Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two . |
| 2 | Many ageing people need to understand and accept the changes in their sexuality in order to continue enjoying it to the full . |
| 3 | The company was prepared to continue using him for up to a year as a continuity announcer . |
| 4 | cos I did n't fancy eating it like that and er she goes , I told her give us a piece of some of that wrapping you know |
| 5 | many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . |
| 6 | Her job is to push Cabinet ministers ‘ to do what is right ’ ; this involves reminding them of the Government 's strategy laid down in the manifestos and combating what she regards as the inertia inherent in departments . |
| 7 | There have been some centres who felt that the American data has justified using it at an early stage . |
| 8 | There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war . |
| 9 | The superintendents … have at least stopped using it in a noisy and disagreeable way |
| 10 | ‘ I 've come to find out what you 've done with Kirsty — and when you intend returning her to Lomond View . ’ |
| 11 | If , as is postulated here , usage is determined by the meaning to be expressed , the answer must be that there are two different ways of conceiving causation in English , make representing it in a way that calls for the bare infinitive , cause in a way requiring the representation of abstract movement in time signified by to . |
| 12 | Agreeing with other councillors that someone might be able to find a use for such items , especially now that cast iron baths are now in fashion , the chairman wondered if someone might consider using it for horses . |
| 13 | She tried phoning him with a variety of invitations she felt he would n't refuse , but he always made excuses for not meeting her . |
| 14 | Efforts were made to send Jewish teachers with Jewish evacuees ( British and refugee ) , and a letter went out to all RCM children who had been uprooted reminding them of their faith and upbringing . |
| 15 | Oh goodness I do n't think , I think they stopped using them during the war and I cr see that used to be like the gasworks , the gasworks you always used to have clogs , they used to have wooden soles , did the gasworks and then they used to have erm like a steel bar underneath or round the sole |
| 16 | By the same token , Edwin told me that Gifford stopped using it after his stroke . ’ |
| 17 | In 1903 the Persian government stopped the import of these aniline dyes and brought in laws , which were strictly enforced , ordering dye-houses found using them to be burnt to the ground . |
| 18 | However , it should prevent anyone from mismanaging the waste and may include details of the business or process producing it in addition to a description of the physical ( or chemical ) nature . |
| 19 | And she would enjoy impressing him with what she had managed to find out about Hugh Puddephat so far . |
| 20 | I hung up the plastic sheet I had left soaking , rolled away those that had dried , scrubbed dried plaster from the table with the special remover , and wondered wearily how much longer it would be before the scent of wet plaster stopped reminding me of Marcus . |
| 21 | One of Ariel 's songs which he appended went like this , and sometimes Serafine sang it , and Xanthe and Miranda both enjoyed singing it with her , calling it the song of Manjiku : |
| 22 | It proposed bringing him before a tribunal of officers . |
| 23 | However , as a very occasional desperation measure if a flower or leaf is useless because it has inadvertently been creased or folded , I have been known to try pressing it with an iron on the lowest setting . |
| 24 | Mm , apparently the guy that was driving it had overalls on , so he may have been a mechanic delivering it to somewhere or test driving it over there |
| 25 | I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me . |
| 26 | Be here on time and do your work well and I might consider hiring you on a regular basis once the child is born . ’ |
| 27 | Keep it up and I 'll consider promoting you to Lance-corporal unpaid . ’ |
| 28 | It could be that your owner might consider replacing you with a Basenji if you do n't quieten down , and your nose will be properly put out of joint . |
| 29 | I shall quite enjoy taming you over the next couple of weeks . ’ |
| 30 | I stepped inside and got behind her and tried pushing her from that side . |