Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] i the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy . |
| 2 | I know he 's the Devil showing me the world that can be mine . |
| 3 | An old woman telling me the story of her life shat herself halfway through the Second World War . |
| 4 | Sadie 's bin givin' me the bloody ‘ ump the way she 's bin goin' on about our Billy . |
| 5 | a new man handing me the menu . |
| 6 | Taking my place on the touchline , I noticed as we kicked off the reassuring sight of Ken Mentle in the grandstand giving me the thumbs up before disappearing through his tip-up seat . |
| 7 | Besides which , Milada Pankracova , his secretary , expressly stated in her letter giving me the appointment that her employer had no time or inclination to repeat himself , and that this was the last communication they wanted on the subject . |
| 8 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |
| 9 | I do not recollect that we ever tried it , although my father did bring me home a bottle containing two or three sticks of white phosphorus , at the same time showing me the mark on his thigh where , so he said , a piece of phosphorus has fallen while he was attempting to write on a wall with it . |
| 10 | They will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the name of any one of the leading actors in the original 1939 film . |
| 11 | We have ten volumes of those adventures to give away in our latest competition and they will go to the senders of the first postcards out of the hat telling me the surname of the puppet-master producer behind the so-called ‘ Supermarionation ’ series . |