Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 2 | I 've found that my perception of acting and movie-making has changed drastically since I hung up my addiction , and I 've finally realized what damage I was doing to my career . |
| 3 | On the Tuesday after Easter I was climbing with my 18 year old daughter on rocks at Burbage North . |
| 4 | Back from Egypt for three months I was staying with my aunt in the Victorian villa in Tunbridge Wells in which we had both been born . |
| 5 | A ridden horse which is concentrating on his work will often turn his ears back towards the rider , indicating his willingness to obey the rider 's next aids . |
| 6 | The left side is a highly sophisticated computer which , under deep hypnosis , would give you the data registered five years ago recording the number , make and colour of the car which was standing outside your home at the time . |
| 7 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 8 | Receive ( if required ) a list of professional dressmakers who are working in your area . |
| 9 | He and Tony McCarthy had plied their unwitting accomplice with drinks that night in the pub and they had gleaned that Clark 's Wharf was guarded by a conscientious old-timer who was living with his frail and ailing sister . |
| 10 | Here 's another piece about that chick who 's dying in her teens because , according to the Line , she 's allergic to the twentieth century . |
| 11 | I hope that 's not your prick you 're sticking in my back , ’ he said , his annoyance obvious . |
| 12 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 13 | The relationships you build up with our clients and the advertisers , with the clients you 're working in their own er their offices for three weeks so you get to know people . |
| 14 | Marjorie turned over in bed with a deep , sobbing sigh , and he felt vaguely and wearily sorry for whatever unhappiness she was feeling in her sleep . |
| 15 | The market for New York real estate is very soft , compared with the rent we are paying for our Tokyo gallery ’ . |
| 16 | But it 's very difficult for parents in those situations perhaps to accept the , the deep-seated nature of their children 's problems , especially if it 's , it 's somewhere connected with the kind of defective relationships they 're having within their own homes . |
| 17 | If only those people realised the harm they are doing to their health by not allowing themselves to show what they really feel — sometimes not even admitting those feelings to themselves — perhaps they would unbend a little . |
| 18 | Jezrael was n't sure what emotion he was hiding under his alleged repartee , only that she was going to miss it when it was n't around . |
| 19 | Univel Inc has outgrown the offices it was leasing from its parent Novell and has moved to new premises in the neighbourhood also belonging to Novell . |
| 20 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 21 | There is some fella he 's working in his back yard and he 's hammering all day , I I wish he 'd give it up . |
| 22 | If he knew the effect he was having on her traitorous senses , she 'd die of chagrin . |
| 23 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 24 | The doctor gave her a puzzled look , withdrawing the light he was flashing into her eyes for a moment . |
| 25 | I do n't think that anyone could contemplate a retrospective of Matisse without the involvement at least of the four central institutions which are collaborating on our exhibition : the two Russian museums ; Paris and ourselves . |
| 26 | And essentially , you only will change the appearance of the text which is appearing in your vers video . |
| 27 | CAHAG claims it will set a precedent for other authorities , allowing it to challenge other authorities which are failing in their duty . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't need one , ’ Theda returned , brushing the back of her hand at a lock of hair which was blowing across her face . |
| 29 | The older boy was finishing a letter to his father in which the news of his downfall was carefully translated into a voluntary withdrawal from activities which were interfering with his studies . |
| 30 | There were some worries , of course : I had not formulated any principles for the evaluation of an experience which was developing under our eyes ; and there were some obvious discrepancies between what students experienced in different schools . |