Example sentences of "[v-ing] [det] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The full weight of the Children 's Department came down on us for that scene and , in retrospect , I realised I had made a mistake letting that go through . |
2 | He sounded annoyed at himself for letting that slip and Ages wondered how much was genuine : the codename the slip the annoyance . |
3 | letting that run the thing . |
4 | ‘ We are not letting this drop just because the poll tax is finished . ’ |
5 | Folly could n't believe that she was letting this happen . |
6 | ‘ Are n't you letting this get away from you , Luke ? |
7 | Like other monarchs through history , Charles took the course of letting another take the most major step on his behalf ; if it went wrong he could repudiate it , if it went well then it was obviously a wise action for all . |
8 | About feminism itself , I think that the way I would define it is women having some say , some control over how we 're born , how we live and how we die . |
9 | He said he would be trying to bridge the gap between the board and the counties , who he thought ‘ perhaps felt they were n't having enough say . ’ |
10 | He said he would be trying to bridge the gap between the board and the counties , who he thought ‘ perhaps felt they were n't having enough say . ’ |
11 | A DUP spokesman said the group had excluded itself from having any say in politics in Northern Ireland by agreeing to meet Sinn Fein . |