Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their stories appear to rupture time , bringing them within a hair 's breadth of one another . |
| 2 | The dress curved over her breasts lightly , cupping them like a man 's hands . |
| 3 | John Major has launched another attack on the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty , dismissing it as a socialist 's charter . |
| 4 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 5 | Vehicle is proved by describing it in a witness 's statement . |
| 6 | ‘ The idea of stuffing everything into a pig 's stomach put me right off . ’ |
| 7 | As we reached the shore of the island Maha threw her hands in the air , clasping them in a boxer 's sign of victory . |
| 8 | She says I should n't be treating it as a doll 's house , a playing place when I 'm young . ’ |
| 9 | it 's completely anonymous number you know it 's only to be on that , said I 'll wipe it off then , you bloody well wo n't , I think he wants to tell people before he can say very wrong , could say something personal , if it was personal , no longer it , no you were n't personal to you , but I 'm quite happy to arrange it if you wish , no , no , no , no , no , , I should n't have to tell you not to take my points in full , there we go it 's driving me doing that in the factory having without people 's permission , I want to know , I ask permission if I 'd er wanted to as a without being asked to do it , I would of gone and seen personnel and asked , I would not of dreamed of doing it in a work 's situation unless I was asked , say anything personal I 'd turned it off not that it , apart from me and Stuart |
| 10 | Bearing in mind that I 'm taking one in a fortnight 's time . |
| 11 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 12 | Cold setting was carried out by selecting the characters one at a time and placing them in a compositor 's stick . |
| 13 | She 's a strong and individual woman making it in a man 's world . |
| 14 | As a collection of grand , but empty , symbols , ultimately signifying nothing but a schoolboy 's penchant for rude words and offensive gestures . |
| 15 | Let's stop trying to get women to support us by crawling to them — it 's obvious they prefer voting for devils or weeds than for decent men ( let alone decent women ) , and bribing them with a Women 's Ministry did n't work . |