Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't say that ; he 's a man with unusual views on a lot of things but he 's no fool ; he goes round lecturing to Old Cornwall Societies , Women 's Institutes and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 2 | He goes round banging on the barrels . ) |
| 3 | Then , as he goes on listening for a few weeks , looking carefully at ever-new pictures of different cases , a tentative understanding will dawn on him ; he will gradually forget about the ribs and begin to see the lungs . |
| 4 | He goes there talking about paper sovereignty , when the country 's real sovereignty is increasingly dependent on the actions of our European Community partners . |
| 5 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 6 | He sits there sucking on a dead cheroot , staring at the board like he 's forgotten a phone number . |
| 7 | so he sits there erm , and you know you involve in our conversation , but he sits there talking to her and then he sort of feels out of it and then he storms off |
| 8 | well he sits there talking at dinner times well then when she goes |
| 9 | He stands there staring into the darkness . |
| 10 | He finishes up winning by five shots . |
| 11 | He ca n't he wakes up sobbing in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 12 | Will Serafin show his independence of mind and his refusal to be controlled by his Civil Servants and reject them all , item by item , so that he ends up discovering for himself the colleagues , procedures and methods that Summerchild has already selected for him ? |
| 13 | White cell 007 nods : ‘ You ca n't help hearing it , the way he keeps on mooching about the house , hating everything and everyone . |
| 14 | He finds deep meaning in tiny pictures from daily life and satire which were often little more than space-fillers . |
| 15 | No , no , he lays there talking to his wine and stuff you know , it 's really |
| 16 | The world 's a brutal place and he wanders around worrying about toads and orchids . |
| 17 | He 's been told an operation will help him but says it 's only on condition he gives up smoking for six months . |
| 18 | Then he gives up puzzling over it , and returns to my talk with Richardson on the phone . |