Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 2 | While appearing with them in Berlin in 1937 she tore a ligament and had to give up further hope of dancing . |
| 3 | In this recording the orchestra is in the foreground most of the time ; and during this time we often hear the singers as though looking at them on stage through inverter opera glasses , where they are distinct but tiny . |
| 4 | She was a close friend of the Duchess of Portland and , when staying with her at Bulstrode in Buckinghamshire , December 1753 , reported that Philip Miller had been working in the library and , On another occasion when they met , she commented on his reticence . |
| 5 | So when referring to me in future , dear brother , remember that although I wear the cloth , Henry George Farrier is still underneath it . ’ |