Example sentences of "[v-ing] [num ord] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas , from Blackhall , County Durham , and 15-year-old Joanne Lackenby began dating last Christmas and saw each until May . |
| 2 | ‘ He was training last week and two little lads came in the gym , and immediately Eubank stopped what he was doing and started to teach them how to box — you 've no idea just how much he loves being a champion . ’ |
| 3 | Ever since Mr Gorbachev attended our G7 meeting last year and Mr Lamont went to inspect the Russian chaos , Britain has effectively adopted the Soviets and we will be pressing hardest to help — even George Bush is now jumping on this bandwagon . |
| 4 | ‘ I was in an important business meeting last week and the telephone just kept on ringing and ringing with people wanting to talk about the club , ’ said Mr Corden . |
| 5 | Jeanne Calment , deaf , almost blind and confined to a wheelchair , gave up smoking last year and no longer drinks her daily glass of port . |
| 6 | Cleveland residents are paying first class and getting a second class service . ’ |
| 7 | NT entered its second round of beta testing last week but could still miss its targeted June 30 shrinkwrap deadline , and remains officially unpriced . |
| 8 | NT entered its second round of beta testing last week but could still miss its targeted June 30 shrinkwrap deadline , and remains officially unpriced . |
| 9 | The German economy stopped growing last summer and is now in deep recession , with industrial output in the year to March down more than 10% . |
| 10 | On holidays featuring British Airways flights , you can make your holiday even more special by flying First Class or Club World — please call our Reservations Department for details . |
| 11 | The North Western regional health authority has a magnificent capital programme for new projects beginning next year and at the head of that programme is Bolton general hospital . |
| 12 | Right , now if you do n't interact right you 're not gon na get a result and if the customer does not interact with you , then you 're not gon na get a result , right , now if you assume that as you 're working your way through that appointment that your enthusiasm is passing across to the customer or anybody else who is in the room , right , right , but through that interaction right you 're working towards a result , now if you go and come out of that office , about his , with a result , you 'll know you 'll know what you 're getting next week or next month you got ta I mean the customer 's got ta be at the |
| 13 | no , we 're just talking about when I did last week remember when I went teaching last week and you went to Ian 's house did n't you ? |
| 14 | His neighbour 's mongrel had the unfortunate habit of strolling next door and urinating in his police dog 's food . |
| 15 | Nick price says there is a horse called Rushing Wild that was point to pointing last season and is now one of the favourites for the gold cup … and this is a nursery … |
| 16 | He knew the flood was coming last autumn and sometimes he can tell where a wire 's been set . |
| 17 | However , there were no guarantees that the service would be up and running next season and that would be a turn-off for would-be sponsors . |
| 18 | We 're doing Twelfth Night and the Winter 's Tale this semester . |
| 19 | Whether I will be part of it will depend on the new manager Rovers are appointing next week and whether it is a man I like and could work with . ’ |
| 20 | We can not know what we shall be discussing next year or the year after at this time . |
| 21 | ‘ You earned , by your own admission , less than ten thousand from caddying last year and , late in the year , there was quite a drop in the stock market . |
| 22 | Staff at International Paint ( Gulf ) in Dubai attended a one-day course covering first aid and fire-fighting . |
| 23 | The car quivers in well-bred anticipation as Dominique adjusts the mirrors and touches up her lipstick before engaging first gear and dashing off down Sloane Street from her Knightsbridge flat . |
| 24 | ‘ We had been to Blackpool to do some Christmas shopping last month and everything was going so well , ’ he said . |
| 25 | " Well , I 'd have thought you 'd know that , working next door but four or five or whatever it is . |
| 26 | To go out at midnight in heavy rain or frost , as I sometimes did , when I would be working next morning and when I had hardly seen my wife all day , almost broke me . |