a car crash last week ! ’ |
| 17 | The RSPCA was called to the farm after someone reported seeing a lame horse . |
| 18 | Someone described seeing a couple having tea in a restaurant with an elderly parent . |
| 19 | Since I stopped taking the chlorambucil , the lumps are beginning to return , which is just as well . |
| 20 | Three years ago I stopped taking the Pill because we wanted to have a baby . |
| 21 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 22 | Such was my astonishment that I stopped kicking the offending mouse and at the first opportunity went to look at the hedgerow . |
| 23 | I stopped using the stack reinforcement I used behind my amplifier because my amps are very small . |
| 24 | ‘ I stopped working a few weeks ago . |
| 25 | To me , the content was so uninteresting that I stopped opening the cover , so that the numerous approaches offering me overpriced advertising space were always rejected . |
| 26 | ‘ I stopped doing the horse charts after my partner died . |
| 27 | If I stopped making a noise , someone from the farm would soon be along to see what I was doing . ’ |
| 28 | I woke sensing the last one |
| 29 | I delayed switching the computer off while I racked my brain trying to think of some way of saving them , but there was none . |
| 30 | There is no doubt that this was the main reason why I delayed accepting a promotion post until it was too late and I ran out of time . |