Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew you would n't mind having her for just a fortnight . ’ |
| 2 | He 's been doing it for quite a while now has n't he ? |
| 3 | Our subject points towards wider horizons , offering a further dimension of perception and perspective , giving us at least the illusion that we transcend the confines of time . |
| 4 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
| 5 | He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question . |
| 6 | Termination of the agreement by the HP finance company if the consumer stopped paying was allowed only if he had disregarded a default notice allowing him at least a week to pay up . |
| 7 | And to her amazement Nails got up without a word , dived into the pool , came up alongside Hoomey and started correcting his stroke , bawling into his ear and galvanizing him into twice the effort . |
| 8 | I 'm taking him for about an hour . |
| 9 | Oh , making it for quite a while |
| 10 | The closure brings to an end 67 years of rayon activity at Cornwall , making it by far the Group 's longest surviving manufacturing unit . |
| 11 | Even after sitting and playing it for quite a while , I did n't find myself warming to it , and believe me , I wanted to . |
| 12 | The most pessimistic view is that the process of ‘ deprofessionalization ’ of teachers will become almost complete , leaving them with virtually no autonomy , no scope for exercising their judgement and expressing their interests through their teaching . |
| 13 | if it 's here it 's not much point leaving it for once a year . |
| 14 | Even if you think you 're only h leaving it for only a minute . |
| 15 | I was n't driving for an hour , you were n't following me for either an hour or forty miles . |