Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [adv] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These coins give no immediate clues as to their place of minting or indeed their date , for similar coinage in the name of Alexander continued to be made on a large scale for about a hundred years after his death . |
| 2 | But there was no denying that today his wife was better than he had known her for many many months . |
| 3 | Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put . |
| 4 | Again and again in the past two or three years , Mr Smith quelled dissent by saying that only his policy of studied respectability and his concentration of tax upon the top 20 per cent of voters could win . |
| 5 | ‘ We were both dancing and then she sort of fell over and went into a fit . |
| 6 | I I 've probably seen them about four or five times in the last six months and they do tend to go a bit route one when Walsh is playing but today their link up play has been excellent . |
| 7 | They are querying whether all his night calls are really necessary . |
| 8 | But Breeze shook her head , thinking that perhaps her voice might wobble , and the old man came to her rescue by asking suddenly : ‘ Well , and when do you take up your duties in Edinburgh ? ’ |
| 9 | Bacteria are also susceptible to drying and again their susceptibility varies . |
| 10 | I 'd sit on his lap and he 'd stroke me and rabbit on , and this sound would crop up with a kind of sighing and sometimes his voice would have an edge to it , too . |