Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember dad running after me and having a long conversation trying to make me understand . ’ |
| 2 | Tim is doing a one-year cabinetmaking course with me and paying a princely sum for the pleasure of doing it . |
| 3 | He knew thanks were required but the effort of offering them and making a satisfactory excuse seemed altogether too much . |
| 4 | ‘ You are very much mistaken , ’ he muttered , looking beyond them and keeping a close eye on his sister and Mitch as they rode along laughing and talking . |
| 5 | ‘ You might fall asleep again , ’ he said , picking up a mug from the table beside him and taking a long swallow . |
| 6 | Sometimes Gina sat on the lavatory watching him and making a bad smell or laughing . |
| 7 | She did so , leaning slightly towards him and giving a surreptitious sniff . |
| 8 | I do , ’ Caroline admitted , holding the warm little body against her and experiencing a faint , inexplicable pang at the other girl 's words . |
| 9 | But any hope he might have had of sliding his arm round her and trying a tentative first kiss on the drive home was scotched when she fell asleep the moment she got into the car . |
| 10 | Noisily opening the door in front of her and carrying a small portable cage from which Creggan instinctively flinched in fear . |
| 11 | Her softened tone said she thought that this was very sweet of him , if a little unnecessary … and suddenly Tom himself was standing behind her and draping a light hand around her bare shoulders . |
| 12 | To my mind it 's a pity you did n't take that attitude when you were first made aware of the situation , because when I returned from next door you were still yelling your head off at her and painting a vivid picture of what her life would be with an illegitimate child tacked on to her . |
| 13 | The rosewood has contracted slightly across the grain , taking the plastic binding with it and leaving a just-perceptible ‘ step ’ from the neck itself up to the binding . |