Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got to glancing through the ledgers , and before I knew it , the time had flown . ’ |
| 2 | I came to sitting on the sofa still holding the broken pot in my hand . |
| 3 | The first thing I noticed on getting into the ground was that the Leeds fans were making most , no , all of the noise in the ground . |
| 4 | I hope by participating in the Earthwatch expedition I would have the chance of studying alternative sources of fuel for the benefit of local communities which would help in checking the ecological disturbance . |
| 5 | I begin by joining in the congratulations paid by hon. Members of all parties to the hon. Member for Birkenhead ( Mr. Field ) on the production of an excellent report , and to my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield ( Mr. Winterton ) who chaired the Select Committee on Health , which was also involved . |
| 6 | No , I 'm just a Jock — Guardsman Willoughby — and a Jock I look like staying till the end of the war . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But they will have no experience of running pubs and I know from talking to the local bench that licensing magistrates are concerned at the standard of new licensees . ’ |
| 8 | I stepped without thinking onto the polished square and tried words instead . |
| 9 | A fridge I lied about swinging through the trees ! |
| 10 | I believe in working towards the soul and spirit and beauty of things . |
| 11 | Moreover , what chance do I have of serving on the Committee ? |
| 12 | I decided against looking into the tumbledown wooden hut that had once housed the coal hopper controls . |
| 13 | I feel like staying outside the shop all day just watching the people go past and fiddling with this string in my pocket . |
| 14 | Yet sometimes that is what I feel like doing to the psychological and emotional crutches which are marketed as folk religion . |
| 15 | I started by looking at the chromosome patterns , of course — remember the men who are born with an extra Y chromosome , who show aggressive behavior and antisocial tendencies . |
| 16 | Then I thought of going across the road and throwing them in a skip — except that this would look very peculiar . |
| 17 | Three and a half years ago I described my experience of a meeting I attended for briefing on the brave new world of budget holding , the wild card of the recently published NHS Review . |
| 18 | I take in my opinion the size , scale of settlement that is being pursued by erm North Yorkshire is of sufficient size , erm my experience erm are twelve fifty to fifteen hundred new settlement is sort of of a size that can sustain a reasonable balance of community facilities , I think in looking at the new village and in the context of P P G thirteen its highway implications , we see from table one of er Mr Curtis 's supplementary statement that public transport , I E bus and train , in terms of journeys to work to the Greater York area amounts to about eight percent of all journeys made , now I think if we were to follow Mr Curtis 's view through and put all development on the periphery of York , if we put two hundred to the North , two hundred to the East , two hundred to the South and so on and so forth , the contribution that those , that new housing can make to improving the public transport system , will be very small , if you concentrate your developments in a new settlement , or or maybe two new settlements which is another point , erm you have a better opportunity to provide a public transport system which would not only serve that new village , but also settlements in the surroundings , and I think you will find that the percentage of people in the new village who are reliant on public transport as a means of getting to work is greater that what you find in the Greater York area at the present time . |
| 19 | I start by agreeing with the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) that asylum seekers should be guaranteed good legal advice and representation . |
| 20 | When I use a well-known television series as a starting point I start by talking to the children about what we 're going to do and the way we 're going to work : " We 're going to make up a play together . |
| 21 | The Pope 's got more chance of gettin' pregnant than I 'ave of gettin' into the charts . |
| 22 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |
| 23 | There were certainly questions that I had in listening to the lecture and reading of the material and erm as herself said , there does seem to be something of an in own thinking about this . |
| 24 | I admit to yielding to the temptation of allowing you to think this house was your father 's , but my thoughts have not all been selfish . |
| 25 | what did I say about going on the road if you 're helping me , come back onto the path , hello |
| 26 | I suppose the main difference I notice about living in the two environments is how my dress is n't bound by convention on the island , I just stick to wearing what is most comfortable . |
| 27 | Part of the fun for them came from commenting on the other dancers and inventing private nicknames for them , such as Big Feet , Sir Galahad , Merrylegs , Dreamboat , and many others . |
| 28 | She insists on looking after the hens herself . |
| 29 | PEG ( to Abberley ) : Are you frightened of dying at the moment ? |
| 30 | ‘ And as you insist on leaving at the end of the month , ’ he added blandly , ‘ I 'd like everything — but everything — bang up to date . ’ |