Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the later part of the decade , its theories and campaigns seemed to many to be the only active and innovative part of the western feminist movement , and affirming or rejecting it occupied an enormous proportion of feminist writing and talk . |
| 2 | ‘ 'He that calls his brother a fool shall be damned ’ , ’ Terry said , and laughing and teasing they left the house and took a tramcar to Lime Street Station . |
| 3 | Ronni kept her gaze fixed seawards as her stomach leapt inside her , remembering that dance they 'd shared together . |
| 4 | In bed , his mind kept turning in an endless loop , living and reliving what had happened . |
| 5 | They gave it shouting and yelling they meant it |
| 6 | But instead of prevaricating and procrastinating she came over all gooey , stroking my hand and squeezing my arm and saying she did n't want to lose me but she was frightened , frightened and confused , she did n't know what to do . |
| 7 | Instead , he did his best to keep it going and keep it painted , but it was a big house and he was not very skilled in such matters . |
| 8 | Some of the businesses were commercially successful , but only because those involved in owning and running them had invested life savings and borrowed substantially . |
| 9 | But they all tightened their belts and after a great deal of grunting and squeezing and pulling and pushing they emerged , one by one , into the moonlit churchyard . |
| 10 | They used to be alone among the plastic bags , sorting and grading whatever had been donated . |
| 11 | ‘ I was bleeding and realised I 'd been hit . ’ |
| 12 | But , saying that means you got a lot |
| 13 | When his three-year-old son saw the rods he started crying and said he wanted to go fishing , and was still upset the next morning . |
| 14 | When I played , people who heard what I was doing and liked it recommended that I should get a Precision , which I eventually did , but I could n't seem to get enough of my own playing character to come through with it . |
| 15 | In the bedlam of yelling and barking he danced from one foot to the other in a brief breathless panic . |
| 16 | Gyggle was n't to be put off by this ; instead of retreating or retrenching he suggested even more radical measures . |
| 17 | Colour flooded her cheeks as she realised he was accusing her of posing and denying he had had anything to do with it . |
| 18 | And then we wer found out instead of sitting and listening we had to do the service . |
| 19 | I just had to put in my ten pence , dial without thinking and see what happened . |
| 20 | In order to talk about something that did not have to do with fondling and stroking she spoke of the garments . |
| 21 | There has been criticism of the group 's wheeling and dealing which came to a head with the surprise sale of the William Hill / Mecca betting shops chain to Brent Walker . |
| 22 | After eight years practising and perfecting he sent off for a plan and made his own Appalachian dulcimer — and it was better than the one he was given . |
| 23 | She was surprised to see the studio door open , he always closed the door when he was working and kept it locked when he was n't there . |
| 24 | Heaving and struggling I managed to close the door , but it kept opening again , weakened by its storm-fractured clasp . |
| 25 | The son of a wealthy paper manufacturer and something of a playboy , Navarre loathed killing and claimed he flew only because he had to . |