Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 and so he frequently tried conducting me that way .
2 ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after .
3 Guy supplied grimly , dropping a possessive kiss on her mouth , ‘ Since I arrived in St Lucia for a spell of solitary soul-searching , and an evil-tempered harpy with a mop of red hair and no clothes on leapt off my bed and started calling me rude names … ’
4 She started giving me quizzical looks .
5 Then the young assistant started giving me funny looks , as if there was something up and I should know there was something up .
6 ‘ You 'll be needing some more wine , ’ Elinor said handing me another flagon .
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