Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 2 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 3 | Will licking the soil do her any harm and will I need to worm her more often as two ponies go in the paddock as well ? |
| 4 | ‘ Letting the man have it both ways at once . |
| 5 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 6 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 7 | ‘ We are discussing the offer made us this morning by His Highness , the Prince . |
| 8 | I am laying a scheme to get them all turned out against Michaelmas ’ . |