Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you have a drug to take away the pain of the drug that is killing the cancer cells which unfortunately makes you sick and then they give you something to try to reduce that sickness , so you have one battling the other , battling the other . |
| 2 | ‘ If I mind you taking the afternoon off . ’ |
| 3 | I started by looking up quotes for characters to say , and found myself reading four or five pages , until I found myself reading the Bible and only the Bible for quite a long time . |
| 4 | Cos she saw me putting the corn in and she decided she 'd try and get it by diving through the black net instead of going through the gate , like with a normal hen , you know , this one 's obviously brain dead or |
| 5 | She would patrol the class , a wooden foot ruler at the ready in her hand , if she saw you holding the pen incorrectly , down came the ruler on your knuckles . |
| 6 | You would not think her unduly burdened with worries , if you watched her crossing the campus , smiling at people she knows , her eyes bright , her brow unfurrowed . |
| 7 | If we catch it leaving the island will be easy . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If we find it leaving the island will be easy . ’ |
| 9 | We have er patrols , patrols out in the erm out in the area as part of our normal job , if they see anybody infringing the order , they 'll have a word with them and er make sure they know about it , and apart from that , as I say , we 're appealing to the good sense of our customers , we are in a very serious situation . |
| 10 | He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there . |
| 11 | It was the battle hymn of the striking coal miners in 1984 , and the old man used to sing it while he watched them fighting the police on the television , but it turned out to be another lost cause . |
| 12 | He 's an older man and maybe an easier since he had me galloping the best of my horses lame over you , Owen . |
| 13 | The pair turned on him after he spotted them carrying the coffin through High Wycombe , Bucks , at midnight . |
| 14 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 15 | I when I see him when I see , George does a lot of housekeeping when I see him clearing the bed I say oh goodness look book . |
| 16 | It is the dreadful Lillibet who discovers Harry 's secret when she finds him raiding the fridge one night wearing his wife 's underwear . |
| 17 | It sounded suspiciously like a dismissal , but she made no comment as she left him finishing the task of putting away saddles and bridles . |
| 18 | She shuddered as she felt him unfastening the catch of her bikini-top , her heart starting to pound with a heavy beat as the pressure of his kiss became fiercer and more demanding . |
| 19 | Though we find him joining the cut and thrust of conference debate , or delivering polemical lectures , we also glimpse a man apart , and in an intellect of such stature , it is tempting to describe him as aloof . |
| 20 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 21 | They have drawn out the magical circle simply to trap the adventurers , when they saw them approaching the area . |
| 22 | When he heard someone opening the bedroom door , he jumped out of the window and ran on to the roof . |
| 23 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |