Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we tend to eat much faster , if you like , and , and to take more snacks , and I think it 's interesting that the rise of the use of a coffee table ties in a lot with the rise of people having televisions in their front rooms , because introducing the television made all kinds of changes into , just the way people arrange their chairs , not centring them round the fire any more , and a coffee table 's a very neat addition to that kind of arrangement . |
| 2 | There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war . |
| 3 | Jamie and the girl were inches away from me , holding me by an arm each , being bumped into frequently , but my drunkenness had now got to such a state — as the last two quickly consumed pints and an accompanying whisky caught up with my racing bloodstream — that I might as well have been on another planet for all the hope I had of making them understand what I wanted . |
| 4 | She 'd been wearing it to the office that morning and put on an overall for the art class in the afternoon . |
| 5 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 6 | I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way . |
| 7 | you know after he gets out from here on a temporary basis sort of thing , so that erm Christopher says he 's gon na be doing it for a year this lecturing , but it 's very nice for him because he 'll be able to contact him and Bob will help him if it 's necessary |
| 8 | Mr that you very much indeed for joining us on the programme this morning . |
| 9 | Frank thank you very much indeed for joining us on the programme this morning . |
| 10 | Okay Alan , well thanks very much for joining us on the programme this afternoon |
| 11 | It 's ten minutes past nine and joining us on the line this morning is er Judy in York good morning Judy . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been staring us in the face all this time . |
| 13 | If Superstores own-brands the coffee it sells , it can avoid liability by labelling it with a statement such as ‘ Made for Superstores by Coffee Fellers Inc . ’ |
| 14 | It was n't left there and I ca n't think what the chances are of finding it in a place this size . |
| 15 | Well I 'm telling you for a fact that St |