Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 2 | Pitching my voice to a tone of mild puzzlement , I called , ‘ What 's a rattlesnake doing up here ? ’ |
| 3 | I certainly feel like celebrat ing my painting at the moment — I have n't done any for weeks . |
| 4 | And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm really enjoying my game at the moment , because it 's been a top end to the season for us , ’ he enthused . |
| 7 | I settled back in my seat , resting my head against the sheepskin , wondering at the strange minuet of their lives , the complexities of their dance of life . |
| 8 | I have just wiped out a whole line by carelessly resting my finger on a key , and earlier it kept telling me ‘ mistake ’ — not , of course , helpfully saying what the mistake was . |
| 9 | ‘ But it 's not decent to go to war over something like this , ’ I screamed , thumping my fist on the table so that the cups on the dresser rattled . |
| 10 | I thank my hon. Friend for drawing my attention to the representations that he has made . |
| 11 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-West ( Mr. Banks ) for drawing my attention to the article in the Evening Standard . |
| 12 | My mind games were not always concerned with the past ; sometimes they involved transforming my surroundings into a fantasy landscape . |
| 13 | He 's good about helping my mum in the house . |
| 14 | I liked helping my father with the sheep . |
| 15 | ‘ I am surrounded by selfish bastards I thought were my friends , ’ I say , slapping my forehead with the hand holding the J and almost setting my hair alight . |
| 16 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not sticking my neck in a noose for you . ’ |
| 18 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 19 | On minute one one four , I 'm using my privilege as a chair to hang on to that ; the fact that the Poly are to hold a conference on health and housing in the new year . |
| 20 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 21 | We were able to exchange ideas and opinions with them — so much so , that by the end of the day one archaeological student was using my detector over the spoil heaps , while I turned my hand to the ‘ trowel and brush . ’ |
| 22 | The sledge hits a bump and I am off , using my camera as a snow hook . |
| 23 | Her most popular trick was to jump in the air and land on her stupid head — using my rucksack as a landing pad ! |
| 24 | I was using my car as a weapon . ’ |
| 25 | It is on the Welsh border — and I am to reside there in my principality , pursuing my studies under the tutelage of my uncle Earl Rivers and the guardianship of him who has long been my chamberlain , Sir Thomas Vaughan . ’ |
| 26 | They think I 'm reconciled , but I 've only been biding my time for a chance like this one you 've brought me now . |
| 27 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 28 | ‘ But he knew I was pledging my honour to the king 's peace . |
| 29 | Groping my way over the ribs , my heart thudding , I heartily agreed with him . |
| 30 | I had the strange feeling I was driving back in time , groping my way into a world of Inca and Chimú people , a world of great empires that built roads and temples and forts of mud on the coast and of cut stone in the Andes , stone that was dove-tailed to resist the trembling of its foundations when the earth quaked . |