Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 2 | A friend of mine lost a whole litter by feeding them a wild goose which he thought had died as a result of a collision with overhead power cables . |
| 3 | ‘ He screamed at me , calling me an evil bitch who had tried to trap him ’ |
| 4 | He screamed at me , calling me an evil bitch who had tried to entrap him . |
| 5 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 6 | Today they are being rewired and repainted in a new livery , giving them a handsome appearance which belies their fifty years . |
| 7 | Postal clerks and refrigeration engineers became passable guerrillas , giving them the added confidence they needed when men from this camp faced Japanese attack . |
| 8 | Obviously all of this detail I explain to you here I 'm just giving you a brief overview it 'll be explained a lot more on the training course . |
| 9 | Daughter of the Queen Igrayne and half-sister to King Arthur , she revealed to him the intrigue between Lancelot and Guinevere by giving him a magic draught which opened his eyes to the perfidy . |
| 10 | Giving her a second chance he having failed |
| 11 | ’ One of them once said the only thing that came close to giving her the same thrill she got from shoplifting was having sex in a public place — you know it 's wrong and you might be caught , but it feels great , ’ adds Liz . |
| 12 | And further , the crucial role of companies at the structural level substantially enhances the bargaining power of business in its dealings with government , giving it a special influence which other interest groups lack . |
| 13 | Replacing an old , dark-coloured carpet with bright , painted boards can transform the character of a room , giving it the visual uplift it needs . |
| 14 | She 's recording it the stupid cow she 's |
| 15 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 16 | Rayleen helped too , or rather her uniform did , giving us a pseudo-official status which meant we could jump the queue . |
| 17 | It was as if the dominance of his spirit had conquered the physical results of lack of sleep , lending him a new vitality which arced across the distance between them , charging her own weakened batteries , as he responded to a challenge which had been originally hers . |
| 18 | I 've never loved him , but now I 've started to hate him — for making me the mercenary bitch I am . |
| 19 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |
| 20 | Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ? |
| 21 | I 've also had people at forty plus telling me the same thing which is a nonsense . |
| 22 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 23 | ‘ Something was bothering you the first time we met , and you kept quiet about that , too . |
| 24 | He claims to have been drunk throughout most of his killing days : every line on Eastwood 's face and his stiff-in-the-saddle old man 's posture conveys how much each of Munny 's killings have chipped away at his heart and mind , leaving him the reformed shell we first see covered in pig-shit . |