Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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 .
  Next page