Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently … my memory will rapidly improve … and I will be able to see things in their true perspective … without magnifying my difficulties … without ever allowing them to get out of proportion . |
| 2 | Bless 'em all thank you as well to Radio Nottingham for allowing me to come in as part of my successful bid for Money Spinner . |
| 3 | Taking the nine sources together , they scored best on informing electors about the issues ( 5.7 ) , slightly less well on informing them about personalities ( 5.4 ) , and Very much worse on helping them decide how to Vote ( 4.1 ) . |
| 4 | Their degree of preference for one party Over others had an important influence upon the usefulness-ratings they gave the media for helping them decide how to Vote ( those with clear preferences found the media less useful for that purpose ) but had little or no influence on other aspects of usefulness-ratings . |
| 5 | Secondly , children in care , we 're helping them get out of care as fast as they can , and we 're helping them get set up properly , with proper support and so on . |
| 6 | Indeed , by enabling them to work together in committee — often over many years — the system facilitates contact between officers and councillors . |
| 7 | Finally , there 's an option to create a ‘ rescue ’ disk ; a bootable floppy containing vital hard disk info , enabling you to go back to square one if the worst comes to the worst . |
| 8 | Philip Holmes is keeping it topped up with water during the drought conditions . |
| 9 | Pius XI had sanctioned for recital after Mass a special prayer to St Michael ‘ for the conversion of Russia ’ , imploring him to thrust down to hell ‘ Satan and all wicked spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls ’ . |
| 10 | The latter is angry with Cory for chartering his rocket and ordering him to fly here without word of explanation . |
| 11 | It aims at winning over a man by the power of love and gentle persuasion and by arousing in him a sense of justice rather than forcing him to submit out of fear and embarrassment . |
| 12 | It aims , as we have shown , at winning a man over by the power of love and gentle persuasion and by arousing in him a sense of justice rather than by forcing him to submit out of fear and embarrassment . |
| 13 | I keep going wrong with me cable , I keep pulling it to front instead of back . |
| 14 | Almost weeping we went back to base . |
| 15 | Miles powered up the starpod 's sensor arrays , enhancing his own senses and sending them arcing out into space in search of the planet of his birth . |
| 16 | Even Thatcherite loyalists were reported to be discussing the possibility of persuading her to stand down in favour of Major . |
| 17 | ‘ What , like me posing as a beautiful heiress and getting him to fall madly in love with me , then dumping him ? ’ |
| 18 | Desertions from the National Party are reflected in a similar scramble from the Broederbond , an Afrikaner organisation that shares some of its leaders with the party and played an important part in persuading it to move boldly on reform . |
| 19 | the amount of money I 'm getting is inadequate , I 'm not getting it made up in Income Support , please help . |
| 20 | Tho still farr from competent a 110£ recovery Ken returns today to his beloved Tipp and know dobt the familyer sound of his ukelelelele will be unentertaining us wonse more at halftime . |
| 21 | TEM recently sent out a circular to the many hospitals with their machines , asking them to look out for uranium dust . |
| 22 | She struggled to keep her mind on facts instead of letting it career off in confusion , but her whole vision seemed to be swimming with his devilishly smiling face as he hovered over her , waiting for her answer . |
| 23 | ‘ And you 're letting it get out of hand . ’ |
| 24 | Because of that , he should not be denied his right to receive care and treatment , aimed at allowing him to get on with life as normally as possible . |
| 25 | That night had been particularly joyous , because Ashi felt that at last her family was allowing her to blossom fully into womanhood . |
| 26 | The two men helping her looked round in panic , and one of them left her side , drawing his gun . |
| 27 | Then he said to Rain : ‘ You could say I have been trying to help Barbara Coleman , helping her to keep out of trouble . |
| 28 | Damian lunged after Tony , his face dark with rage as he bit out thickly , ‘ You 're like a bloody wasp , stinging at me — driving up in your red sports car , honking your horn , taking her dancing all over town , kissing her behind my back , sending me a painting of her half naked for my wedding present ! ’ |
| 29 | But I am old-fashioned enough to dislike hearing it flung about in railway carriages by mixed school parties . |
| 30 | Damn the memories of seeing it floating away in front of her . |