Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [v-ing] these " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As I finished selecting these 200-odd titles which reflect the continuing excellence of writing for children , a document was leaked which made it clear that the authorities which are controlling the education of the next generation had , at a stroke , obliterated the ‘ golden age ’ of children 's literature — at least as far as reading in schools is concerned . |
| 2 | I kept hearing these small explosions and I wondered what could possibly be the cause . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , ‘ I kept getting these phone-calls . ’ |
| 4 | I kept seeing these double helices like two snakes winding up an invisible tree , only smaller . |
| 5 | Well I used to share a , share this flat with my mate and erm you know , she got a bit out of hand , she kept bringing all these people home and she kept having these parties and it was really difficult for me to study cos I used to go well I still try to go to college , but erm you know , it was really hard for me to study and made my life really , really difficult ! |
| 6 | We enjoyed having these fine Canadian ambassadors with us at Craigforth . |
| 7 | Well twenty years ago I was on programmes like this , saying that doctors who said that Valium and the other tranquillizers were perfectly safe were talking rubbish and that there was every possibility that there would be problems found in the future , if we kept prescribing these drugs for vast numbers of people . |
| 8 | It sounded okay but we kept getting these fumes . |
| 9 | Glasgow is no exception , except , unlike other cities , once they started building these concrete jungles they forgot to stop . |
| 10 | He began writing these experiences for a film and when he produced his manuscript it was partly autobiographical . |