Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Affixes used to mark tense or number ( e.g. he is paint ing or he paint s ) are known as inflectional affixes and those used to derive related words ( e.g. paint er or re paint ) are known as derivational affixes . |
| 2 | Fresh coffee and fruit were ordered and soon the sound of the big brass pestle pounding the cardamom and coffee beans in the brass mortar rang around the court , announcing that we had visitors , come and make them welcome . |
| 3 | And he had to spend a good part of the campaign explaining that it meant caution and not complacency . |
| 4 | BCAR Chairman Steve Challis welcomed delegates from museums and groups all over the UK to the meeting , explaining that he thought BCAR to be ‘ probably one of the smallest groups in the BAPC ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Tenzing and I shook hands and then Tenzing threw his arms around my shoulders . |
| 6 | The transport department said the clauses were introduced to prevent asset stripping and they meant tax payers reaped some benefit from sales . |
| 7 | This was already happening but he felt neighbourhood help scheme could build on this current goodwill . |
| 8 | But anyway , any I mean that 's the easy , and I mean , if , if people who are willing to drive can have experience in driving before they take passengers out . |
| 9 | It sounds doubtful to me , but anyway , there 's the insurance point of view , but anyway if people whoa re willing to drive can have experience in driving before they take passengers out . |
| 10 | For example , the first issue appearing after I poked fun at The Guardian for spelling septic as ‘ sceptic ’ had an article that spelt aseptic as ‘ asceptic ’ . |
| 11 | No wonder he was laughing when he left court . |
| 12 | She could see a couple of the other models standing near the buffet table , laughing as they accepted glasses of champagne from attentive gentlemen . |
| 13 | Drachenfels moved among them , laughing as he squeezed heads in his hands and shattered them like rotted fruits . |
| 14 | He smiled , his eyes twinkling as he told Iain how he had had a glimpse of the lower decks , which had all been cut away in the centre and some sort of plastic covering installed . |
| 15 | The whole idea of WYSIWYG is that you can see changes happening as you do things . |
| 16 | Even lightly-oiled birds were dying as they ingested oil while attempting to preen themselves clean . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you know your father was dying when you left Johannesburg ? ’ |
| 18 | It is sad that Orwell should have been bedridden and dying when he met Waugh , for the first and last time . |
| 19 | Frozen , she shot her head round towards the noise , her eyes widening as she saw Travis 's still figure not a dozen yards away . |
| 20 | Her eyes fell from his , widening as she caught sight of a reddening patch on his cheek . |
| 21 | ‘ What you found out : Things shrinking when they get dose to heavy objects . |
| 22 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 23 | I have a certificate here proving that you married Bertha Mason in the West Indies fifteen years ago . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm not suggesting that we chain Peter to Caliban for eighteen hours a day . |
| 25 | You can often get them back on track by suggesting that they take turns at riding the tricycle or that they make the Lego building a joint effort . |
| 26 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
| 27 | It is evident from the comments made by the nouveaux romanciers that they considered themselves to be developing and integrating the formal experiments of writers drawn from a carefully selected modernist canon , suggesting that they judged modernism to have been incomplete in the French novel before their arrival . |
| 28 | Charles Eaton , director of the pilot needle exchange programme and now a city health official , agrees : ‘ There is no evidence from any syringe exchange scheme anywhere in the world suggesting that they encourage people to inject . |
| 29 | Shamir would have preferred to have formed a broad coalition government with Labour , but this became impossible for him in view of statements made by Labour Ministers suggesting that they supported contacts with the PLO , and in view of pressure from hardline Likud members such as Ariel Sharon to form a right-wing government . |
| 30 | A man threatens your life and our happiness , so I am suggesting that you take steps to protect us . ’ |