Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If members have done something interesting or have a fascinating or unusual hobby and want to tell us about it perhaps letting us borrow a photograph of the member ? ) they are welcome to write — quoting membership number please . |
| 2 | He seemed to have forgotten about only letting me loose on water . |
| 3 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard and only letting it move a few inches — just off my fist and back again . |
| 4 | Actually , I guess I would n't want to tell it to anybody , not so much because I 'm ashamed ( I tell myself ) as because it 's private ; one last thing I can hide that 's between me and Andy only , so letting me feel that there is one thing at least in which I 've not betrayed him utterly . |
| 5 | Instead the system connects computers made by only one firm — Apple — so letting them share expensive disc files , printers and so on . |
| 6 | Apathy occurs as a result of our suppressing negative emotions and feelings , not being able or prepared to deal with them and so letting them accumulate in our unconscious mind . |
| 7 | Anything which makes rigging and de-rigging more difficult increases the risk of someone getting tired of holding up a wing-tip and so letting it droop or even drop . |
| 8 | It only added to the team Renault-Williams ' total embarrassment at carelessly letting him go at the peak of his box office appeal and pulling power . |
| 9 | ‘ Miss Kenton , you are merely making yourself look foolish . ’ |
| 10 | His sisters were still at home , unwilling as ever to comprehend him , only making him feel oafish , prematurely old , unclean . |
| 11 | MAGICIAN Jonathan Pendragon , 37 , was bitten to the bone by a tiger after apparently making it disappear then bringing it back . |
| 12 | But I 'm not seeing me kid and me husband walk to town in second-hand clothes . |
| 13 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 14 | I 'm not helping you do it . |
| 15 | But I 'm just letting everybody know I 'm going u , I 'm going up next time , alright ? |
| 16 | What I 've recorded and just letting them have the tapes . |
| 17 | ‘ Just letting you know . ’ |
| 18 | we 're gon na , just letting you know we 're gon na try and we 're , we 'll attempt to collect this |
| 19 | Because instead of just letting it go I allowed myself to get involved . |
| 20 | And I remember just sort of leaping onto some grass and just letting it go , you know , could of been . |
| 21 | Bursting a good big dam , or even just letting it overflow , is almost as satisfying as planning and building it in the first place . |
| 22 | ‘ But the game has gone down the wrong road and we are not sitting back and just letting it happen . ’ |
| 23 | In order to try and get a resident 's permit for the car you are so generously letting me have temporary use of , I need a mass of bumf for the Regional Council in due course — they require sight of , and in original , car registration documents , MOT certificate , insurance certificate , driving licence , evidence of ownership or tenancy lease of this house ( ! ) plus evidence of payment of property tax ! |
| 24 | To get back at Jo for not letting her go to the theatre with her , Amy has burned the book which Jo has written . |
| 25 | ‘ It is raining , she has small children , I am not letting her walk alone , ’ I said firmly . |
| 26 | There seemed to be a weight on her chest , pinning her to the ground and not letting her breathe . |
| 27 | Not letting her see me of course . |
| 28 | ‘ And you 're not letting me go ? ’ |
| 29 | That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape . |
| 30 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |