Example sentences of "and kept [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote plays and sent them off to West End managements and kept writing when they were rejected : he did some work as a freelance writer , producer and actor on BBC Radio which had studios in Cardiff . |
| 2 | Everyone thought he was a patient and kept looking at him when his Mum called names out . |
| 3 | He noticed me in the audience , and kept looking at me in a very strange way . |
| 4 | ‘ I stood beside the drill and kept looking up at this line we had just made ; and it was like a gun-barrel . |
| 5 | I had eyes only for her but Benjamin was all agog with interest in the room and kept looking around , murmuring his admiration . |
| 6 | Juliet missed him , and kept looking out for him . |
| 7 | I think someone was just taking the mickey and kept setting them off . |
| 8 | made an aeroplane very quickly first which I think was his big mistake because he then tried to explain to how to make it and kept wanting to touch her aeroplane |
| 9 | I put my head down and kept stroking . |
| 10 | As far as I recall , the Krooms were not the best tacticians and kept trying to throng out of holes in the ground only to have their bodies dismembered and decapitated by the two knights . |
| 11 | He was thrashing about in a circle , trying to escape and kept shouting , ‘ Help me ! |
| 12 | The soldiers stared at the food , and kept swallowing . |
| 13 | After all , they were generous and kept throwing the ball at you — they played the game , but you did n't play back . |
| 14 | The nurse was aware of her humiliation and kept throwing sympathetic glances . |
| 15 | Sally was stunned and kept repeating over and over again , ‘ She did n't want to go out — she knew it would happen ’ . |
| 16 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 17 | She searched around for further words to express her grief , but could find none , and kept repeating herself . |
| 18 | He held her hand and soothed her , but she was fretful and kept repeating herself . |
| 19 | Sutton says Pilger ‘ went bananas ’ and kept repeating : ‘ Listen , cock ! |
| 20 | We did n't give up tonight and kept plugging away and I ca n't fault the players for effort . ’ |
| 21 | The Government tried to improve the water shortage situation by enlarging pipes carrying rainwater down to the sea , but as the tides rose fish entered the pipes and kept popping out into the roadway ! |
| 22 | I was unresponsive and kept joking with him about it — but I made it clear I was n't interested . |
| 23 | ‘ Joe ( Royle ) sat with us and kept leaning over to praise Goram by saying things like , ‘ He 's a terrific cricketer , you know . |
| 24 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |
| 25 | Those without places hovered behind the chairs and kept moving round the room so that they could nip in when people left their places to collect their awards or for any other reason . |
| 26 | She had simply worn a lot of clothes , and kept moving . |
| 27 | The Japanese took the initial technology and kept moving it forward . |
| 28 | Pump that one in and kept moving on . |
| 29 | There were only four of us — the other the wife of the French attaché who kept talking about French literature while Ivy fidgeted with her bread and kept glancing at her chest . |
| 30 | ‘ We filled in loads of forms and kept reminding the council but nothing happened . |