Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] [vb base] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's like jumping off the roof of a three-storey house , ’ he said , ‘ and then having the house chase you down the street . ’ |
2 | Howar they used to work a lot with finishing the cattle sell them for . |
3 | This will cause a depreciation of the exchange rate ( assuming the authorities allow it to ) . |
4 | The policemen controlling the pedestrians beckon them across the road . |
5 | Most of the imports reaching the U.K. reach us via Singapore so presumably these are wild-caught specimens from the vicinity of the Malay Archipelago . |
6 | The people receiving the cheques deposit them in their banks . |
7 | The only way to overcome this was to add gold dust , heat the two together until the molten gold bound the platinum granules together , and then by alternately heating and hammering the mixture convert it into a compact mass capable of being forged or cast . |