Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 2 | While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death . |
| 3 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 4 | And I 'm hoping that they get that letter , you seeing them weekend . |
| 5 | Well no I 'm gon na open Michelle and Andy 's and they 're gon na open ours I did n't bring everybody else 's cos we co we 're seeing them Christmas Day . |
| 6 | I ca n't remember seeing me dad till I was five . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ‘ what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ’ |
| 8 | Oh , no , oh , no , I 'm not suggesting you do , but it just seems unkind of erm , clobbering them sort of both ways . |
| 9 | ‘ Not that I mind 'er pullin' me leg , I 'm just thankful you ai n't beatin' 'er black an' blue , it upset me when — ’ The landlady stopped . |
| 10 | ’ If it wisnae too much trouble tae ye , ’ she went on , ’ I think my son might be glad of a read , if ye didnae mind keepin' them fir 'im . ’ |
| 11 | The wind has varied for them between 20 and 40 knots and it has , in the main , blown from the west , allowing them sleigh rides down the faces of the big waves . |
| 12 | The retrieval emphasis is on keywords ( see Figure 5.2 ) and author with in-depth indexing to allow for specific and flexible searching The aim is to help pupils develop information retrieval skills b allowing them scope to experiment and develop search strategic according to their own interests and purposes within the project . |
| 13 | This is done by transferring the membrane to mixtures progressively richer in the solvent , allowing them time to equilibrate with the mixture , then transferring again until pure solvent is reached . |
| 14 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 15 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 16 | There is no evidence that all jurists early practised toleration of defective trusts , for we have seen that up to the end of the first century at least there was opposition to allowing them validity . |
| 17 | TYPE in the text of Task 24 , insetting the quotations 0.5″ from the left-hand margin and typing them line for line as shown below . |
| 18 | She smelt of snuff when she leaned over and said , ‘ Sit down dearie , yer blockin' me view . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm going through a stage where erm , I 'm cooking them lunch and they just have a |
| 20 | We are like sutlers , bringing them water and nuts , |
| 21 | The men who tried to civilize these shaggy and uncouth marginalians by bringing them news of civilization have left a certain number of translations that are better reading today than are the works of the ignorant islanders who were too Proud to translate . |
| 22 | The scholar fed his pet dragons on the choicest tit-bits , bringing them rump steaks of the purest virgins and a daily supply of swallows ' flesh — not realising that such things , for true dragons , are treats , are after-dinner delicacies and no more a fit diet than endless chocolates would be for you . |
| 23 | Once the British soldiers came on Mary Duignan when she was bringing them tea and sandwiches . |
| 24 | Beyond the few meadows on this apron of land that girdled the house on the lochside , the hills rose again , hills as individual and familiar to her as people , whose slopes and habits she knew intimately , walking them year in , year out with her father , the gun he had taught her to use broken carefully in the crook of her arm . |
| 25 | At first I get on best with the Highland laddies , matching them dram for dram and can for can , taking their cigarettes and suffering their remarks on the lines of ‘ No I still smoke ’ when I offer them my Silk Cuts but gradually as we get drunker I start to feel uncomfortable with their attitude to the travellers and even more so to women , and Howie , the guy I met last night , talks about how he used to slap the wife around and now the bitch is in one of these fucking women 's refuges and if he ever finds her he 'll fucking kick seven kinds of shit out of her . |
| 26 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 27 | ‘ If I start gettin' me stride up agin , ’ he said to Willie , ‘ you jest call out . ’ |
| 28 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 29 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 30 | It is already taken care of Thank you for keeping me company . ’ |