Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
2 | Er if you get it wrong erm there 's the inheritance provision for family and dependence act nineteen eighty five , which is the statutory provision allowing you spouse who left nothing to all those children who left nothing to make applications to the court . |
3 | It was also decided that the Master , Wardens and Assistants should pay for a key giving them access to the Garden . |
4 | A polymer-reinforced wax for reproofing waxed cotton making it water repellent and hardwearing . |
5 | Where I 'm from , I should n't have to worry about a black cop beating me upside the head when he 's with his white partner , you know , and that happens a lot . ’ |
6 | He turned back towards the stands , jumped nimbly over the thirteenth and fourteenth and soared over the Chair with Sebastian V , Royal Stuart and Zongalero keeping him company and Spartan Missile starting to make ground from the rear . |
7 | Again , if you are going to use a research department in your agency , you will want to put in your requests on a formal basis giving them time to fulfil the task . |
8 | A KIDNAP gang who snatched an accused man from court were last night holding him hostage … until a stolen Rolls Royce is returned . |
9 | ‘ Some other gentleman giving you supper ? ’ |
10 | Implicit in these views was the fact that child abuse was considered to be only one of a range of problems that many families who come under the system 's microscope were experiencing , and that there was a need to respond to all the problems including child abuse , rather than of necessity giving it priority . |
11 | The finger which he had burnt on the incinerator was in addition giving him trouble and would not tolerate pressure . |
12 | And I can tell when somebody 's bin moving me stuff around . ’ |
13 | Did n't we hear father talking it day and night round the house in the days before Corpus Christi ? |
14 | ‘ I 've bin rubbin' 'im wiv that liniment ole Doctor Kelly give me , an' I made 'im wear a sheet o' brown paper under 'is vest . |
15 | It was no use offering him money , for he would immediately spend it on drink , but I suggested that he try his hand at very light work — sweeping the hospital floor , later a little gardening , and for this I paid him in meals cooked by Toma at home . |
16 | Maybe , thought the seal , who could feel the full warm muscles of Ocean drawing her south , maybe the shock of real heat would startle her into joy . |
17 | its fifth or its sixth leg giving it trouble . |
18 | You 're paying them starvation wages , and someone else therefore is keeping them alive , might be their husbands , it might be the state giving them charity , it might be the state giving them pensions or unemployment benefits , it might be charities giving them clothes and food just to keep them alive , and that that 's immoral . |
19 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
20 | And he thought very hard about that broken web of England and the busy spider mending it strand by strand . |
21 | Outdoor shops are just sports shops , but instead of a seedy man with a moustache selling you nylon football strips and tennis balls , outdoor shops stock only merchandise connected with hill-walking , climbing , skiing and sometimes canoeing , all of which will be offered to you by rosy-cheeked young sales people in fleecy tops . |
22 | Nor had it stopped her form giving me news that struck me dumb with panic . |
23 | Left-arm spinner Phil Tufnell managed just three wickets on a wicket giving him assistance . |
24 | if you 've got one line making you money and you 've got a hundred lines , a hundred lines is gon na make you a hundred times more , do , do you see what I mean ? |
25 | When I paused to read the memorial to Jose Rizal , hero of the revolution , I turned round to find about 50 little children in a semicircle watching me open-mouthed . |
26 | ( d ) The reverse of the above , so that it is the children who are marooned on the alien planet , the teacher who is the alien offering them passage back to earth providing the children can explain the way of life on earth . |
27 | as if he was n't a maniac keeping me prisoner here . |
28 | IS YOUR FORD-VV CARB GIVING YOU GRIEF ? |
29 | I remember my dad telling me stuff though . |
30 | He thought that they would stay there , the track giving them visibility and line of fire . |