Example sentences of "[pers pn] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know nothing about radio — but I do n't need to , I realize , because , even while I watch , the waves are softly withdrawing from the wavebands , as from a beach at low tide on a calm summer 's afternoon , leaving me gazing through the darkness of my son 's bedroom at three shirts , two of them size 35 long , one of them size 32 medium . |
| 2 | 1987 's Locust Abortion Technician saw them dredging for the very dregs of sound . |
| 3 | If you choose one of these kinds of carpets they should be laid on the paper to stop them sticking to the floor . |
| 4 | Mothers are all right , I suppose , you 'd miss them fussing about the place , but ould fellows are like that hind tits of a cow – no good for use or ornament . |
| 5 | I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window . |
| 6 | This evening I visited Scouse 's latrine , the mosquitoes and all the flies were having a fieldday ; there were clouds of them hanging over the latrine in the still evening air . |
| 7 | This does n't apply , however , if you 're only offering them a small amount of food to keep them hanging around the sett for a little longer than usual . |
| 8 | Oi Dan I 've got ta , I 've got ta play you , I 've got ta play you later on of me apologizing to the Norwegians . |
| 9 | It is believed the platform of the hoist toppled over the first floor balcony sending them crashing to the ground floor . |
| 10 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 11 | Anyway , I 've always had this real fear of me appearing in the Mail On Sunday with my eyes shut and looking pissed , with some caption underneath saying ‘ Whose beer is it anyway ? ’ or ‘ Have I got booze for you ’ . ’ |
| 12 | His companions were both in their forties , one of them greying at the temples , a squat , powerfully built man ; the other was a tall gangling individual with deep set eyes which remained fixed on Hitch the whole time . |
| 13 | ‘ One of them was so desperate to stop me overtaking at the ford he lost his footing and fell backwards into the water . ’ |
| 14 | He used to take me walking through the ditches in my bare feet , although I was terrified of frogs and newts . |
| 15 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 16 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
| 17 | I held it while a hand moved over me checking for the hardware . |
| 18 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
| 19 | Any morning you could see them tearing through the tree-tops , chasing each other up and down as they searched for the red berries that they loved . |
| 20 | You could hear them wailing above the noise of the aircraft . ’ |
| 21 | Long-focus shots of me groping in the dark , or will it be more close-ups of my stupidity ? ’ |
| 22 | Both the Seller and the Purchaser shall each keep confidential and shall not without the prior consent in writing of the other disclose to any third party any technical or commercial information which it has acquired from the other as a result of discussions , negotiations and other communications between them relating to the goods and the Order . |
| 23 | I left right , right , I ran off I jumped out the car because I heard them driving round the corner |
| 24 | The crowds incidentally , were congratulated on their demeanour ; ‘ the ropes were used seldomly to stop them crowding round the players and interfering with play ’ . |
| 25 | He has also earned the respect of the players who know that Nigel can hold the key to them returning to the side quickly . |
| 26 | After they had left , she stood in the doorway and watched them walking down the main street past the square . |
| 27 | The major watched them walking down the corridor , holding hands . |
| 28 | You may have seen them walking through the woods and thought that they have a nice easy job . |
| 29 | Dad opened the front door and he said there was a troop of them walking up the path ! |
| 30 | That had seemed natural to Stephen , the way things should be : his father working and then emerging from his work , all three of them walking on the beach , or walking to Badstoneleigh to go to the Pavilion , or having tea on Stephen 's birthday in the Spinning Wheel , or going to see Somerset play . |