Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraging me to follow in this way perhaps , but moving too fast for me to believe that she wanted me to do that , she entered a revolving door of dark polished wood , mahogany and glass , and started to go round and round , looking out at me as she turned . |
| 2 | I am grateful to both the hon. Member for Wellingborough ( Mr. Fry ) and the Minister for their generosity in allowing me to contribute to this Adjournment debate . |
| 3 | hot water bottles are useful for keeping you warm at any time of the day or night . |
| 4 | Hot water bottles are useful for keeping you warm at any time of the day or night . |
| 5 | He has been pressing her to move for some time . |
| 6 | The nuzzling continued as his lips found her own , teasing and provoking her to yearn for more depth in the caress , until suddenly he took possession of her mouth in a forceful kiss that went on and on as though it would last for ever . |
| 7 | Once conscious again , Effie began to scream , pain taking her over , and only McAllister 's soothing hands , and Dr Neil 's voice , urging her to push with each pain , stopped her from becoming a mindless howling thing on the bed , unable to help herself . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not going to feel in the least reasonable while you 're forcing me to stay in this house , ’ she warned fiercely . |
| 9 | Her head pounded , forcing her to come to some decision . |
| 10 | These differences led to differing perceptions of their role by the two development officers — in Ipswich the development officer was a little unsure of how she was going to ‘ work in with the existing multi-disciplinary team ’ , whereas in Newham the development officer said she felt she was probably going to spend a good deal of her time negotiating between the different services and ‘ getting them to talk to each other ’ . |
| 11 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |
| 12 | ‘ … only while she 's getting herself liked by one load of people , she 's getting herself disliked by another load , ’ continued Constance . |
| 13 | They went about their business , expecting him to appear at any moment . |
| 14 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 15 | ‘ Is it alive ? ’ she asked , expecting it to move at any moment . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't mind , ’ she said , watching him squirm , feeling nothing at all except self-disgust at allowing herself to get into this situation . |
| 17 | This is parallel to the gradient of acceptability which emerged from Harris 's results , and Labov attempted to accommodate the tendency of speakers to avoid making absolute judgements by asking them to assign to each sentence a score on a four-point scale , as follows : |
| 18 | you 'll be , you 'll be sent instructions on what , who to write to and it 's a matter of sorting those out and erm sending out letters to group members like asking them to write to this person or that person , so that 's not too bad , . |
| 19 | ‘ My boss hinted this afternoon at asking me to work on another case . ’ |
| 20 | I am thus asking you to step outside this door and see for yourself . ’ |
| 21 | If she was seriously letting herself fall for this man 's serpentine charm , then all she could think was that the glandular fever had affected her brain cells as well as her blood cells . |
| 22 | It had been born of an instinctive recognition of the damage he could do to her emotional independence and , paradoxically , exacerbated by the way he had deprived her of himself by having her dismissed from that job ; finally there had been his open contempt when they had met again … |
| 23 | It is important to make a definite decision about this right from the start , without letting her feel in any way that she is being given a weekly or monthly ‘ ration ’ of her family 's free time , as a duty rather than a pleasure . |
| 24 | One way out of the dilemma would be to change the composition of the second chamber by having it elected in some form . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not saying it happened on this occasion , but it is not unknown for a private company to take a loss on government contracts to get a foot in the door . ’ |
| 26 | She sucked in a steadying gulp of air , letting it go with little huffing sounds before she walked on and turned into the lane . |
| 27 | You could tell she was n't too happy about seeing her replaced by that baggage . |
| 28 | It was fabulous , seeing her sitting in that heap of consumer capitalist garbage , pure , unmoved , like a flame , burning for the cause . ’ |
| 29 | Her Higher Self was literally giving her a ‘ kick up the backside ’ , encouraging her to move in any direction , but to move ! |
| 30 | I would like to thank the organisers for inviting me to speak at this conference and to say that I am very pleased to be here . |