Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she loves ‘ seeing everyone drool ’ . |
| 2 | This aspect of his practice is only just beginning to change , but he intends to persevere with it , spurred on by the personal satisfaction he has derived from ‘ seeing them do their maths ’ . |
| 3 | For the woman who is already a mother , the challenges are now those of coping with growing children and seeing them leave home ; the challenges are always somehow different from how you have imagined them . |
| 4 | We pour much time , money , anxiety and effort into our children simply for the pleasure of seeing them grow into the kind of people we long for them to be . |
| 5 | Mothers enjoy protective and caring episodes in dealing with their children as much as they enjoy seeing them grow more independent Such episodes are a simple arid direct affirmation of the maternal role . |
| 6 | ‘ Leaving videos aside , I wo n't sign a band without seeing them perform live , if that is possible . |
| 7 | Diesel park West sent us incredible demo tapes , but I would not do a deal without seeing them perform live. , |
| 8 | But biological weapons are unlikely to be much used on troops in combat , mainly because of the difficulties of getting the aerosols on to them without seeing them drift back on to those who released them . |
| 9 | On seeing them waddle down the street , like a mass of quivering flesh , we usually ran upstairs to warn Mum of the advancing horde . |
| 10 | After that the solid throb of their engines and the thrill of seeing them skim to a halt on the waters of Poole Harbour were mere memories , although they continued to give excellent service in other parts of the world and a travel company has recently introduced a nostalgic flying-boat holiday across Africa on the route once used by Imperial Airways . |
| 11 | The prosthetists with amputations noted that patients could be discouraged by seeing them cope so well . |
| 12 | Both were short , dumpy and energetic and , seeing them scurry together down the street in their black garb , they looked like a pair of hunting spiders . |
| 13 | Seeing them go , Mr Cottle relaxed slightly and raised his cup of tea . |
| 14 | Hating the enemy as he did — it was , after all , their aim to deprive his father of the throne — Cumberland was incensed at seeing them get away . |
| 15 | ED BICKNELL is manager of Dire Straits who he says that he wanted to represent within five minutes of seeing them live . |
| 16 | Seeing them live it 's hard to understand why this situation has come about because , while they fail to break new ground , their quasi-psychedelic pop is pleasantly uplifting and danceable . |
| 17 | I 'm really excited about seeing them live at Wembley . ’ |
| 18 | Seeing them like that , and the strange fear in their faces , stirred Harry in a way he could not quite understand , and for a moment he almost felt sorry for them . |
| 19 | I just walk , without even seeing them like . |
| 20 | On seeing them escape , Shovel requested that he be shot with his own pistol , rather than return in disgrace . |
| 21 | They were a friendly family and very helpful when Breeze , seeing them take so much trouble over finding a suitable board , told them what she hoped to do with it . |
| 22 | Other ways we find bands include : ( a ) being recognized in the industry as a company that is worth approaching ( managers with new artists drop in to play a tape to me or any of the other A&R people ) ; ( b ) demo tapes ( they all get heard eventually , but to get your tape picked out of the pile for special attention is difficult ) ; ( c ) seeing them play live on the London circuit . |
| 23 | His team are already 4–2 down to Moscow Spartak and , after seeing them allow Tottenham to win a game well in Liverpool 's grasp , Souness said : ‘ I 'm disappointed because it is my job on the line . |
| 24 | she would , she was seeing me do it and I respect what she says and I do what I 'm told no she did n't say that |
| 25 | Quadratic equations were a great mystery to me , and seeing me struggle with a problem he would call me out and painstakingly take me step by step to a solution . |
| 26 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Awful , seeing me like this , ’ she murmured . |
| 28 | Grief , I hate people seeing me like this , she thought . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I feel awful anyone seeing me like this , ’ said Ianthe faintly . |
| 30 | But I 'm not seeing me kid and me husband walk to town in second-hand clothes . |