Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [v-ing] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll leave the plans on the desk , ’ he said , rolling them and replacing them in the tube . |
| 2 | Some mothers would avoid problems , distracting their child by talking to them and involving them in the shopping , while others would distract their child once they had started to be difficult . |
| 3 | This is the main reason why I have not until recently felt able to face the task of transcribing them and editing them in the way they . |
| 4 | ‘ Mummy , I want Mummy , ’ hitting him and butting him in the stomach with her head , like a little goat . |
| 5 | Resorting to a dog-like whine , he complained to Theo : ‘ The dog feels that if they keep him , it will only mean putting up with him and tolerating him in the house , so he will try and find another kennel . ’ |
| 6 | the gathering up of all this scattered craft knowledge , systematising it and concentrating it in the hands of the employer and then doling it out again only in the form of minute instructions , giving to each worker only the knowledge needed for the performance of a particular relatively minute task . |