Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their father who had started the business , although retired , was still usually to be found there , hovering in the background , his full white beard reminding me of Father Christmas . |
| 2 | Acquiring this kind of expertise brings its own rewards and it is gratifying to discover that it is often easier to explain a subject to others when you have had some difficulty mastering it yourself . |
| 3 | Any insect touching it becomes inextricably stuck and very often buried within it as more resin flows around it . |
| 4 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 5 | Makes a change from the caterpillar eating our flowers ! |
| 6 | When all the items have been used , the story passes to the second person who takes a turn continuing the story using her items . |
| 7 | The best practice is to try steering a controlled wiggly course using your weight . |
| 8 | As many as 40% of all European farmers have such second jobs , the majority maintaining their farms as sources of supplementary income . |
| 9 | Similarly , a bat perceives the position of an insect using what we call echoes . |
| 10 | Er if you get it wrong erm there 's the inheritance provision for family and dependence act nineteen eighty five , which is the statutory provision allowing you spouse who left nothing to all those children who left nothing to make applications to the court . |
| 11 | Mrs Pouncey is at present editing his diaries , drawing attention to entries such as one for October 1949 , when , between 7.17 am and 12.25 pm he visited no less than twelve Roman churches , certainly with the intense concentration he devoted to each of the many visits they made to Italy together . |
| 12 | She was still having difficulty gathering her thoughts together . |
| 13 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 14 | The office was , however , ideally suited for a gentleman of ancient lineage , who , for whatever reason , had determined to live upon his own estate , and was experiencing difficulty maintaining his social rank and providing for his family . |
| 15 | This means that at any frontier anywhere in the world a border official who has at his disposal a piece of equipment which is already widely and internationally available will be able instantaneously to record the personal details from a passport without the holder realising it , and the record will be automatically read into and stored by a computer . |
| 16 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 17 | She needed one or two things doing to her , and I spent my short leaves at Easter and Whitsun re-painting her and making her seaworthy . |
| 18 | That poems are alive but they run away from you , you know and you have difficulty catching them like you have difficulty catching foxes . |
| 19 | Joe saw Dolly , blanket-wrapped , tumbled hair touching her bare shoulders . |
| 20 | God finger-flips the blubbery jail hither and thither like a war-game admiral nudging his fleet across maps of the sea . |
| 21 | Haymo realising his plight , the danger being that the mobs might cross the river at any time , decided there was only one thing to do . |
| 22 | Q ‘ When sewing up a garment made in Hobby yarn , I find difficulty using it because the little slubs wo n't pull through the work easily . |
| 23 | She could n't imagine Meik enjoying it ; and certainly not Jacqui . |
| 24 | Opposing factions including the Khmer Rouge finally agreed to a ceasefire last October , and formed a four-party interim coalition , with each component administering its own territory . |
| 25 | Paul Thorfinnsson woke to find himself lying , his hair whipping his face , in the arms of someone who was running . |
| 26 | The Tisseran itself is now in the Bate Collection ( illus.4 ) : its painted and gilded case reminding us of the harpsichord the princess is playing in The music party . |
| 27 | But , under the system now envisaged by Mr MacGregor 's officials , higher education students would get a certificate proving they were on a recognised course and apply by post to the Glasgow-based Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 28 | He heard the soft purring of a car engine and saw the Montego rolling slowly towards them , its driver flashing his lights once as he approached . |
| 29 | This seems to me to be a highly , high responsible budget bringing us closer and closer to a position where we will eventually reach . |
| 30 | William is at present completing his third year at St Augustine 's . |