Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final barrier to its operation came after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union , when the North-Rhine Westphalia administration responded to intensified local concern by refusing to grant it the required license to operate . |
| 2 | ‘ The poor tyke must think she 's going to give him the Genestealer kiss . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you going to give me the macho caveman act ? |
| 4 | He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ My mistress 's niece , that 's her on top of the furniture , is not going to pay you the extra twopence , ’ said the driver . |
| 6 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going to make you the new Madonna , ’ Waterman promised his new prodigy , but even today he shakes his head disbelievingly at the opportunity others missed . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm going to make you the next Madonna . ’ |
| 9 | Er so er I mean they 're going to show you the seven year figure , maybe do n't show you the ten year figure , because they do n't look too good over ten years . |
| 10 | The Goldsmiths allowed Gurney £300 , Norris £200 , and Coombes £150 " in consideration of their services " , having dismissed them the previous April with effect from 25th March 1860 . |
| 11 | " Having given you the best years of my life , I now appeal to your justice and well-known liberality for a retiring pension , humbly requesting that in the event of my death the same may be continued to my child for his education till he attains 15 years of age , he being now in his 7th year . " |
| 12 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 13 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 14 | We 're having to do it the hard way . ’ |
| 15 | Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat . |
| 16 | The company has moved fully into coachbuilding ; turned itself into a PLC and , late last year , opened a £500,000 repair facility in the capital city , having acquired it the previous year . |
| 17 | But it was typical of Pound 's kindness , even to a potential enemy or rival , that he should have so persisted in trying to give me the right contacts . |
| 18 | Between November 1981 and November 1983 , encouragement was given to unemployed men over the age of 60 to withdraw from the labour force by offering to pay them the long-term rate of supplementary benefit if they agreed not to register as unemployed . |