Example sentences of "[noun] be [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 3 | The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . |
| 4 | Even as the guards are ushering them into the corridor , the carriage rolls into an immense echoing workshop . |
| 5 | Those educationalists who deny children these opportunities are confining them to the ghetto , to a restricted discourse which will close to them access not only to the professions but also to leadership in national politics . |
| 6 | ‘ They have suffered so many times in recent years and some think disappointment is staring them in the face again . |
| 7 | While the Independent 's raising prices , Rupert Murdoch 's cutting them at the Sun and the Times . |
| 8 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 9 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 10 | But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances . |
| 11 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 12 | First er but I 've been tol I 'm sorry I 'm I have n't realized Scott was joining us on the line . |
| 13 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
| 14 | Property shares will get a shot-in-the-arm should one of their over-geared number announce that its bankers are backing it into the New Year , rather than pulling the plug . |
| 15 | Their parents were sending them to the Wimbledon Islamic Day Independent Boys ' School because they wanted them to grow up English . |
| 16 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 17 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Foggerty 's taking us to the baths after school , he said . ’ |
| 19 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 20 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 21 | And now I understand how Selden knew that the hound was following him in the dark . |
| 22 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 23 | Even as the BeSHT delighted his listeners with his pearls of wisdom , his stunning turns-of-phrase , his aphoristic acuity , so Leonard was learning his own , parallel metier ; the butterfly was following him down the hill . |
| 24 | Oh , I 've no doubt that somewhere down the line these things are are built it , but what I 'm saying is that the majority of dealers these days are including it within the package and saying look this vehicle comes with it completely because there is such erm a demand for this erm type of insurance . |
| 25 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 26 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 27 | Employees in the leisure department have worked extremely hard to bring this prestige event to Stockton and we end up with a situation where the first person of the town is kicking us in the teeth . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The truth is staring you in the face , but you 're too blind to see it . |
| 29 | Yeah i well he 's just distressed cos I think Gill 's phoning him in the morning and she said she 'd give him a lift to the hospital . |
| 30 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |