Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She was bringing them some papers and some photographs in a big brown envelope . |
2 | The fire brigade reappeared , bringing them some council inspector , who obviously wanted to evacuate the house . |
3 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
4 | Then a Rate 1 back onto 210 and descend towards the pilot ; the sun was low and that was causing me some problems ; seventy knots , no flaps in case I had to move fast , 100 feet — hold it . |
5 | Then , before she could protest again , he turned to her and added , his eyes like steel traps in the dark lines of his face , ‘ And what at the moment is causing me some concern is one very simple but crucial question — are you bolshie , unreliable and irresponsible , too ? ’ |
6 | Your career could be causing you some concern and as changes in your home life are likely too , you may wonder when you 're going to feel settled again ! |
7 | He stuffed the bundle of papers into his pocket and pulled a face , as if the toothpick was causing him some sort of pain . |
8 | Without warning , she suspended her scrutiny to locate a flea which was causing her some bother . |
9 | I 'll be seeing you some time , you two . ’ |
10 | " Your aunt became interested in selling them some time before she died . |
11 | Only then did she give a little bow and , pouring herself some wine , settled , kneeling at her husband 's side . |
12 | Selling him some space from your space David . |
13 | The King was paying him some money every year , and Ben wanted to give a party for his friends . |
14 | ‘ Hey , did you say something about buying me some lunch , or is that just an approach to win a girl 's confidence ? ’ |
15 | He 's getting me some fruit cup stuff . ’ |
16 | No way , unless you 're getting in , if you , if dad 's getting you some clothes and then , |
17 | Getting you some armbands then |
18 | I was feeding him some biscuits and then went to kick a ball . |
19 | We 're actually get , sending him some software out on the computer so he can start playing and start understanding what the computer does . |
20 | I remember teaching her some dance steps in front of the mirror in the studio , standing next to her , showing her . |
21 | It was buying her some time and some space , nothing more . |
22 | I remembered him and suggested buying him some Gauloises . |
23 | Being something of a closet linguist , I was teaching myself some Arabic in my spare time . |
24 | I 'm thinking of buying myself some ice skates , I 've been promising myself those , just , you know over the last few years when we have had a , just a bit , mind you there was one year about six years ago were n't it , where we were |
25 | This man also promised to see about getting us some magazines and a radio . |
26 | Now , now that all was lost , lost too was the vanity of the bulging notebook , the diversity of material , the forward-looking pleasure of unpacking my treasures and giving them some kind of independent life . |
27 | See I sometimes wonder whether it 's not worth giving them some kind of er a proper test . |
28 | But , then again , it does do a good thing , and I would n't be against giving them some support , |
29 | Perhaps he thought that by giving them some space Maria Luisa would get Steve out of her system . |
30 | It could be that you 're giving them some stuff that we already know or it could be that you 're giving them some stuff which is far too advanced for them , they do n't have the basics there . |